The introduction of collection fees by dead stock removers in Ontario is thought to be behind a spate of illegal carcass dumping in the Canadian state.

Previously, the removers provided their service for free, as they were able to recover their costs by selling the remains to pet food producers and renderers. However, consumer worries over foot and mouth disease and BSE mean the pet food producers have increasingly looked elsewhere for their ingredients, with the result that carcass prices have all but collapsed.

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