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  ksl.com - Cattle Rustling a Growing Problem
It sounds like an old western movie, but cattle rustling is very much a modern day crime and is becoming a major problem in Utah.
In an age where most Utahns' cattle experience is limited to the car window, herds blend into pastoral landscapes, stretching hundreds of highway miles.
The return of cattle rustling in the west is tied to another trend, rising methamphetamine use.
www.ksl.com /?nid=148&sid=343323   (591 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Cattle theft by Indians was a common hazard of early settlers in Texas.
Rustling was not entirely stamped out, however, and in the 1930s it broke out in a new form.
The extent of this rustling and the fact that the thieves often crossed state lines led Congress in 1941 to pass the McCarran Act, which provided a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and five years in prison for transporting across state lines stolen cattle or meat from such cattle.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/jbc1.html   (885 words)

  
 Cattle Rustling
In fact, cattle thieves this year are plaguing every cattle producing state in the country, claiming whatever they can manage to coax on their trailers, some even so brazen as to commit their crime in plain view and in broad daylight.
Many of the cattle thefts Gray’s team of investigators have focused on of late have centered in Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston and Brazoria counties.
TSCRA members do have a leg up in retrieving their cattle in many cases, Mast said, because the organization keeps records of its members’ herds, making them easier to track and locate.
www.txfb.org /TexasAgriculture/2006/031706/031706cattlerustling.htm   (1012 words)

  
 News: Uganda, Uganda cattle-rustling casualties put at 31
Roman Catholic church sources in the nearby Soroti district told AFP that the tribesmen had numbered over 500, and had first attacked a village, killing a man and wounding his wife and son, before moving on the displaced people's camp.
Cattle, a prized item and the main unit of value in tribal warriors' exchange system, are often stolen and driven off in raids in the east African country.
Efforts to gather some of the 40,000 firearms estimated to be held by herders of the Karamajong tribe began in December 2001 but has only netted a few thousands weapons.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/e6fb2d1ab54d964e49256da90015dd8c   (321 words)

  
 AfricaFiles | Kenya: Goats-for-peace plan takes root in crime-hit districts
Cattle rustling has been a major source of unrest for the communities living within these regions stemming from the high value place on cattle as a source of livelihood.
The peace race along with this scheme to distribute cattle to the communities will at least stave the hunger that has plagued many resulting from the loss of their livelihoods.
More than 8,000 families hit by cattle rustling in the North Rift are to benefit from a multi-million programme aimed at replenishing their livestock.
www.africafiles.org /article.asp?ID=14824&ThisURL=./kenya.asp&URLName=Kenya   (1272 words)

  
 UFOMystic » Those Damned Cattle Mutilations
He concluded that the cattle may be part of a covert experiment to track diseases in livestock.
Interestingly a lot of horse mutilations (in the UK and Europe at least) seem to be less focused and often involve attempts to injure horses (to remove the competition at sporting events?) or due to lone psychopaths or sexual deviants (often involving violation with an inanimate object).
Cattle rustling new-mexicans were typical and they would cut up a cow for the meat and run off, but here no edible meat was taken.
www.ufomystic.com /wake-up-down-there/cattle-mutilations-theories   (4034 words)

  
 IRIN Africa | East Africa Horn of Africa | Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Uganda | HORN OF AFRICA: Cattle rustling ...
NAIROBI, 21 March 2007 (IRIN) - Cattle rustling in the Horn of Africa, formerly a means of replenishing animals for subsistence, is now widely practised as a commercial activity, according to a development policy analyst.
Cattle raids were traditionally a communal survival mechanism whereby nomadic pastoralists in mainly arid and semi-arid areas restocked their herds after losing livestock to natural disasters such as drought, Bujra said.
In addition to the thriving cattle trade, Bujra said such cross-border conflicts were being fuelled by illegal small arms.
ww.irinnews.org /Report.aspx?ReportId=70837   (561 words)

  
 Networking
Commercialization of cattle rustling poses a great threat to security in the region.
An area most affected by tribal clashes and cattle rustling and land ownership, peace processes in the region has not enjoyed any goodwill from the Government nor that of local politicians.
Cattle rustling has been a recent phenomenon and violence continue to be seen as clans fight in attempt to retrieve lost property through raiding.
www.peacenetkenya.org /Pages/Regions.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Old cattle crime rears its head again - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Some of the nation's largest beef-producing states are fighting a resurgence in a centuries-old crime: cattle rustling.
Gray said the suspect allegedly used the livestock, most of which was branded, to bolster his own herd and sold off the calves as they were born.
Fifteen of the reports are classified as "very serious" rustling cases, involving more than five animals valued at up to $1,300 per animal, Beam said.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-10-29-cattle_x.htm   (499 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Agriculture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
There has been increased activity of some people against some farming practices, raising chickens for food being one example.
Another issue is the type of feed-stock given to some animals that can cause Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle.
There has also been concern because of the disastrous effect that intensive agricualture has on the enviornment.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Agriculture   (2437 words)

  
 V8 Ranch - Registered Brahman and Shorthorn Cattle, Horses
Brahman cattle can withstand temperature extremes, and have special immunities and characteristics which make them resistant to many diseases and insects.
Of great importance to the economics of raising Brahman and Brahman cross cattle is their ability to reproduce under extremely high temperatures, when the reproductive efficiency of other breeds fail.
Their ability to travel is an important factor when considering the Brahmans' unexcelled capability to thrive under adverse conditions, because of their hardiness, thriftiness and rustling proficiency.
www.v8ranch.com /brahmancattle.html   (735 words)

  
 Cattle Rustling
Indeed, no court was necessary, for the old-fashioned, bare-legged cattle thieves decided the question in a manner that was always satisfactory to themselves when they won, and more cannot be said of a modern court decision.
On the whole, cattle rustling is a perfectly proper name, and the one that should be adopted hereafter in place of cowboy.
The object of each player is to guard the cattle on his side from the rustlers across the street, and to watch his opportunity to "rustle," or capture, a cow from the boys on the other side.
www.inquiry.net /outdoor/summer/tag/cattle_rustling.htm   (787 words)

  
 IRIN Africa | East Africa | Kenya Uganda | KENYA-UGANDA: 30 killed in cattle rustling incident | Conflict | News Item
They also stole cattle, and over 2,000 people were left homeless, local media reports said.
Kenyan police spokesman King'ori Mwangi said such raids were common in the region during the current season when many communities were re-stocking their cattle.
However, resident district commissioner, Tezira Jamwa, said the attack was a response to similar raids by the Sabiny from Uganda on the Pokot earlier in the month, in which they stole over 200 head of cattle, the paper added.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=33469&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=KENYA-UGANDA   (411 words)

  
 AfricaFiles | Goats-for-peace plan takes root in crime-hit districts
Cattle rustling has been a major source of unrest for the communities living within that region because of the high value placed on cattle as a source of livelihood.
The peace race along with this scheme to distribute cattle to the communities will at least stave the hunger that has plagued many because of the loss of their livelihoods.
The latter, many of whom are former warriors, said they had quit cattle rustling.
www.africafiles.org /article.asp?ID=14710&ThisURL=./kenya.asp&URLName=Kenya   (1272 words)

  
 Billy the Kid
In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling.
John S. Chisum and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves.
Billy the Kid was captured, tried, and sentenced to death.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0807581.html   (215 words)

  
 Pangasinan News Issues and Views | People’s Digest and Forum
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Lawmen scored big against cattle rustling when one thief of large cattle was killed in a firefight with the police here at dawn on Friday in sitio Mangot, barangay Mamarlao here.
A belated report from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the fatality as Robert Gonzales of barangay Balite Sur, a known lair of cattle rustles in San Carlos City.
Gonzales, a member of the notorious Bacani group of cattle rustlers was fatally hit during the brief exchange of fires between his group and the police who set up a road block in sitio Mangot.
peoplesdigest.prepys.com   (1801 words)

  
 Agriculture Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Another issue is the type of feed given to some animals that can cause Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle.
There has also been concern because of the disastrous effect that intensive agriculture has on the environment.
Directory: Business: Agriculture and Forestry: Livestock: Cattle: Dairy: News and Media
www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Agriculture   (3160 words)

  
 Auction 9 Catalogue
Of the 167 cases in which awards were made against the U.S., many belonged to the Piedras Negras case involving the burning of that town by Captains Callahan and Henry.
Set out are claim number, nature of claim (many for rustled and seized cattle, or Indian depredations), when, where, amount claimed, when decided, by whom decided, nature of decision, and amount of award (in U.S. currency, U.S. gold, or Mexican gold).
Crane herded cattle in Kansas, assisted in teaching small boys at Baylor, was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1872.
www.dsloan.com /Auctions/A9/All_Pingenot.html   (14979 words)

  
 Cattle Rustler Cowboy Branding Iron Vigilante Groups Hanging Tree Dogies
A professional in the West involved in the stealing of branded cattle and altering the brand.
In the very early west, cattle rustling was almost accepted as a way to build up one's head of livestock which is how many a cattle rancher got his start
But as the cattle barons decided it was hurting their pocketbook, cattle rustling began to be seen as a serious crime
www.linecamp.com /museums/americanwest/define_the_west/cattle_rustler/cattle_rustler.html   (218 words)

  
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Traditionally, the bachelor party has involved drinking one’s fair share of alcohol, heading off to a gentlemen’s club, and waking up the next morning in a strange place with a new tattoo.
Guys are now spending bachelor party weekends immersed in outdoor adventures: leaping out of airplanes, roping cattle, reeling in trophy fish, and riding wild whitewater.
www.adventurebachelorparty.com   (348 words)

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