Veterinary teams went out to do the deeds. One dairyman, awaiting the cullers, told a reporter that his animals would be less agitated if he remained with them, but “I just don’t know if I can watch it.” The eventual toll included about fifty thousand dead goats and scores of angry, frustrated farmers, who were compensated for the value of each animal but not for lost revenue as they faced rebuilding their herds, nor for emotional stress. “It was also distressing for the veterinarians,”
