The province's largest animal protection agency is on its way out of midwestern Ontario.
The OSPCA will stop investigating cases of animal cruelty and officially leave Grey and Bruce County this spring.
"The information we have is that at this time the OSPCA is going to officially stop investigating [animal cruelty] calls on the first of May and they're going to completely leave the area by the first of June," says John Gillespie, a Bruce County farmer.
Citing a lack of sustainable funding, the OSPCA is closing its office in Hanover.
"We're very lucky to have a very rich agriculture in Grey and Bruce County and we look forward to a partnership with our farmers to that end to keep the animals safe," says Kevin Martin of South Bruce OPP.
From speaking with the head of local Federation of Agriculture and based on the turnout at anti-OSPCA meetings like one in Brussels earlier this year, it appears there won't be too many farmers upset over the departure of the organization.
There's been a feeling the animal protection agency was too heavy handed in its approach. Gillespie says "I think overall in the farm community there's not going to be a great deal of concern the OSPCA won't be doing farm investigations anymore."
The OSPCA says it wants to stay but doesn't have enough money to do so.
It extended the closure deadline once from March 1st, but that's not happening this time.
