Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 6:50 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 4:55 PM EDT
PLAINFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - There has been a disturbing report of animal cruelty at a
Plainfield farm.
Officer Stacey Magdycz of Plainfield Police Department told
22News at about approximately 4:30 Monday afternoon a 911 call had
been placed after a car hit a cow that had made its way into the
street.
The cow then took off down the street to the barn on the corner of Pleasant St. and South Central St.
Animal Control later went to the barn to find the injured cow
when they smelled an awful odor and spotted many flies.
Inside the barn, they found five dead cows, seven cows that
were alive but possibly malnourished, and one calf.
The farm was once a working milk farm and was passed from
father to son Eugene Thatcher.
The cows that are alive will be taken to a Boston area rehab
facility so they may recover.
Eugene Thatcher told Officer Magdycz he was working on
getting the farm running again but was facing some
difficulties.
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