Rotting, mutilated calf remains found in Mission ditch

The discovery of a rotting and mutilated calf carcass in a water-filled ditch in Mission is the latest such case to raise concerns for the B.C. Dairy Association.

Spokesman Trevor Hargreaves said the carcass was found in a ditch on Tuesday and that a check of the area’s five commercial dairy producers confirmed the animal was not linked to those operations.

Hargreaves said several animals have been dumped in the same way in the Mission area and investigations are underway by the SPCA and the Agriculture Ministry.

He says the ears of the recovered calf had been removed, making it difficult to trace the animal’s history because most calves in B.C. are identified by ear tags.