- Source: Diario 'El Nuevo Dia' (Coronel Suarez, Province
of Buenos Aires) July 18, 2002
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- Perhaps to promote tourism, perhaps for reasons unknown--the
fact remains that the red-muzzled mice have gotten their winter break early
this year. The voracious rodents, which according to SENASA are responsible
for the bovine mutilations which have caused such commotion among the population,
have not been active for a while and the only explanation is that they
are on winter recess.
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- In recent days, professional experts of the province
of La Pampa have said with absolute certainty that these little animals
do not exist--and have never existed--in that province. The explanation
given by the ineffable director of SENASA is therefore not understood
at all. This should not be surprising, since it was Bernardo Cané
himself who said prior to this astonishing scientific find that the mutilations
were due to esoteric rituals, then that they did not exist, then that
too much gin was being drunk in La Pampa, and finally--at the maximum
level of unreason--that "mysterious surgeons" played a role in
these events. To undercut his statements even further, there are unanswered
questions.
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- For example: at what medical school did the mice study
the art of making such perfect geometric incisions? Where did they find
the instruments needed to cauterize wounds? Where did the mice store the
thousands of liters of water missing from the "Australian" water
tanks? There are hundreds of other questions that are still unanswered.
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- Meanwhile, speaking in a low voice so as not to be disparaged,
many veterinarians of Coronel Suarez believe that that the explanation
hasn't got the least footing and is incongruent no matter how its examined.
And although you may not believe it, the cases continue to occur, but
no one reports them to avoid trouble.
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- What is strange is that the communication media have
been satisfied with this answer. Or at least the major national media
outlets, since in the provinces and smaller newspapers it is still said
that the explanation is unworkable. The fact remains that Coronel Suarez
has experienced at least three cases during the past month.
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- This strange silence speaks volumes. Has an order been
issued to cease discussion of the subject? Does the presence of U.S. experts
who arrived in large trucks and wielding costly equipment in La Pampa
during the month of June have anything to do with it? There are many questions,
and unanswered mysteries. But it isn't true that the red-muzzled mouse
has taken a holiday. The truth is that at someone's behest, its gone into
hiding.
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- Translation (C) 2002. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks
to Gloria Coluchi.
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