Rather than stopping at a supermarket, someone decided it was cheaper to get fresh beef from a farmer’s corral.
Two pregnant cows were stolen this month from a farm near Durban, a community in northwestern Manitoba. The first cow went missing Aug. 6. A day later, the owner discovered a second cow missing, said Const. Chris Smigelsky of the Swan River RCMP detachment. They were two of three pregnant cows being kept in the corral.
RCMP soon discovered the first stolen cow buried under hay pulled from a round bale at the farm. Her hind and front quarters had been cut off, but the head and remainder of the body were left behind.
“They obviously knew what they were doing,” Smigelsky said. “They knew where the meat was.”
The second cow had not been found as of Aug. 11.
Police are investigating.
