Odd Roundup: Polish activists try to save cows on death row

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Polish activists try to save cows condemned to death

A herd of about 180 free-roaming cows in Poland must be slaughtered, authorities have ruled, to the dismay of activists fighting to save them as a cause celebre for animal rights. Left to wander fields in the western municipality of Deszczno for years, the cows are a threat to public safety and the health of other animals because they have not had proper checks, Poland's chief veterinary officer has ruled.