Calves in B.C. are normally identified by ear tags. The calf corpse found in Mission (not pictured) had its ears removed.
A rotting calf carcass found in Mission, B.C., is the latest of several animals that have been dumped in the Fraser Valley area in the same way, a spokesman for the B.C. Dairy Association said Wednesday.
Spokesman Trevor Hargreaves said the animal he found in a ditch Tuesday had its ears removed, making it difficult to trace the animal’s history, because most calves in the province are identified by ear tags.
A check of the area’s five commercial dairy producers confirmed the animal was not linked to those operations, Hargreaves said.
The dumping of animal remains is unacceptable and the Dairy Association was working with the Agriculture Ministry to investigate, while Hargreaves said the B.C. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was also watching the case.
Source: CBC
