This is awful: Rare white buffalo calf killed in North Texas

I saw this over in GD ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002646288 ) and thought I would bring it here.

Rare white buffalo calf killed in North Texas

(05-04) 14:08 PDT Greenville, Texas (AP) --

Authorities are investigating the death of a rare white buffalo on a North Texas ranch just days shy of its first birthday.

Lakota Ranch owner Arby Little Soldier says he found the buffalo, named Lightning Medicine Cloud, dead Monday. The buffalo's mother was found dead the next day.

Last year, thousands attended a naming ceremony to celebrate the calf's May 12 birth.

According to Lakota Sioux lore, the goddess of peace once appeared in the form of a white buffalo calf.

Arby Little Soldier says the calf "was the hope of all nations." He said a birthday celebration planned this month will be a memorial instead.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/04/national/a140859D03.DTL

I remember hearing about the birth and know that it brought many people hope. While I hope that the passing was natural and peaceful, I have to admit that I fear it wasn't either natural or peaceful. If it was done by some sub-humans, I want to know if they sought out the white buffalo knowing what it meant to people, or if they were just out to get the ranchers, or if they were just being a-holes.