The deaths mainly occurred from Thursday through Sunday at feeding operations among heavier cattle that were ready to be slaughtered, said Ken Powell, a KDHE environmental scientist. A single feedlot in south-central Kansas lost 400 head of cattle.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Powell, who has worked at the agency for almost 17 years and makes sure the dead animals are disposed of safely. "Usually, we will have a few hundred head in the summer. Two-thousand is a lot higher than normal."
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