BYKATE LINTHICUMSTAFF WRITERPhotography byGARY CORONADOAUG. 1, 20213 AM PT
CAJEME, Mexico—
In the parched hills of southern Sonora, Marco Antonio Gutierrez paced around a clearing, counting the dead.
There were seven rotting carcasses — jutting ribs and shriveled hides — and two sun-bleached skulls. Nine cows, felled by heat and hunger.
“There’s nothing for them to eat,” said Gutierrez, a wide-brimmed hat shading his downcast eyes. “There used to be big ranches here. Now it’s pure sorrow.”
Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard. Between starvation and ranchers forced to prematurely sell or slaughter their livestock, officials say the number of cattle in Sonora has dropped from 1.1 million to about 635,000.ADVERTISEMENThttps://14774f068979181be2ee07469d063637.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
It’s an unimaginable loss for a state that is world-famous for its high-quality cows, and where beef is not just a central part of the…
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Exposing the Big Game 
..my heart bleeds..
am vegan..
..at least these precious souls will suffer no more at the hands
of stupid evil humans who believe they have the right to slaughter
and eat them..
..rest softly sweet cows..
We can’t stop every atrocity we read about, but as long as we care enough to be vegan, like you, we can at least live with ourselves.
I feel sorry for the cows.
The ” ranchers” can go straight to the same hell they have put these cows through for decades.
Yep.