More beheaded animals have been found near the Northern California city of Sacramento , the latest in a string of mutilations since the beginning of the year . A birdwatcher working the fields of Yolo County on Sunday found a collection of five beheaded chickens and a beheaded turtle . Gina Knepp , who runs Sacramento 's Front Street Animal Shelter , says it 's the second find that included a turtle . Beheadings continue : A birdwatcher in Sacramento found five beheaded chickens and a turtle in a shopping bag dumped in a field . The find comes just wees after an animal control officer discovered chicken carcasses in a bag ( pictured ) She suspects the remains might be related to Santeria or other religious rituals that include animal sacrifices . ‘ The turtle is a sign of Santeria , based on the little I know , ’ Knepp told The Sacramento Bee . More common in Florida than California , Santeria is an Afro-Cuban religion that includes animal sacrifice . Chickens , goats and other animals are used in its rituals . The newspaper reports there have been at least 13 separate discoveries of decapitated goats , sheep and chickens and other animals since January . A county animal control officer went to the area of Babel Slough and South River roads shortly after the birdwatcher at 2pm called in a report of animal carcasses , a sheriff ’ s sergeant said . The Sunday discovery was the first reported since a Sacramento Bee reporter March 4 found a bag of decapitated chickens along the railroad tracks at 20th and W streets in Sacramento . The birdwatcher who made the disturbing discovery Sunday said the animal carcasses looked 'very fresh ' and the blood appeared 'very red . ' Earlier this month , two decapitated chickens were found in a box along a bike trail near the Sacramento River . The remains of the decapitated chickens and turtle were stuffed inside a brown supermarket shopping bag , which also featured simplistic yet ominous drawings . 'It looked to me like stick drawings of a head and a neck with a line drawn through it , ' she said . Earlier this month , authorities reported finding two bags containing dead animals beside railroad tracks in Midtown Sacramento . One bag contained a beheaded rabbit with several tea candles . A second bag held at least two decapitated chickens with their feet cut off . Two weeks ago , two decapitated chickens were found in a box along a bike trail near the Sacramento River . Inside the box were also five blood-soaked $ 1 bills . The mystery began last fall , when a 120lb cow 's head was found in Reichmuth Park and another one was found a few miles away at Garcia Bend Park .
Birdwatcher on Sunday found a collection of five beheaded chickens and a beheaded turtle in a brown bag . There have been at least 13 separate discoveries of decapitated goats , sheep and chickens and other animals since January . It is suspected that people practicing the The Sacramento Bee religion Santeria may be responsible for the spate of killings .