1,100 calves missing from Braum's dairy facility near Follett

[TexasTowelie]

It’s literally a question of “Where’s the beef?”

Cattle possibly worth about $1.4 million are missing from a facility owned by Braum’s Dairy in the northeast Texas Panhandle.

The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is investigating the disappearance of 1,121 steer calves from the Braum’s 24,000-acre facility near Follett on the border of Lipscomb County and Ellis County, Okla. An annual inventory identified the loss.

“They don’t have any photos. The calves weren’t branded,” TSCRA spokesman Laramie Adams said. “We want to let people know about this so they can come to us with information. It’s a difficult case because of the lack of information.”

Read more: http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2015-03-02/missing-milkers-1100-calves-missing-braums-facility

[font color=green]Abducted by aliens???[/font]

[shenmue]

1. Oh noes!

Poor bebinks.

[shraby]

2. If these calves are so valuable, why didn't they keep better tabs on them?

[Old and In the Way]

4. Exactly....I suspect that the investigation starts close to home.

Who benefits?

[safeinOhio]

5. With big dairy operations the animals

are only a number. Back in the day, not that long ago, most dairies milked 40 to 50 cows and the farmer knew every animal. Today they milk several thousand a day and only look at input and output.

[Gman]

3. It's likely they're on their way to Mexico

Good way to launder drug money.

[Kali]

6. depeding on their age/wieght

that could be between 10 and 20 trucks!

oh, I see that they don't even know how or when they lost them, probably been siphoned off a few at a time by employees or neighbors is my bet

stupid, if they were in AZ it would almost be a tough shit situation if they weren't branded - that is the only proof of ownership that stands unless they are still "on the cow" (not weaned)

the state would confiscate if they recovered them.

[Javaman]

7. I wonder if this has any connection to all the chickens killed in Georgia. nt