July 18, 2011
Scotland

Windfarm shut down after mystery death of young bullock in field

By David McKay, The Press and Journal, www.pressandjournal.co.uk 18 July 2011

The biggest windfarm in Aberdeenshire has been shut down for four days amid fears of electrocution after a farm animal was found dead.

All 20 turbines at Glens of Foudland, near Huntly, were switched off on Thursday after farmer John Wink found the bullock lying in a nearby field.

The cause of death has been described as unexplained but the previously healthy one-year-old showed haemorrhaging around the heart, a possible sign of electrocution.

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