Posted on 09/07/2011 8:14:23 PM PDT by flowerplough
Charges may ensue for an Ogden man who startled the neighbors by butchering a cow in his driveway over the weekend.
Police were called to the scene at 1:44 p.m. Sunday after the cow's owner began harvesting the animal. A patrolman was responding to a caller who saw a cow being trailered to the home in the 2700 block of Gramercy Avenue.
The caller then reported hearing the cow's audible mooing, followed by what sounded like a gunshot, said Police Lt. Troy Burnett. Then the mooing stopped.
The patrolman's report said when he arrived at the scene a half-block above Monroe Boulevard, "the cow was in the process of losing its head," Burnett said.
The man sawing at the animal's neck, the owner of the beef, denied shooting the cow on the premises, telling the officer the animal had been dispatched outside the city limits.
The officer took the information and filed a report that will be screened by the city attorney's office for possible charges, Burnett said.
"I assume the patrolman had them make arrangements to do the butchering out of plain view," he said.
"It boggles my mind," Burnett said. "It's not illegal, but it's absurd that people would think slaughtering a cow in their driveway is OK. Maybe on the west side of the county on one of the farms. But in the middle of a high density residential area?"
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Maybe the man should have used a little discretion, but so what.
Were they expecting him to do it in his living room?
I can’t decide which is my favorite line:
1. “Then the mooing stopped.”
2. “the cow was in the process of losing its head.”
I’ll leave it to a vote.
No, silly, in his game room.
(I know, I know, cows aren’t game.)
The Somalis in America use the bathtub for their goats
Why not? It was his cow, he was on his property, and he butchered it. If you don’t want to see, don’t look. How does the woman think cows get from the hoof to packages, for pete’s sakes?
Where should you butcher your cows? I always butcher my cows in the driveway!
The neighbors seemed to need reminding where the burgers they grill come from.
If it had been me, I would have gone over to help.
That would be the neighborly thing to do.
What is the big deal? It differs from cutting up your steak only in size.
The neighbor? Definitely not gonna make it through the time of troubles.
A cow is the female version of Cattle. Most people raise a Steer for meat. Of course they don’t bury cows and they are probably ok for hamburger.
The neighbor would fall over dead if she saw how we gut rabbits in the woods around here. (no cutting involved)
You know, if no neighborhood restrictions or city ordinances, no problem. I can’t have more than 3 pets on my property, but I can butcher a cow in the driveway. Can’t park a boat in the third-car garage, but I can park a boat in my livingroom. Whatever.
Oh Puhleese!
“It’s not illegal, but it’s absurd that people would think slaughtering a cow in their driveway is OK. Maybe on the west side of the county
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Sounds like the ‘East Side’ of the county thinks very lowly of the West side.
Sounds like Class Warfare to me.
In the hot tub
Ok, its late and now I’m hungry.
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