Texas Cattle Found Dead With Tongues Cut









Six dead Texas cows were found with tongues surgically removed and some were also
missing their reproductive organs, police said.

Madison County sheriff’s deputies investigated the bizarre circumstances of a six-year-old
longhorn-cross cow found dead and mutilated along the Old San Antonio Road.
Investigators discovered five cattle in neighboring counties had been found dead with similar
surgical removals of their tongues, according to a statement posted to the
department’s Facebook page.


Fox News further reported:

Quote:Texas authorities are investigating the deaths of six cattle
that were found with their tongues removed, no blood spilled
and no signs of struggle.

The cattle were found along a Texas highway in Madison, Brazos,
and Robertson County. Ranchers told the Madison County
Sheriff’s Office that a six-year-old longhorn-cross cow had
been found, lying on her side and mutilated.

A straight, clean cut had been made with “apparent precision” to
remove the hide around the cow’s mouth on one side – leaving the
mat under the removed hide untouched, the sheriff’s office said.
The tongue had also been completely removed with no blood spill.

The sheriff’s office said there were no signs of struggle, and there
were no signs of footprints or tire tracks in the area. 

Stranger still, no predators or birds would scavenge the remains
of the cow, leaving it to decay for several weeks.

Four adult cows and one yearling were discovered along the highway
in Brazos and Robertson Counties in similar circumstances.

The sheriff’s office said the cows were found in the same condition,
lying on one side with the exposed side of their face cut along the
jawline, and their tongues completely removed.

On two of the five cows, a circular cut had been made, removing
the anus and external genitalia with the same precision as the cuts
around the jaw lines of each cow, the sheriff’s office said.

In each discovery, there were no signs of struggle or disturbance,
no blood spill, no noticeable tracks, and no predators or birds
would scavenge the remains.

The cause of death of all six cows remains unknown.

The sheriff’s office said it is coordinating with other agencies
across the U.S. to investigate similar incidents.