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JUBA – At least eight cows in Rubkona county of Unity state have died mysteriously after drinking from a pond, according to several residences.
The cattle, one resident who is a community member living inside Rubkona town said, died last week after drinking from a pond outside the town.
“You look see at those cattle laying down,” one resident who preferred not to be named told a Sudans Post reporter. “Some of them are dead and some are alive.”
“They became dead because they drank from a nearby pond today in the morning and we don’t know the cause of their death.”
Authorities were unavailable for comment.
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