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“There was a cow that had been slaughtered,” he said. No criminal charges were filed. But the incident was referred to both the Rockland Department of Health as well as town officials, he said. The cow had apparently been purchased from a livestock company in Monticello, N.Y., Weidel said. Neighbor Carol Friedman saw adults and teens from the school lead the cow from a brown van into the backyard shortly after 5 p.m. She did not see what happened in the yard, but another neighbor told her that the animal was tied to a tree and slaughtered with knives. “It’s the most horrendous, barbaric thing I have ever heard of,” she said. “I can’t believe they would slaughter a cow in a backyard in a residential neighborhood.” more@Yeshiva World News