Perth County responded to a report of a livestock trailer engulfed in flames in Perth East on Oct. 3 at 10:46 p.m. Police said the trailer was travelling on Perth Road 107 and contained 69 cows; two of them suffered severe burn wounds and two died. About 35 cows were released from the trailer.
As a result of the investigation, a 41-year-old from Norwich was arrested and charged with:
- Causing damage or injury to animal or birds while being driven/conveyed
- Obstruct peace officer
- Operate unsafe vehicle- commercial motor vehicle (two counts)
- Operate a motor vehicle without insurance
- Fail to surrender CVOR certificate
- Fail to surrender completed daily inspection report
- Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle
- Driver fail to surrender licence
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or online here.
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