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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 1225163" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>My worst story comes from the vet's actually. Many years ago when I had horses, I was waiting to have a horse vetted. The person in front of me was an older gentleman with a trailer load of yearling calves being worked. They got all of them finished and the vet helper loaded the yearlings in the old fella's trailer while he paid at the front. The guy pulled out with his trailer and left.</p><p></p><p>We barely got started on the horse and someone ran up and said that there were cattle all over the highway getting hit. The vet helper did not latch the trailer gate. The old fella made it about a mile down the busy highway and cattle started unloading themselves. All the vets were required to go euthanize unsalvageable cattle, so everyone left running. When the vet finally got back he said that more than half of the load were euthanized and many of the remaining ones were injured. All of the living ones were driven up to someone's pasture. But some were still at large and had run off. </p><p></p><p>Once at the Emory sale, early on, a huge tigerstripe cow did the splits and must have broken her pelvis/hips in one of their huge tubs. They could not get in there to move her, God knows why. For the entire sale, the cattle had to run over her to get to the ring. She was still alive, it was terrible watching them trample her. A little baldface tigerstripe heifer was staying with her the whole time, and she was wilder than the dickens. They finally ran her thru as the last animal sold. Leaping thru the air she injured the ringman and ripped his good shirt. I bought her. And tamed her down. Sadly, had to sell her in the drought of 11.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 1225163, member: 14261"] My worst story comes from the vet's actually. Many years ago when I had horses, I was waiting to have a horse vetted. The person in front of me was an older gentleman with a trailer load of yearling calves being worked. They got all of them finished and the vet helper loaded the yearlings in the old fella's trailer while he paid at the front. The guy pulled out with his trailer and left. We barely got started on the horse and someone ran up and said that there were cattle all over the highway getting hit. The vet helper did not latch the trailer gate. The old fella made it about a mile down the busy highway and cattle started unloading themselves. All the vets were required to go euthanize unsalvageable cattle, so everyone left running. When the vet finally got back he said that more than half of the load were euthanized and many of the remaining ones were injured. All of the living ones were driven up to someone's pasture. But some were still at large and had run off. Once at the Emory sale, early on, a huge tigerstripe cow did the splits and must have broken her pelvis/hips in one of their huge tubs. They could not get in there to move her, God knows why. For the entire sale, the cattle had to run over her to get to the ring. She was still alive, it was terrible watching them trample her. A little baldface tigerstripe heifer was staying with her the whole time, and she was wilder than the dickens. They finally ran her thru as the last animal sold. Leaping thru the air she injured the ringman and ripped his good shirt. I bought her. And tamed her down. Sadly, had to sell her in the drought of 11. [/QUOTE]
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