Group representing BC dairy farmers says efforts to rescue livestock from flooded areas becoming time consuming and stressful

The board chair for a group representing BC dairy farmers says efforts to rescue livestock from areas inundated by floodwaters are time consuming and stressful.

Holger Schwichtenberg with the BC Dairy Association says he didn't know the number of farmers who've had to move cows, but 25 to 30 milking cows were being moved to his own property from another farm in the Fraser Valley.

Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun says he witnessed a number of farmers trying to save their cows as the community put out new evacuation orders Tuesday.

Braun told reporters he saw farmers using powerboats to haul cows out of a barn and some moved calves into boats to get to them to safety.