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cattle in New Zealand have been leave behind stranded on " seism islands " after a powerful seism struck the country Monday ( Nov. 14 ) , excite and breaking up the land .
Thepowerful , 7.8 - magnitude earthquaketriggered landslides , tsunami waves and hundreds of aftershock quakes , according to the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ) . The part of Canterbury , which is home to the areas hard hit by the seism , has declared a local state of emergency , describe CNN . grand of people are maroon after the quake triggered landslip and a enceinte river dam up up , reduce off the area . [ Image Gallery : This Millenium ’s Destructive Earthquakes ]
An Associated Press helicopter spotted three cows stranded on a small grass outcrop after the earthquake.
But occupant are n’t the only ones run aground .
The seism also affect New Zealand ’s livestock population , include three Bos taurus that an Associated Press chopper spotted , ground on a small pasture outcrop after the earthquake . Their plight went viral after theAP videoshowed the cows huddled on the small temblor island .
The cow have since been rescued , reported New Zealand ’s Newshub , but two more cows have since been pick out stranded on another quake island , and there could be many more , according to New Zealand farmers advocacy group Federated Farmers .
A Kaikoura sodbuster told Newshub that he rescue his now - famous cows with a pick and shovel . The two beef cows and calf were part of a tumid grouping of 14 cows rescued from the property , which the farmer said was comparatively flat before the earthquake .
" We grasp a track with a number of people . The soil was quite soft because it had all been tipped over and spoil around , " the granger told Newshub of make a flat way of life for the cows to move from the quake island . " They desperately require weewee . Cows do n’t like exist without water , so that was the first prerequisite . And I think one or two had suffer calf in the earthquake , so they were a bit distressed . "
Still , there is " no way of acknowledge " how many livestock animals were affected after Monday ’s earthquake , Leigh Catley , ecumenical communications manager at Federated Farmers of New Zealand , a interior organization of farmers , toldNew Zealand news internet site Stuff .
" We ’re not even sure how many farms we ’re dealing with yet , " Catley enunciate . " There are some very , very big properties in that region , so we ’re likely talking about a sane number of stock . "
Despite public headache for the farm animal , with people even taking to societal media to need the animals be saved , local police force distinguish the medium that the well - being of people is the top anteriority as official go on to deal with the aftermath of the strong temblor .
" The priority of the law is to ensure all human lifetime are good , and we still need to report for all of them yet , " local police toldThe Sydney Morning Herald . " In the meantime , it ’s all hand on deck , and if farmers and emergency services together can get to these cows , they will sure make an effort to rescue them . "
Original article onLive Science .
