A calf was found dead and mutilated in Rancy, in Saône-et-Loire.
It is the third animal to have been killed in similar circumstances in a week in this department.
A calf was found dead and mutilated in Rancy, in Saône-et-Loire, we learned from the gendarmerie on Wednesday, bringing the number of calves killed in similar circumstances to three in one week.
The calf, found Tuesday in his meadow, had a cut ear as well as the tongue and genitals, the same source said.
Last Thursday, two calves had already been found dead and mutilated in the same department: one with the tongue and tail cut off, in Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray, the other in Saint Eugène, the tongue cut and the eyes removed . Many animals, most often equines, have undergone similar mutilations, often fatal, in recent months in France.