Five heifers shot by soldiers as part of bankruptcy seizure

Its a bit extreme alright . The owner said they were shot while trying to run back to the yard.

There was a concern they had TB I think and the dept of AGR were advising.

Still doesn't seem right though.

Lot of shennanigans at play in this one. 

Were they not running amok, with TB and at risk of contaminating other neighbours cattle?  Claims they took 8 hours trying and failing to round them up.

Doesn't play well on the PR front though.

Good to know all that training up in the Glen of Imaal is not going to waste.

years from now the bstds will sue for ptsd

Craziest thing I've herd in a long time.

Good to see Sinn Fein condemming it. Ok to shoot humans but not cows

The law says you can  kill  and eat Animals; but you cant half sex with them; but if the animals had a choice ,

How did they know they had TB if they couldn't round them up to test them ?   Absolute bullshit spinning by the Dept of AG and this 'liquidator'

You can't take chances with any disease.

TB or not TB -that is the question.