A B.C. conservation officer recently discovered 11 chickens that had apparently been abandoned in the bush near Nelson.
"He realized quickly that these chickens weren't going to survive in the wild. There was quite a bit of snow on the ground and it was cold, " said Chris Doyle, depty chief of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. "The conservation officer was able to round up the birds and he transported them by patrol truck to a welcoming chicken coop, and we'd like to thank the individual who volunteered to adopt these chickens."