While residents of waterlogged New Brunswick are packing sandbags and leaving homes, Good Samaritans have come to the rescue of another group afflicted by the natural disaster: displaced farm animals. Livestock uprooted by the flood have been shepherded to the Fredericton Exhibition grounds, which currently houses just over 200 horses, cows, sheep, goats, and even zebu — a type of miniature bull. Farmers and volunteers brought the asylum-seeking animals to the grounds by trucks, trailers and barges. Brent Dunphy, a local dairy farmer and board member of the Fredericton Exhibition, said the animals have adjusted well to their sudden relocation. Miles said he saw the fierce gusts knocking down power poles and whipping up waves a meter tall.

Source: National Post May 05, 2018 16:52 UTC