A Record-Setting Blizzard Killed 75,000 Cows and You Might Not Have Even Heard About It

Homes outside of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
(Image source: iWitness Rob Griffith/The Weather Channel)

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.