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Panhandle Wildfires

“It does not get easier”: Texas ranchers lose cattle and land in historic wildfires

As ranchers recover from the Smokehouse Creek fire, they face the agonizing choice of what to do with an unknown number of injured cattle.

Cattle stand in the burn scar from the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas.

A dead cow lays in a pasture burned by the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Roberts County, Texas.
A part of Currie Smith’s fence burned by the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas.

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