abandonment of buffaloes in Brotas
2021 CE.
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In November 2021, more than a thousand buffaloes were left abandoned on a farm in the Brazilian municipality of Brotas, causing deaths and leaving animals in a state of starvation. It has been treated by NGOs as one of the biggest cases of animal abuse ever recorded in the history of Brazil. According to the open process on the case, the farm was being leased for the cultivation of soy and turned the pastures into plantation fields leaving the animals adrift. Farmer Luiz Augusto Pinheiro de Souza, owner of the farm where the buffaloes were found, had previously been fined R$2.13 million for alleged mistreatment of the animals. Luiz Augusto Pinheiro de Souza also owns a restaurant in the same city, called Fatto di Bufala, which has spices and toppings such as cheese derived from the species among its menu.
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