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Reuters Lightning Strike Kills 68 Dairy Cows in Australia

Date: 03-Nov-05
Country: AUSTRALIA

The cows were standing together in a paddock on Monday when an electrical storm hit near Dorrigo on Australia's mid-east coast, radio reports said.

Sixty-eight cows were killed by lightning, but another 69 survived, it said.

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