Category Cattle

10,000 cattle dead due to ‘rare Spring snow storm’ in Colorado, USA

(Credit: Austin Schroder) Ranchers are dealing with a big problem from this past weekend’s blizzard in southeastern Colorado. The snowstorm killed thousands of cattle.   “They’ll actually drown in the snow. The snow will get up in their lungs,” said…

Thousands of cattle dead due from wildfires in Kansas, USA

Rancher David Bouziden lost his home, his ranch and nearly all his cattle in wildfires that swept through Kansas this week.   “I’d say personally we probably lost close to 150 head, maybe,” he said. “That’s probably 90% of our…

Hundreds of cattle dead from wildfires on the plains of Colorado, USA

Firefighters have contained a grass fire that destroyed four homes and left about 200 head of cattle dead on the plains of northeastern Colorado.   Logan County spokeswoman Marilee Johnson says crews completed containment lines around the fire on Wednesday…