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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
Next Issue: May 2007

Across the Western Prairie, Bane of Ranchers Resurfaces: Rustling Cattle

Posted by TimSlavin at April 16, 2004

"Gone are the days when a gang of rustlers would saddle up their horses and try to swipe part of a herd rumbling across vast, untamed lands. That took work. Victimized cattlemen say today's thieves hardly break a sweat: They often drive up to ranches in the dead of night, tackle and rope calves that are standing near roadsides, then load them into the back of pickup trucks or into the trunks and back seats of cars."

Why the rise in cattle rustling? Blame the beef worshiping Atkins Diet craze among Americans. Seriously. From the Washington Post. Found through boing boing.

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