Special Texas Rangers are in demand, since
cattle rustlin' is back;
Record-high beef prices have turned cattle rustling into big
business once again in Texas. After five years of drought, beef prices
are high, herds are small, and independent businessmen are cutting locks
and hauling away the ranchers’ profits in cattle trailers.
The law calls them rustlers, and the Special Rangers from the Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) track more than 400
cases of stolen cattle so far in 2015.
Rangers with shootin' irons blazin'? Nope, pardner, they mostly use I-phones;
Doug Hutchinson handles nine counties around San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Express-News
article. On this morning, he leaves his house dressed in boots, jeans,
and his Stetson. He wears a Special Ranger badge on his shirt, a .45 on
his belt, and his most critical piece of equipment: his smartphone.
He uses it multiple times each day as he photographs brands and
compares them to the associations database. The database is coupled with
reports of stolen cattle.
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