Cow, injured - tied to tree, left to die
Beeville, TX (US)Date: Mar 19, 2006
Disposition: Open
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Once the heifer of a major league pitching legend, the cow lay in a pool of mud in a truck stop parking lot with a bloated stomach and an injured spine on March 20, 2006. She had been there, hurt and struggling to rise, since at least March 19, 2006.
That's when Brian Barnes noticed her sitting on the edge of the lot near Interstate 10 and Trainer Hale Road in East Bexar County. Someone, apparently, had opted to tie the cow to a tree there 10 days after she was purchased at an auction in Beeville. "Somebody done dumped this cow off," said Barnes, 40, a nearby resident. A yellow stockyard tag was still stuck to the cow's body, identifying her as the former property of celebrated pitcher Nolan Ryan, who owns a ranch in Beeville, a sheriff's deputy said. Ryan sold the cow to a livestock auction in Beeville two weekends ago, but because the auction house was closed that day it was unclear who bought her there, the deputy said. Investigators were waiting for the house to reopen. "Then we'll be able to proceed with (animal cruelty) charges," said the deputy, who declined to provide his name.
Barnes and some friends brought water and hay to the cow Sunday, but despite the refreshments she remained too weak to rise. So a motley crew of concerned local ranchers tried to rig a hoist to load her on a trailer. Meanwhile, Barnes' sister-in-law, Barbara Crisp, began phoning all the animal welfare outfits she could find. No one but a sheriff's deputy, she said, would come. Eventually, the deputy left. The hoist proved ineffective, so the cow stayed overnight through a thunderstorm. The next morning, the cow was alive but considerably weaker. No longer sitting, she was lying on her side, her head partly submerged in a pool of muddy water. Someone had thrown beer bottles on her. Barnes and Crisp brought her more hay and called a veterinarian. "It's something you definitely don't do," said Crisp, 27, an animal lover who grew up raising calves, lambs, pigs and chickens. "Not if you want to stay a part of the ranching community." By March 20, 2006, a veterinarian euthanized the cow. She died quietly, Crisp said.
If you have information on this case, please contact:
Bexar County Sheriff's Office
210.226.0303
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