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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Barn Collapses At Dairy Farm Owned By Talker Doug Stephan

Nationally syndicated morning host Doug Stephan owns  a dairy  farm in Framingham, suburban Boston, where a barn collapse killed at least two cows Tuesday.  Stephan said that of the eight cows rescued Wednesday, four are already back to work as dairy cows, according to boston.com.  

Three that were hurt are showing signs of getting better, he said, but one is on the fence.

"I'm concerned if she'll make it or not," Stephan said Thursday afternoon. "She’ll need another 24 hours. She's battered and bruised, and visibly in pain, so she needs to be more closely monitored."

The barn roof collapsed from the weight of a a foot and a half of snow between 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, which was when farm employees found the wreck. Two cows were found dead amid the rubble.

The four cows that were able to walk out of the barn's ruins Wednesday "are up and were milked Wednesday -- they had scratches, cuts and bruises but they're OK," Stephan said.


WHDH-TV 7News Boston

Fire officials had to use forklifts and front end loaders to free some of the trapped cows.

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