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<div>Aerial footage taken by The Humane Society of the United
States just days after Hurricane Harvey shows thousands of cattle trapped on
small patches of land in east Texas, surrounded by treacherous floodwater. Lack
of food and fresh water places these poor cows at risk of dying.</div><div><br></div>

<div>See the heartbreaking video yourself.</div><div><br></div>

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<div>In a press release, Dickie Vest, senior medical director of
Texas-based animal sanctuary the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, said:</div>

<div><blockquote>Cattle can go without food for a
number of days, but they cannot go without fresh water. In areas where there
was an ocean surge, the water that they are surrounded by or standing in may be
too brackish, and that creates a life-threatening crisis for them.</blockquote></div>

<div>Sadly, Texas&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-cattle-idUSKCN1B92QD" target="_blank">raises more cows to be slaughtered for beef</a>&nbsp;than
any other U.S. state. After the storm, the USDA reported that 54 counties that
are&nbsp;<a href="http://www.farmtalknewspaper.com/news/million-beef-cows-in-texas-counties-affected-by-hurricane-harvey/article_f0dc6f56-8cfb-11e7-b104-d78a44a1c040.html" target="_blank">home to over 1.2 million cows</a>&nbsp;had been declared
disaster areas. While thousands of cows were rescued, it's impossible to save
them all.</div><div><br></div>

<div>This isn’t the first time a natural disaster has claimed the
lives of farmed animals. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd dumped 19 inches of rain on
North Carolina, killing more than 2 million turkeys, chickens, and other farmed
animals. And in 2016&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mercyforanimals.org/more-than-35000-dairy-cows-freeze-to-death" target="_blank">more than 35,000 cows froze to death</a>&nbsp;at Texas dairy farms during a blizzard. And just last year,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mercyforanimals.org/thousands-of-chickens-and-pigs-drown-in-wake" target="_blank">thousands of chickens and pigs drowned</a>&nbsp;in floods
after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina.</div><div><br></div>

<div>Farmed animals are often left behind to die while farmers
flee with companion animals for safety. Unlike dogs and cats, who by law must
be included in government evacuation plans, farmed animals are afforded no
legal protection during natural disasters.</div><div><br></div>

<div>In fact, many animals are left to drown in cages, another
reminder of the dangers farmed animals face when cruelly confined and unable to
escape floods and fires.</div>

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<div>Disasters like Hurricane Harvey are tragic, but for animals
trapped at factory farms, life itself is tragic. Farmed animals spend much of
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