"W" - your barking up the wrong tree on this one!!! I to was raised w/ cattle and know quite a bit about them. This story is horrible, and not because the authorities got involved with a "few" sick cows. This guy abandoned over 200 head on a small tract of pasture. He could not sell them in the condition they were in, then the winter got worse (rain/cold) and he apparently could not afford to put them on hay.
I know the state vet that has been working on this to get them either well enough to go to the sale barn, or put them down. This was not a case of the government stepping on someones rights. It was the government stepping in because some A-hole doesn't have the capability of taking care of a herd of cattle. This old guy says he got sick and asked someone to take care of them while he was down. Problem is, these animals have basically been starving for 2 months and wasting away.
"W", this was not a couple of sick cows that died in the field and he decided not to bury. This is a whole herd that really should be put down, - it's that bad!!
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