I was in my supermarket last night and saw on the front page of Backcountry Skiing Magazine a headline that said: Avalanche Rescue Cats. The article chronicles a new organization in Canada known as The Canadian Avalanche Rescue Cat Association or better known as CARCA.
Turns out that a Canadian documentary film maker just did a film on this new movement that is featured in the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
The guy says that cats are better because they eat less, weigh less, can be carried to the avalanche site, and are cheaper to maintain. So far it looks like Fernie is the only place with them.
Turns out that a Canadian documentary film maker just did a film on this new movement that is featured in the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
The guy says that cats are better because they eat less, weigh less, can be carried to the avalanche site, and are cheaper to maintain. So far it looks like Fernie is the only place with them.
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