11.   That, officials said, means that many animals are being destroyed unnecessarily.

12.   The agency only found the PCBs because it was checking for dioxin fallout from the pyres used to destroy animals suspected of having foot and mouth disease.

13.   The affected animals were destroyed Monday, and further tests, to be completed Tuesday, will determine whether they were carrying a live virus.

14.   There have even been some cases, she said, when these individuals ironically destroy the animals out of fear of being detected.

15.   These days, the citizens speculate about the chupacabra, an unidentified goatsucker that has destroyed animals in this northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa.

16.   When shy, unkempt or older animals are adopted for altruistic reasons, it merely means that outgoing, well-groomed and younger animals will be destroyed.

17.   Potentially infected animals would be destroyed, a spokeswoman said.

18.   Agriculture officials said at the time that the animal was destroyed after samples of its brain tissue were taken.

19.   Animals will be destroyed after seven days if not claimed.

20.   It reported its first case of mad cow disease Tuesday saying measures had been taken to destroy other animals on the same farm.