Four guinea pigs at Annette Street Public School were found dead on Monday morning. Their deaths were likely caused by an unexpected increase in the heating there, according to the Toronto District School Board. A fifth guinea pig, named Olaf, made it out alive, because he was not at the school on the night of the over-heating. “Caretakers were in the school during the day and reported no issues with either the heat or the pets at the time,” said Ryan Bird, spokesperson for the TDSB, in a written statement to the Star. “The animals were in enclosures on tables away from the heat sources, and with enough food and water for the weekend.”The problem is being investigated by TDSB staff, said Bird, who added that a new heating system was installed in October and it “has experienced some fluctuations in temperatures.”Bird said that he could not produce a list of any other schools retrofitted with new heating systems.

Source: thestar February 16, 2018 00:33 UTC