Newborn calves skinned alive
Masontown, PA (US)

Incident Date: Monday, Sep 29, 2008
County: Fayette

Disposition: Open

Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

A newborn calf has been skinned at a southwestern Pennsylvania farm, making it the third cow to be attacked there in two weeks.

Farmer Lou Diamond says he found the three-day-old animal Monday morning at his Nicholson Township farm, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.

He says the calf's collar had been cut and the animal's neck had been skinned. Diamond says a Uniontown veterinarian is treating the 87-pound Holstein female named Sugar Lump.

Diamond says two other newborn calves at his farm have died after being skinned alive in the last two weeks.

He says three state police and a bloodhound were looking for evidence at his farm on Monday.

A $1,500 reward is being offered for information in this case.

References

• York Daily Record - Sept 29, 2008

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