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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cattle thief" is a correct and commonly used expression in written English.
It refers to a person who steals or illegally takes away cattle (large domesticated animals such as cows or oxen). It can be used in a variety of contexts, such as in literature, news articles, and historical documents. Example: In the Old West, a common threat to ranchers and farmers was the presence of cattle thieves. These outlaws would often sneak onto a person's property at night and steal valuable livestock, leading to significant financial losses for the victims.
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Three days later, there was chaos outside the hospital in Akobo when a cattle thief was bound, chased and whipped by a lynch mob of soldiers, police and vigilantes including rifle-toting children.
One of the governors standing beside him was Sani Ahmed, who started to introduce sharia to his state, Zamfara, in January.A few days later, Mr Ahmed publicly refuted the deal, and the authorities in Zamfara amputated the hand of a convicted cattle thief.
They are also a great signal to alert you if a cattle thief did indeed attempt to steal your animals and was desperate enough to break and enter.
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In the early and mid 1970s he played a wide-eyed boxer, a sly con artist, a moonshiner turned car racer, a squealer turned suicide, a thief and a cattle rustler, working with veterans like John Huston ("Fat City" in 1972) and newcomers like Michael Cimino, who, for his 1974 debut, directed Mr. Bridges alongside Clint Eastwood in the crime story "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot".
An attempted bicycle theft in a Walmart parking lot was foiled by a cattle rancher on horseback, who chased the thief down and lassoed him until the local police in southern Oregon could arrive.
A bull, dog, or other aggressive animal may be an excellent thief deterrent, as long as you fence cattle apart from the ginseng.
"Stop, thief!
I.T.T.! International thief thief!
You are a thief!
"Waiting for another thief!
Cattle prod?
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