Barn fires so far this year have left 300 tonnes of dead
animal remains that required disposal.
That’s more than the year-long total of 225 tonnes during
2015 and more than any year since 2012.
The toll includes 40 racehorses that died in a January fire
near Cambridge, 2,000 hogs that died in a fire north of London and 90 dairy
cattle that died in a fire in Elgin County.
"Right now,
we're not taking these barn fires seriously at all as a society," said
Anna Pippus, an animal rights lawyer who works with Animal Justice.
"Everyone with a responsibility for these barn fires needs to get serious
and come up with a concerted response."
