US: Cattle rustling on rise – reports
22/10/2015
Jerry Flowers, Oklahoma City’s top ‘cattle cop’, told Reuters about 75% of cattle thieves are doing so to make money to feed heroin and methamphetamine habits.
Last year in Texas, more than 3,900 cattle were reported stolen, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association investigates 850 to 1,200 agricultural crimes a year.