Six cattle were mysteriously found dead with their tongues “completely removed” and no sign of blood spilled.
On two of the cows authorities discovered that “a circular cut was made removing the anus and the external genitalia.” The cut had been made with “the same precision” as the cuts along the cow’s jaws.
The cows did not seem to struggle during the incidents, as the grass around the animals was undisturbed according to authorities.
The cause of death for all 6 cows remains unknown. Five of the animals were adults, the sheriff’s office said. One was a yearling.
It wasn’t immediately clear when they died. The sex of the animals wasn’t disclosed.
In two cases, the animals’ genitalia 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.
“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.
In 2019, authorities in Oregon found five dead bulls that had their sex organs and tongues removed, The Associated Press reported.
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