LUNENBURG — Nova Scotia RCMP say the recent deaths of 10,000 chickens at a farm near Lunenburg were the result of a deliberate bid to harm the birds.
RCMP Cpl. Mandy Edwards says investigators have confirmed someone broke into the poultry barn in Pine Grove last Friday night and switched off ventilation fans on the first floor of the barn.
Without proper air circulation, temperatures on that floor started to rise.
Edwards says that by Saturday morning, the temperature on the first floor of the two-storey barn reached 37 C, making it impossible for the chickens to survive.
Investigators later determined nothing had been stolen from the building and nothing was damaged, which has raised questions about what motivated the crime.
Police are asking anyone with information about what happened to come forward.
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