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About 16 cattle were electrocuted in Botucatu (Reuters / valéria Cuter)
An electrical discharge struck and killed about 16 beef cattle heads were at a site in Anhumas district of Botucatu (SP) in the early hours of Wednesday (28). The Nelore cattle were in a pasture when a heavy rain with lightning struck the farm located in the Midwest Paulista region.According to the head of the municipal garage Botucatu, William de Oliveira e Silva, the city gave a bulldozer to help bury the cattle within the property, since the use of cattle meat and leather was considered discarded. The site was analyzed by the Secretariat Half of the City environment so that there were no groundwater contamination. The value of the damage was not disclosed by the owner of the animals.In an interview with G1, the adviser of Environment Nivaldo Jose Cruz alert the farmers should take the cattle pasture and put them in a stable to realize a heavy rain accompanied by lightning. “You have to take the cattle close to fences and trees and, if possible, leave them in a covered place,” recommends.
Despite the death of the horse, the Civil Defense Botucatu reported that there was no record of damage caused by rain or by electrical discharge.
Second case
This is the second case in the death oxen region caused by lightning. In December 2014, 24 head of cattle morerram after being hit by electric discharge in Paraguaçu Paulista (SP).
The animals were on pasture and, according to the owner, the lightning struck a tree that was next. The branches were on the ground after being hit. Also according to Paulo Roberto Gomes, the loss was more than £ 50,000.
The farmer looked for Health Protection Department of the city and was informed that the meat of animals is unfit for consumption and was instructed to bury the cattle. “We’re sad not only for the loss, but also for animals. We creates love for them and see all lying on the ground is very difficult,” he says.
Courtesy of Bauru and Marilia
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