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On April 11, over 70 animals were killed in a New York barn fire, and it was far from the first incident of its kind this year. In just the first three months of 2026, nearly 120,000 farm animals perished in fires. Particularly on factory farms, large-scale disasters happen far too often — and thousands of animals are left with no escape from danger as smoke and flames ravage their crowded barns. These are preventable tragedies, but until we shift from reactive bailouts to proactive measures, we are only adding fuel to the fire.

The scale of the problem is evident. From 2013 to 2023, 6.8 million farm animals died in fires. In a single year, 2024, the tragic figure reached over 1.5 million, the highest total reported since 2020.…