B.C. farmer fined $22K for illegal slaughter-waste dump moves it down the road

Andy Stewart can’t help but notice the ravens, turkey vultures and bald eagles that regularly circle his neighbour’s farm.

He says feeding frenzies have been happening at the Cobble Hill property, about 50 kilometres north of Victoria, for years as truck after truck carrying slaughter waste unloads onto a compost pile.

Nearby residents have even reported finding innards and other byproducts in their yards dropping from the sky after slipping from the talons of the birds.

“The first thing that went through my mind is, this can’t be legal,” said Stewart, a retired wildlife biologist. “It’s been three full years since we first reported this to the ministry, and it’s still going on.”

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