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Residents of a downtown neighbourhood woke up today to the stench of 100 dead sheep wafting in from the back yard of a nearby rooming house.

Toronto police were called to a Victorian rooming house near Jarvis and Pembroke Sts. shortly before 11 a.m. today to investigate the stench, said Staff Sgt. Edward Tymburski of nearby 51 Division.

“A guy there had been given a contract to dispose of some sheep carcasses so he took it upon himself to bring them home and he was taking the skins off of them,” Tymburski said. “He was in the process of transporting them to a site for disposal and that's when we got the call.”

Police decided not to press charges against the man, opting instead to let him continue removing the bodies. The incident, he said, will still be investigated by the Ministry of Natural Resources to see if the man was in violation of the provincial act for disposing of dead animals. Public health officials were also called to the scene today to ensure there was no danger to any nearby residents.

“It's obviously pretty bizarre,” Tymburski said of the incident. “These things apparently stunk to high heaven too.”

Although it is not yet clear what the animals died of—police said that too was a matter for the Ministry of Natural Resources—Tymburski noted the man brought them to the city from Stoney Creek, where he was contracted for the job.