11/02/2005

Holy Cow!!..or Lightning strike kills 68 dairy cows

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A lightning strike killed 68 dairy cows waiting to be milked on an Australian farm, local media reported Wednesday.

The cows were standing together in a paddock Monday when an electrical storm hit near Dorrigo on Australia's mid-east coast, radio reports said.

Sixty-eight cows were killed by lightning, but another 69 survived, it said.

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