Cattle rustling is an old-timey regional term for one of the oldest crimes in human civilization: walking off with someone elses livestock. It turns out that when animals have been bred to be docile and to trust humans, its not hard to drive off with them. Auction houses dont ask for proof that the cattle youre selling are actually yours, there are no standardized ear tags, and the unwitting public ends up eating the evidence. NPRs Planet Money recently shadowed one of the brave law enforcement officers fighting the cattle rustling menace, special agent in charge Jerry Flowers of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.
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