(Source: The Oregonian, August 24, 2011)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The crime scene was horrific — 24 dead — and the sheriff’s commander called out last Saturday to lead the investigation said that during his 18 years in the business he’s never seen such carnage.
Now city folks — people who like their beef neatly wrapped and packaged or served on a sizzling plate at an upscale restaurant — may consider the victims to be “just cows.”
But that’s like coming upon a crash and calling a Ferrari “just a car.”
What happened in an isolated area about 24 miles north of Klamath Falls last weekend offers a glimpse into the obscure world of high-end cattle ranching involving a special breed of cow called Salers, considered nature’s first wild cow.
Full story: The Oregonian