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CNN on Fukushima Zone: Starving cow kicks away her calf trying to nurse — Newborn crawled into corner, crying and sucked on straw as if it were the mother’s teat

Published: January 27th, 2012 at 11:31 am ET
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Title: Resident defiant in Japan’s exclusion zone – CNN.com
Source: CNN
By: Kyung Lah
Date: Jan 27, 2011

Weeks into the evacuation, most of the cows starved to death, tied up in pens without any food. Maggots and flies covered their bodies, and a putrid smell came from most of the barns. But one of the worst scenes [farmer Naoto Matsumura, 52, of Tomioka who stays behind in evacuation zone] remembers happened at a neighbor’s farm. He found a cow and her calf alive. The cow was so thin from hunger it was just skin and bones, says Matsumura. The calf was crying, trying to approach its mother for milk. The mother kicked the calf, perhaps afraid of death, if it fed the calf, Matsumura recalled. The calf kept trying to approach for milk, but the mother kept kicking it away. The calf, dazed and hungry, stumbled away. It crawled into a corner, crying. The calf was sucking on straw as if it were the mother’s teat, says Matsumura.

He went back the next day and found the cow and her calf dead.

See also: Fukuhima Farmer: I'm full of rage -- I refuse to leave and let go of this anger and grief -- People in Tokyo don't know what's really happening here -- I'm completely contaminated (VIDEO)

Published: January 27th, 2012 at 11:31 am ET
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