Utah rancher Mark Mecham says his longhorn bull and an Angus calf were shot and killed while he and his wife were at a hospital for the birth of their daughter.
On Oct. 18, Mecham posted on Facebook that he returned home from “a very happy family occasion” to discover the dead animals. He said the bullet holes were small caliber, likely a .22, with no exit wounds which leads him to believe the animals suffered a slow death.
“I’m not sure what kind of thrill people get out of shooting caged animals,” he wrote on Facebook. “We are offering a $2,500.00 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of this person or people.”
The Mecham ranch is in Mayfield, Utah, near the North Hollow Wildlife Management Area in central Utah. He said his 3-year-old longhorn bull was valued at about $5,000.
