Disciplinary process underway over deaths of 14 cattle on Coolmore Stud owned Tipperary farm
The world-famous stud says ‘everyone in Coolmore is deeply, deeply upset’ by the deaths of the cattle from dehydration during heatwave
Coolmore Stud says a disciplinary process is underway in relation to the deaths of 14 young cattle from dehydration last month on a farm it owns at Brodeen in county Tipperary.
The world-famous Magnier family-owned stud, located near Fethard, issued a statement confirming the “very regrettable deaths” of the cattle during an “intense hot spell” of weather during the “hottest July on record”.
“The deaths resulted from human error after drinking water was temporarily disconnected to clean the animals' water trough and a failure to reconnect supplies and monitor the cattle in a timely manner,” the statement explained.
"Everyone in Coolmore is deeply, deeply, upset by what occurred and immediate steps were taken to prevent anything like this ever this happening again.”
Coolmore Stud stressed the incident was immediately reported to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Tuesday, July 28.
"Due to an ongoing disciplinary process Coolmore cannot comment further at this time," the statement concluded.