[GeoStL] Re: NGR: Chicken Eating Cow?
- From: Michael Rogers <mrogers07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 05:18:29 -0800 (PST)
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That was...unexpected. LOL
--- Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> Meat-loving calf eats chickens
> Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007 9:42AM CST
>
> KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - When dozens of chickens
> went missing from a remote West Bengal village,
> everyone blamed the neighborhood dogs. But Ajit
> Ghosh, the owner of the missing chickens, eventually
> solved the puzzle when he caught his cow -- a sacred
> animal for the Hindu family -- gobbling up several
> of them at night.
>
> "We were shocked to see our calf eating chickens
> alive," Ghosh told Reuters by phone from Chandpur
> village.
>
> The family decided to stand guard at night on Monday
> at the cow shed which also served as a hen coop,
> after 48 chickens went missing in a month.
>
> "Instead of the dogs, we watched in horror as the
> calf, whom we had fondly named Lal, sneak to the
> coop and grab the little ones with the precision of
> a jungle cat," Gour Ghosh, his brother, said.
>
> Local television pictures showed the cow grabbing
> and eating a chicken in seconds and a vet confirmed
> the case.
>
> "We think lack of vital minerals in the body is
> causing this behavior. We have taken a look and have
> asked doctors to look into the case immediately,"
> Mihir Satpathy, a district veterinary officer, said
> by phone.
>
> "This strange behavior is possible in some
> exceptional cases," Satpathy said.
>
> Hundreds of villagers flocked to Chandpur on
> Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Lal, enjoying his
> bundle of green grass for a change.
>
> "The local vets said the cow was probably suffering
> from a disease but others said Lal was a tiger in
> his previous birth," Ajit added.
>
>
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