Ranchers are often first responders when a fire is reported on their ranch. If they’re not able to extinguish it, they try to move cattle away from the fire
force thousands of Canadians to flee their homes, ranchers and others who look after hundreds of large animals face a daunting decision: to leave or stay.on Friday as a fire was getting dangerously close to the Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge in Chase, B.C., which she co-founded in 1999.
“My husband and I have been through four fires now,” said Ms. Mainprize, who is 71. “You don’t sleep at night, believe me. You just keep your head down and keep working.”Sienna Hart Kellar received a call Wednesday morning from distressed friends in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories that is. They said the fire was coming dangerously close to their barn and they did not have enough trailers to transport their 22 horses all out at once.
Residents of the places they drove through offered some help in the form of coffee and food along the way, Ms. Kellar said. “It was absolutely amazing.” “It is very challenging if they have to be transported as you are only able to put about 40-50 on a truckload” and ranchers may have hundreds of animals, he said.
“It was a very stressful time,” Ms. Haywood-Farmer said, and despite their best efforts, they lost about 100 animals. Two years later, they are still dealing with the consequences of the fire, as fences and other infrastructure still need repair.
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