NOWATA, Okla. (AP) — Ranchers in northeast Oklahoma's Nowata County say someone has been shooting their livestock — costing them thousands of dollars.
Authorities say seven cows in addition to other livestock have been shot and killed during the past two months — the latest on Friday.
Rancher Jarad Collins told KOTV that Friday's shooting of his Black Angus cost him about $2,000.
Sheriff James Hallet says that in one case, a young girl's pet llama was shot and in another — the calf of a 12-year-old boy was killed.
Hallet says he suspects the person, or persons, responsible are local because the killings have been relatively close together.