Cow Udder Doping Scandal Hits Australia (yup, it's Kali Yuga)

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Cow Udder Doping Scandal Hits Australia

BRISBANE, Australia (Aug. 10) - In an unlikely Australian doping scandal,

four people have been banned from an agricultural show for injecting

performance

enhancing substances into cows' udders to enlarge them, officials said Tuesday.

Two cow owners and two groomers, who were not named, have been disqualified

and excluded from competition for so-called "udder tampering" at the Royal

Queensland Show in the eastern city of Brisbane, show official Vivian Edwards

said.

Police also said a 22-year-old man will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates

Court later this month charged with failing to dispose of a syringe used in the

 

same doping scandal.

Other farmers are suspected of having glued show cows' teats shut to stop

milk leakage - a problem that has apparently plagued Australia's highly

competitive agricultural show circuit for years.

At many shows, dairy cows are judged on their general appearance, but also

the size and shape of their udders. Owners often spend hours before the

competitions shampooing and meticulously preening the animals before parading

them in

front of judges.

Edwards said although this was the first time any participant had been banned

from the show's dairy section, rumors and complaints of udder tampering have

long been rife.

08/10/04 18:01 EDT

[Guest guest]

Hmmm.... Depressing, but I suppose inevitable. You're right: It's

Kali Yuga.

 

ys

 

hkdd

 

Dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

 

>Cow Udder Doping Scandal Hits Australia

>BRISBANE, Australia (Aug. 10) - In an unlikely Australian doping scandal,

>four people have been banned from an agricultural show for injecting

>performance

>enhancing substances into cows' udders to enlarge them, officials said

Tuesday.

>Two cow owners and two groomers, who were not named, have been disqualified

>and excluded from competition for so-called "udder tampering" at the Royal

>Queensland Show in the eastern city of Brisbane, show official Vivian Edwards

>said.

>Police also said a 22-year-old man will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates

>Court later this month charged with failing to dispose of a syringe used in

the

>

>same doping scandal.

>Other farmers are suspected of having glued show cows' teats shut to stop

>milk leakage - a problem that has apparently plagued Australia's highly

>competitive agricultural show circuit for years.

>At many shows, dairy cows are judged on their general appearance, but also

>the size and shape of their udders. Owners often spend hours before the

>competitions shampooing and meticulously preening the animals before parading

>them in

>front of judges.

>Edwards said although this was the first time any participant had been banned

>from the show's dairy section, rumors and complaints of udder tampering have

>long been rife.

>08/10/04 18:01 EDT

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