Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — A Cow Killed by Squirrels. [ARTICLE]

A Cow Killed by Squirrels.

For some time the neighborhood about Peterville, Ky., has been infested with gray squirrels which have dqne Incredible damage; A farmer named Mingus, the other day heard g great bellowin,; in his field, and going to see the cause, found a fine Jersey cow covered with thousands of the squirrels actively engaged in tearing off her flesh. Mr. Mingus found that the animals had eaten out the cow’s eyes and had almost torn away her ears. Finally the poor brute was freed from her multitudinous foes, but it was too late. The poor cow died almost immediately.