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Gardaí are investigating the mysterious killing of a cow in Co Meath

The cow was found strangled on a family farm on Monday.

Warning: This article contains graphic imagery of a deceased animal.

GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING the strange circumstances in which a cow was killed at a family farm in Stamullen, Co Meath.

On Monday, the 14-year-old cow was noticed missing from the herd which was grazing on private land, Kevin Forde of That’sFarming reported.

The cow was later found hanging from a tree by a rope.

“She was a suckler cow in a secluded wooded area. My father heard the calf calling and went to look for the cow where he found her”, one member of the Kennedy family told That’sFarming.

She was tied with a new blue piece of rope in a noose around her neck and she was tied up to the tree.

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The farm is located in a secluded, remote area, which makes the act especially strange – the family wondered if the person had done it for meat.

“We are in shock at such a deliberate act that happened. You wouldn’t mind if the cow died of natural causes, but the fact that it was a deliberate, savage attack is horrific really”, the Kennedy family said.

The Department of Agriculture and An Garda Síochána said they’re aware of the alleged incident.

Gardaí are currently investigating the incident “to establish the facts in this case”.

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    Mute Seán Ó Briain
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    Apr 6th 2022, 2:35 PM

    Meanwhile Moscow Mick, Kremlin Clare and Rostov Richard are criticizing putting pressure on Russia to stop this war. Embarrassments the lot of them. Every single Ukrainian could be killed and they’d still be crying ranting like lunatics because some Russian lad can no longer buy Big Macs.

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    Apr 6th 2022, 2:54 PM

    @Seán Ó Briain: they’re a disgrace to this country. J cringe when I think of them representing Ireland in Brussels. What are people thinking when they vote for their likes ? Baffles me

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    Apr 6th 2022, 3:24 PM

    @Declan Moran: big disgrace. I was mortified when I found out two out of 13 were Irish…I used to think that all those trolls who are flooding social media are actually russian trolls hiding behind Irish names but I started having doubts now.. Sad….:(

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    Apr 6th 2022, 4:14 PM

    @Declan Moran: any politician that stands by Russia in the west should automatically lose their seat.

    It’s your either with us, or your against us.

    Clare daily and mick Kremlin Wallace should be removed as MEP.

    They disgrace every single one of us.

    They represent Ireland at the EU level,

    What must the other EU member states think of us, when we have these baboons in power?

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    Apr 6th 2022, 2:51 PM

    Did the PBP numpties applaud this time?

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    Apr 6th 2022, 2:52 PM

    @Bri Lyons: nope. Shower of wasters

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    Apr 6th 2022, 3:32 PM

    Everyone option is important. Some might suggest our 1916 leaders should have followed a neutrality policy and wait for home rule to materialise. Same people might assume that neutrality is in our constitution. Then after reading it want a referendum to validate their point without any embarrassment.
    Feb 24th 2022 was a day that changed europe. From Sweden and Finland to Germany and France. Every European state awoken to war in Europe. For the most outrageous reasons possible. A European state was invaded illegally by Russia who denied it was possible less than 24hrs earlier. As commenters on RT media joked which country President Zelenskyy had fled with suitcases of cash like other americians puppet leaders. Russian leaders joked about sanctions being unless as a war chest of 600 billion was at their disposal. British intelligence believed that the Ukraine’s had about 72 hours before a Russian victory.
    Now after 42 days of war, untold suffering and evidence of civilian torture, Ukraine is still fighting. Sanction are hurting Putin and this oligarchs. People who have little regard of ordinary Russian. Imprisoning Russians who speak out and criminalizing media outlets for doing their jobs.
    Yet People Before Profit members have a right to their option. All war mongers are wrong. It’s is a blinkered option that is unhelpful to Ukraine’s fighting to stop genocide within their borders.

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