The exhibitors of a Charolais cow that died at Canadian Western Agribition last November have been banned for the next three shows.
Tim Bullick, Tyler Bullick and Prairie Cove Charolais of Bowden, Alta., were notified of the show’s decision in late December and have 60 days to appeal.
Chief executive officer Jason Pollock said a disciplinary committee relied on eye-witness accounts to determine what measures would be imposed.
The two-year-old cow was in distress while in the show ring and died shortly after exiting .
An autopsy could not conclusively provide a cause of death, but there were allegations that the cow had been administered a fluid, possibly soda pop, to make it appear fuller.
The Bullicks did not return telephone calls.
