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Cattlemen battling black vulture onset
U.S. gives OK to kill some of birds
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Doug Thompson
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Black vultures roost in a tree near Snowball in Searcy County in this September 2007 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)
Ronnie Horn saw the newborn calf moving awkwardly and slowly as he drove past the pasture on his way to work at the Washington County Extension Service. He resolved to check on it after work.
He found the calf dead that evening two months ago at his farm near Lincoln. The body bore all the signs of a predator attack.
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