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About 63 starving longhorns seized in east TexasMcKINNEY, Texas (AP)--Animal welfare authorities have found at least 50 carcasses of longhorn cattle that had apparently starved in an eastern Texas field. The SPCA of Texas also seized about 63 malnourished cattle and three donkeys from the field in rural Van Zandt County, about 60 miles east of Dallas. The animals were taken to a shelter in McKinney pending a custody hearing Tuesday. SPCA spokeswoman Maura Davis says the animals looked like "walking skeletons.'' Van Zandt County Sheriff R.P. "Pat'' Burnett Jr. says the animals were so hungry they frequently strayed onto neighboring property. Burnett says an investigation is ongoing and an arrest warrant for the animals' owner has not been issued. Some of the cattle died in a creek, polluting the source of drinking water for the other animals.
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