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Left to wander fields in the western municipality of Deszczno
for years, the cows are a threat to public safety and the health
of other animals because they have not had proper checks,
Poland's chief veterinary officer has ruled.
The owners of the cows, who are twin brothers, left them to roam
and breed unsupervised, comparing them in one interview to
revered holy cows in India.
"I have instructed the veterinary services that they have to
clean up these cows," Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof
Ardanowski said earlier this month. The slaughter would cost
about 350,000 zlotys ($91,000), local media reported.
Animal rights campaigners have been staging protests and kicking
up a fuss on social media.
"There will be a terrible roar of great pain ... It's very
cruel," said Anna Dryglas, from the Society for the Care of
Animals, imagining the animals' suffering at being loaded up for
the slaughterhouse.
($1 = 3.8398 zlotys)
(Writing by Alan Charlish; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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