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69 cows vanish on slaughtering day
upi ^ | Dec. 28, 2012

Posted on 12/28/2012 11:50:59 AM PST by JoeProBono

STJARNHOV, Sweden, - Police in Sweden said they are searching for 69 cows that vanished from a farm on the day they were to be slaughtered.

Farmer Claes Roempke, 47, of Stjarnhov, said he was baffled by the disappearance of the cows, which he valued at about $107,600, Swedish news agency TT/The Local.se reported Friday.

"When I opened the gate, I saw the animals were gone," Roempke said. "I have no idea where they've been taken. I hope they are alive and are OK."

Police said they are investigating the incident.

"We have the ID number of all the cows and will match them with the Jordbruksverket (the Swedish Board of Agriculture) register," police spokesman Thomas Tellebro said. "But it is hard to get hold of people during the Christmas holiday period."

He said it is unlikely the thieves took the cows to a slaughterhouse.

"It's not easy to get rid of cows. If someone comes with 69 cows to a typical slaughterhouse, the cows must be registered and that's how the slaughterhouse sees where the cows came from," Tellebro said.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cows
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To: CMailBag

21 posted on 12/28/2012 12:26:49 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

They must have had good cowmooflage.


22 posted on 12/28/2012 12:28:51 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Superciliousness is the essence of Obama)
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To: dblshot

I did it.


23 posted on 12/28/2012 12:32:14 PM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: dblshot

I did it.


24 posted on 12/28/2012 12:32:38 PM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: JoeProBono

Authorities buffaloed by missing cows!


25 posted on 12/28/2012 12:36:11 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: JoeProBono

It cud be that someone had a beef with this particular farmer.


26 posted on 12/28/2012 12:42:02 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: JoeProBono

They were safely removed and returned to the wild.

Wait a minute...


27 posted on 12/28/2012 12:42:14 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: JoeProBono

28 posted on 12/28/2012 12:45:20 PM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: JoeProBono
"When I opened the gate, I saw the animals were gone," Roempke said

Apparently you can't see the pasture when the gate is closed.

29 posted on 12/28/2012 12:51:12 PM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: layman

They all took jobs at Chik Fil A.


30 posted on 12/28/2012 12:56:10 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't bring something to its knees that refuses to stand on its own)
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To: JoeProBono
Photobucket

Elsie the Jersey Cow...the best (highest fat) milk you can get. MMMMMMMMmmmmmmm

31 posted on 12/28/2012 1:03:59 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: JoeProBono

32 posted on 12/28/2012 1:06:20 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: JoeProBono

Cows know!


33 posted on 12/28/2012 1:07:44 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: JoeProBono; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

34 posted on 12/28/2012 1:12:18 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: gorush
I still have my mom's *Elsie* creamer-pitcher from the '50s. I makes me smile.


35 posted on 12/28/2012 1:12:34 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: JoeProBono; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

36 posted on 12/28/2012 1:14:07 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Daffynition

That is very cute!


37 posted on 12/28/2012 1:14:36 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Daffynition

I just noticed the title of that book! LOL!


38 posted on 12/28/2012 1:16:11 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Jayster

“I hope they are alive and are OK.”

Don’t have to be a PETA whacko to see just the teensiest irony there.

OTOH, they were probably stolen & then butchered in a halal slaughterhouse, and that is a cruel fate indeed.


39 posted on 12/28/2012 1:28:47 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: PUGACHEV

BINGO!


40 posted on 12/28/2012 1:32:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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