This is one of the saddest stories I have read with my big brown eyes in a long time. 52 of my brothers and sisters were slaughtered yesterday by lightning.
Heres the story:


Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows
The Associated Press

San Jose Police Department
In this picture released by the police department of San Jose, some of the 52 cows that were killed by lightning lie along a fence on a ranch in Valdez Chico village near San Jose, Uruguay, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The cows were killed when lightning hit the wire fence during a fierce storm, according to police.


MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay --Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.

A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.

The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.

Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn't surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he called it "very bad luck."


RIP, dearly departed bovines. RIP

Instant steak!

Roast beef!

Why is there not an emoticon available of a cow shaking their head in disgust?

^^^




funny, but

Awww....that sucks.

Did someone say "barbecue?"

this kind of account is always my favorite type of orger

errant said:

The Justin Timberlake one was the funniest.

Sizzler has offered to make funeral arrangements...I'm a tad skeptical.

Where's the beef?

The callous response on this thread have me SHOCKED AND APPALLED!!

APPALLED I say!!

Personally, I'm going to light up the grill, and observe about an hour of mourning.

damn, cows just can't catch a break

Nothinbutjoy said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

this made me laugh out loud. I truly needed that... sorry Cow

Nothinbutjoy said:

Carnivores can be so vicious...still waiting for that emoticon where a cow is slowly shaking its head in disgust. Where are the tech people around here...let's get on it.

Cow said:

Okay, not trying to start rumours but, I had a friend who had a friend who had a friend that was on the inside of that place once...just based on the little bit I heard I think the place is basically a front. Im just sayin..

Even though this thread was made for a laugh and it did get one out of me, it really is terrible

Cow said:

i was out of town this weekend but i herd this sad news clear over in new jersey.

i think we need to start a grass roots moovement to make sure this never happens again. from now on, all cows should be equipped with full body lightning rods, such as this one:

XxAxX said:

Friend of Cows XxAxX...that is a brilliant idea. To fully equip all the cows of the world with lightning proof body armor would cost approximately 1.2 trillion. But aren't we worth it? Try telling this cute little baby cow below that you don't have funds to protect him from lightning.

Cow said:

you ARE worth it cow, you ARE! perhaps we cud start a website and collect contributions to the cause.