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When thousands of farmed animals cannot evacuate, the system needs to change
In summary: On many large-scale farms, tens of thousands of animals may be housed in a single facility. During a fast-moving barn fire, wildfire, extreme heat event, flood, or power failure, there may be no practical way to move every animal to safety. Approximately 165,000 chickens died in a recent Abbotsford barn fire. Weeks later,…
Two chuckwagons collided at Saturday’s chuckwagon race, leading to serious injury for horse
VANCOUVER, July 12, 2026 – A horse has been seriously injured during the July 11th chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede, prompting renewed calls from the Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) to remove the dangerous event from the Stampede program. The horse suffered a serious injury when two teams collided while attempting to round the barrels during heat 3 of the races. Stampede representatives shared that an initial exam revealed no fractures, but the injury is…