~~You should read past the headline~~ sorry, of course you read past the headline, you mentioned the goats and horses in your comment. I just don't think these are the actions of assholes:
Lawrie said her father, Jeff Findlay, had tried to load Poomba and her sister pig, Miss Wilbur, for evacuation as the McDougall Creek wildfire advanced on the property last week. But they were too stubborn, and Findlay had to flee without them. The ranch was “surrounded by flames” when Findlay left, said Lawrie.
Quite a few