Ranchers fear for livestock as Canada wildfires rage

Shining Bank, Canada (AFP) May 12, 2023

Rancher BJ Fuchs hasn’t been able to let his guard down as wildfires advanced in Canada’s Alberta province, so far sparing his farm in Shining Bank but scorching forests and grasslands all around it.

Paddocks that usually hold up to 1,000 cows sit empty and a haze of smoke has reduced visibility to less than five meters (16 feet).

Fuchs and his son managed to evacuate his herd before the
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