UFOs in the daily Press:

DID TOXIC AGENT CAUSE ANIMAL DEATHS?

"Tests must be sent to laboratory," says Isequilla.

Up to now, no laboratory in the country confirmed the presence of toxic agents in the mutilated animal carcasses. Specialists believe that the animals are dying from pneumonia or lack of minerals. The bureaucrats, holding on to a report since July 1st which suggested the possibility that at least two cows could have died from having aspirated a toxic agent, waited until yesterday (when El Diario published the story) to request the corresponding lab analysis.

The Undersecretary of Agrarian Affairs, Juan Isequilla, pointed out that he could "neither confirm nor reject" the suspicion that a toxic or caustic narcotic caused the deaths of cows which have turned up dead in the Santa Isabel region, since lab tests have yet to be performed. "In order to have a proper diagnostic it is necessary to send the tests to a lab to carry out the histopathological and chemical diagnoses, among others," he said, after El Diario published the story of two necropsies performed by a veterinarian of the western part of the province, who suspects the animals died from aspirating or ingesting a toxic chemical.

"As per good veterinarian practice, one must be able to demonstrate what one is speaking about," stated Isequilla, adding that it is therefore necessary "to submit the material to the lab for corroboration."