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.....had their tongues removed, authorities say
The apparent mutilation was done with "precision" cuts, officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...xas-tongues-removed-authorities-say-rcna80957
This is so weird and upsetting.
April 21, 2023, 11:49 PM EDT
By Tim Stelloh
Six cattle died mysteriously in Texas, with their tongues removed, the hide around one side of their mouths gone and no blood spilled, authorities said this week.
The cause of death for the six animals was unknown, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Wednesday. As of Friday, there had been no updates in the case, a dispatcher said.
The cattle were found along Texas State Highway in three counties — Madison, Brazos and Robertson — with each animal part of a different herd and in a different pasture, the sheriff’s office said.
It wasn't immediately clear when they died. The sex of the animals wasn’t disclosed.
In two cases, the animals’ *******ia and anuses had been removed with a circular cut that the sheriff’s office said had been made with the “same precision as the cuts noted around the jaw lines of each cow.”
Investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Office discovered five of the deaths after ranchers alerted authorities to a dead 6-year-old longhorn-cross cow, the statement said.
The grass around the bodies of all six animals was undisturbed, with no signs of struggle and no footprints or tire tracks found, the sheriff’s office said.
“Ranchers also reported that no predators or birds would scavenge the remains of the cow, leaving it to decay untouched for several weeks,” the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff's office noted that similar incidents have been reported across the United States and it was coordinating with other law enforcement agencies.
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