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Dehydration led to 25 buffalo deaths
Updated: Friday, 07 Sep 2012, 5:57 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 07 Sep 2012, 11:18 AM CDT
Laura Smith, FOX 11 News
ONEIDA – More than two dozen buffaloes died on the Oneida Reservation.
And now an investigation is underway to determine if it happened purposely.
“My heart tells me no one did this on purpose,” said Oneida Farm area manager Michelle Doxtator.
Investigators say the animals died of dehydration.
According to authorities, the herd’s water supply was shut off, sometime during the Labor Day weekend.
Officials say it happened at the Oneida Farm’s west pasture.
That’s located in Outagamie County, on Cooper Road, off of Highway 54.
Read more at WLUK Fox 11.
Sad story. Hope they find out what happened.
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