ST. GEORGE — A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties involved in the deaths of four cows – including two calves – killed since September while grazing near hunting areas.

One cow was killed in Garfield County, and three were in Iron County. The reward offer is part of a joint effort between the Utah Farm Bureau and the Utah Department of Agriculture.

In Garfield County, the cow was killed in one of the grazing zones located within Horse Valley, an area near the Panguitch Lake hunt unit, Garfield County Sheriff James Perkins told St. George News.

Perkins also said the incidents are being investigated by the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources.