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It all started last Tuesday (May 25) when Rhiannon McMillan B次元官网网址� who lives on the corner of 264th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road B次元官网网址� found a small scrap of paper in her newspaper box.

B次元官网网址淔eed your animals or sell them or we will be calling SPCA. We can hear them cry all the way to our place,B次元官网网址� it read.

McMillan said she was taken aback by the communication, and decided to take action.

B次元官网网址淚 thought, OK, youB次元官网网址檙e going to call (SPCA) on me? No, no, IB次元官网网址檓 going to call them myself and invite them here, because I have zero issues.B次元官网网址�

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She noted the goats are, B次元官网网址渁s fat as can be.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭hey scream because they donB次元官网网址檛 get treats, or their feedbag is half full, and they want even more food, or they just scream because the wind blows south,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址楾heyB次元官网网址檙e known as the drama queens of the animal world.B次元官网网址�

McMillan moved to the neighbourhood with her husband, three kids and their cat two years ago.

They left their previous home in Port Coquitlam, as they wanted acreage to raise some animals on a small hobby farm.

B次元官网网址淲e thought it was great, as it was a combination of rural and non-rural,B次元官网网址� she said.

On the south side of Dewdney Trunk Road there are many multi-acre farms, while on the north side sit a number of large suburban plots.

On trips across the street to the local community mailbox, McMillan said she has had the opportunity of meeting many of her neighbours.

B次元官网网址淯p until receiving that note, I thought I got along with everybody in the neighbourhood,B次元官网网址� she said.

McMillan took to some social media groups and voiced her complaint, and the story has been picked up by local media.

A letter writer to The B次元官网网址 said the issue speaks to larger themes.

B次元官网网址淚t points to a distortion into which we may be sneaking,B次元官网网址� Alan Aiken wrote.

B次元官网网址淭rees are disappearing. It is in everybodyB次元官网网址檚 interests that at least a part of our area remain rural. It contributes to the variety and beauty of our home. Without trees, water, rollicking domestic animals, wildlife, and a clear and clean view of the mountains, we decompose into a B次元官网网址榖eautiful parking lot.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭he falling rain and the green are not our enemies but our jewel.B次元官网网址�

An in-person approach to resolving the noise complaint would have been preferred, the McMillan added.

B次元官网网址淚f they had come and knocked on my door and expressed their concerns about my animals, I would have walked them down to my pasture, introduced them to my animals, and I would have apologized for the noise,B次元官网网址� she said, noting she would have provided the complainant with some eggs for their troubles.

B次元官网网址淭hey chose a passive aggressive route, and I wonB次元官网网址檛 deal with it.B次元官网网址�