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Gulf cattle ranchers fear toxins after oil spill

VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The cattle in these parts don't seem to mind the helicopters hauling oil booms overhead, nor the response boats hurrying past their banks.

VENICE Louisiana (Reuters) - The cattle in these parts don't seem to mind the helicopters hauling oil booms overhead, nor the response boats hurrying past their banks.

But the oil that British energy giant BP is scrambling to clean up from its massive Gulf of Mexico spill threatens the animals' grazing land and the income of the ranchers who own them.

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