Man commits suicide and kills 51....cows.

[mskendall]

Maybe another story for those anti-gun nuts.

N.Y. Dairy Farmer Kills 51 Cows, Commits Suicide

Friday, January 22, 2010

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COPAKE, N.Y. — State police in New York say an upstate dairy farmer shot and killed 51 of his milk cows in his barn before turning the rifle on himself.
State Police found the body of 59-year-old Dean Pierson in his Copake barn on Thursday. A visitor found a note Pierson had left on the barn door that said not to come in and to call police.


State police would only say that Pierson was having personal issues.
The Columbia County hamlet of Copake is about 115 miles north of New York City.


Local farmers buried the cows outside the barn Friday. They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said these are hard times to be a farmer.

 

[wtfd661]

Must have wanted to take his loved ones with him

 

[mettle]

Maybe another story for those anti-gun nuts.

N.Y. Dairy Farmer Kills 51 Cows, Commits Suicide

Friday, January 22, 2010

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COPAKE, N.Y. — State police in New York say an upstate dairy farmer shot and killed 51 of his milk cows in his barn before turning the rifle on himself.
State Police found the body of 59-year-old Dean Pierson in his Copake barn on Thursday. A visitor found a note Pierson had left on the barn door that said not to come in and to call police.


State police would only say that Pierson was having personal issues.
The Columbia County hamlet of Copake is about 115 miles north of New York City.


Local farmers buried the cows outside the barn Friday. They would not discuss Pierson or what had happened, but one of the men said these are hard times to be a farmer.

He may have been sick of the big corporations that are running the FDA nowadays that have laws put in place to eliminate small business like the farmer; and promote tax freedoms for the large companies. That is a current theme right now. Money making laws... just like in Washington.

 

[nalees]

why'd they waste all that meat?!?! (oh wait, milk cows...)

 

[360]

YouTube - Doc Watson - Milk Cow Blues

 

[Benny]

why'd they waste all that meat?!?! (oh wait, milk cows...)

Can milk cows not be eaten?

 

[Bucky623]

Can milk cows not be eaten?

Yes. Just like all the other kinds of cows, milk cows are also made of meat.

Bucky

 

[infidel]

You can't take dead cows to market and/or butcher.

/end threadjack

 

[MACHINEGUN]

Whoa!

 

[Limpy88]

the family land in kentucky has a bunch of dairy farmers around. they never seem happy about it but wont stop milking though. and being a dairy farmer you work 365 24/7. unless you pay some one to watch them(which you usally cant afford) you cant leave one day. would drive me nuts but i wouldnt do it any way.

 

[Hatchrooster]

Man thats to bad.

 

[Griffeycom]

At least it wasn't people he went nuts on. I'll take 51 cows over ONE innocent person any day!

 

[CountryBoy19]

the family land in kentucky has a bunch of dairy farmers around. they never seem happy about it but wont stop milking though. and being a dairy farmer you work 365 24/7. unless you pay some one to watch them(which you usally cant afford) you cant leave one day. would drive me nuts but i wouldnt do it any way.

Thats why you have lots of kids. My aunt and uncle have 7 kids to tend to the milking. They can go on vacations, just not all of them at once. I do agree, that would be a rough life though. The only son joined the Marines at 17, I think he just couldn't take in the same house with 6 sisters and working on the farm anymore, he had to get away.