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28 cows die after prison dairy escape
 TRACY - Officials at Tracy's Deuel Vocational Institution are trying to figure out how a herd of 59 cows escaped from the prison's dairy early Monday, causing 28 of the animals to be killed when they wandered into the paths of passing vehicles.An Altamont Commuter Express train took out some of the cows, while a big-rig truck hit and killed others. "California cows are flattened cows"The number of dead includes some cows that had to be shot because they suffered major injuries, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation report. "At least nobody got hurt," said Bill Sessa, a Sacramento spokesman for the Prison Industries Authority, a quasi-state agency that operates prison work programs, such as Deuel's dairy. "You mean we're nobody?" the surviving cows protested. "It was fortunate the cows did not get to (the) highway." At least the cows were unarmed. If they'd been carrying guns, the carnage would have been horriffic. Posted by: Mike 2007-08-16 |
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