Cows shot and butchered near Consort in eastern Alberta

Police in southeastern Alberta are investigating after someone butchered two cows in a field near the village of Monitor, near the Saskatchewan boundary.

Consort RCMP say the animals were shot and killed, then skinned and butchered on Sunday near Township Road 34-4,south east of Monitor.

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The culprits then made off with choice cuts of meat, they said.

They say the hides and skeletons were left behind and were picked at by predators.