Authorities Baffled in California and Switzerland As Cattle Fall Off Cliffs and Die

“We are investigating because cows that grow up in the mountains normally can estimate dangers and do not plunge down cliffs.”

- Swiss Police Officer

September 8, 2009  Coarsegold, California, and Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland -

Coarsegold, California

On August 14, 2009, more than thirty young males from a cattle herd were discovered dead in the Fresno River near Coarsegold, California, in Madera County. The owner of the animals is a rancher from Chowchilla, California, who did not talk to the media.