- CIUFOS - La Pampa, Argentina
- At a ranch located in the jurisdiction of Winifreda, Province of La Pampa,
25 animals -- belonging to a livestock operation of 50 bovines -- were
found with strange marks on the upper reaches of their left scapulas.
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- These injuries were described as witnesses as "superficial
flagellation", according to beekeeper Jose Bravo, who keeps his hives
on the same premises.
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- The marks, consisting in a perfect "circle"
measuring some 5 cm in diameter, presented in their interior a sort of
"burn mark" on the hide, leaving an image reminiscent of the
effects resulting from "...the application of suction cups."
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- It is worth noting the fact that the only means of ganing
access to these premises is through a locked gate, and having inspected
the site, no prints or trails that suggested the entry of motor vehicles
near the affected pens were detected, neither around the animals nor the
rest of the field.
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- Finally, it should be noted that the person in charge
of the ranch, who chose to remain anonymous, also found a mutilated cow
on the premises, its tongue gone missing.
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- Translation (C) 2005. S. Corrales, IHU.
Special thanks to Raul Oscar Chaves, CIUFOS-LA PAMPA, Argentina.
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