As wildfires increase in intensity, how can farmers safeguard their animals – and their way of life? Two years after wildfires killed the pigs on his family farms in British Columbia, Scott Kellington is still coming to terms with the destruction. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Scott Kellington shows the devastation wildfires in July 2017 caused to his family farm and its surroundings in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. But as wildfires and flooding increase across the US, farm animals are being recognised as being particularly at risk, due to the difficulty of transporting them rapidly. Farm animals are now part of the solution, too.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2019 09:00 UTC