This forum is better than the media at least we get some facts,way to go tirantious:thumbsup:
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This forum is better than the media at least we get some facts,way to go tirantious:thumbsup:
its all good haha i normally just prowl the boards reading but i hate when the media blows things outa proportion haha.
To be fair to the media I heard it on National Radio and they had most of it straight - 20ish cows dead, first time on beets but had previously grazed the same area ok with different crop, etc
Good to hear from a local and get the confirmation tho
I always go with the ABCs with everything I do, including reading the news.
Assume nothing
Believe nobody
Corroborate everything
They probably died of diabetes and constipation...all that sugar and fibre!!:) Sensationalistic journalism...
Maybe they were shot... And no bullets or cases found.
Perhaps this story is closer to the truth and they did die of lead poisoning.... Just delivered in a different way...
Or 1080...
Or aliens...
Or (hopefully) Zombies!!!!
(Tinfoil hat is now on)
they did die off lead poisoning but they're thinking its more to do with shot being in the bulb and them eating some of it in dirt too.
Must have to eat a fair bit of pellets to get enough to die?
It takes very little lead to kill a cow. I have known of the death of calves being blamed on them licking the battery terminals of an old battery left behind the shed. I killed several calves by shooting a shotgun at the sparrows hanging around the meal feeders...expensive lesson that was.
Thanks for that Spook - I never knew how intolerant of lead cows are
Some guy a while back lost a whole lot of bulls, it turned out a battery had gone through a silage chopper and into the pit.....
I just gave on lead poisoning. Bringing three cows home 500metres to go and the bitch charged and headed back two run off.So we walked the other two back down to bring her back and same bloody thing happened. I bullet fixed her.:yuush: