Modern-day cattle rustling alive and well in southeast Oregon

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:22 PM EST

Article Source: OregonLive.com

JORDAN VALLEY -- They were spotted from a small airplane, two cattle rustlers on horseback hazing 125 white-faced cows across Malheur County's forbidding "empty quarter" in Oregon's far southeast corner.

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luckydog

An expensive problem for ranchers alright.

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#1 - Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:24 PM EST

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Rene ODeay

Unsupervised cattle on BLM land? hmmm.

If they are so worried about how expensive these cattle are, why not put in one of those micro-chips they use on pets and horses?

Otherwise, keep some herders with them, especially since the cows left unchecked, ravage waterholes, etc. Should be required to use BLM land, etc.

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1 vote

#2 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:05 PM EST

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luckydog

In Western Oregon we have cows the size of Schnauzers, but they're cattle...

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1 vote

#2.1 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:50 PM EST

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ryanf73

It is funny how people that have no idea what they are talking about always like to run there mouth about which they have never been around and will never be around.

Rene Odeay has probably never left the parking lot of the Starbuck let alone has any idea what is going on in the remote area of southeastern Oregon.

If you want to have some so called "Herder" to watch over all the cattle in oregon be prepared to pay for it when you go to the store to buy meat and when you go to Mc Donalds.

It makes me angry that someone can sit back at there computer and ramble off "crap" when the ranchers are losing money from cattle thiefs.

O and by the way I have been there!!!

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1 vote

#3 - Wed Dec 2, 2009 4:44 PM EST

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