Monday, 1. June 2009

Bulls explode after power lines collapse


Seven bulls 'exploded' and caught fire after powerlines fell on a Dairy Flat farm, north of Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday.

Dave Taylor, who leases the 60.7 hectare Wilks Rd farm, says he lost a $2000 friesian breeding bull and six other meat bulls of the same breed worth about $500 each. "I got a call from my dad, who was driving along the motorway, to say cows were exploding. I found seven dead and on fire in the paddock," he says.

stuff.co.nz