# How was it done: cattle in E Oregon dispatched without marks or blood

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-done-cattle-in-e-oregon-dispatched-without-marks-or-blood/841497 "2019-10-08T21:37:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marion\_Morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Marion\_Morrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Morrison)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-done-cattle-in-e-oregon-dispatched-without-marks-or-blood/841497/41 "2019-10-10T00:36:31Z")

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> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#):
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> I doubt you read any part of this thread. If you go back and read it is pretty well explained.

I contend it was Chupacabra.

😛

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-done-cattle-in-e-oregon-dispatched-without-marks-or-blood/841497/42 "2019-10-10T01:00:48Z")

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> [@DorkVader](#):
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> Its been like that since the 70s, can you give me a summary of the story?

Malheur take over by a bunch of raging assholes. It is way worse now thanks to people named Bundy. Cattle weren’t dying in strange ways before those freaks showed up. \</tinfoil hat\>

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-done-cattle-in-e-oregon-dispatched-without-marks-or-blood/841497/43 "2019-10-10T03:03:06Z")

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> [@Marion\_Morrison](#):
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> I contend it was Chupacabra.
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> 😛

Since, at least in the US/Mexico, that is a coydog with the mange, you could be correct. 😛

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-it-done-cattle-in-e-oregon-dispatched-without-marks-or-blood/841497/44 "2019-10-11T00:02:35Z")

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Literally for decades scientific literature has refuted these stories of cattle mutilation, pointing out that the “eyes and genitals surgically removed” thing is characteristic of early-stage scavenging. Seeing this reported breathlessly in 2019 is like seeing someone presuppose smoking could cause cancer as if that’s a new idea.

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