Inferno at South Fork Dairy Farm Kills ‘Shocking’ 18,000 Cows in a Deadly Blaze
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A fire broke out at a South Fork Dairy Farm near Dimmitt, Texas, and set off a deadly inferno disaster for cattle.
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Thousands of dairy cows waiting to be milked were quickly engulfed in flames.
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The sheer scale of the tragedy is shocking.
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18,000 cattle were killed, which makes up 20% of the cattle slaughtered in America each day.
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Only one person was injured and sent to the hospital.
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The reason for the inferno is under investigation, but initial understanding suggests a machinery malfunction.
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The Animal Welfare Institute claimed that the inferno was the deadliest barn fire for cattle in the country and the deadliest barn fire in Texas since 2013.
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America witnesses the deaths of hundreds of thousands of farm animals due to barn fires. Since 2013, the numbers may have crossed 6.4 million dead cattle in barn blazes.
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The company might be facing losses worth tens of millions of dollars. Each cow must be costing nearly $2,000.
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