Temple bullock put down as more may face slaughter

MORE animals at a religious community could be slaughtered after Shambo the temple bullock was finally put down.

Despite a long-running legal challenge by monks, he was seized by animal health officials on Thursday after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis.

Shambo was put down by lethal injection and a post mortem examination found further signs of infection.

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