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youregarding theseriesof incidents stretching fromOklahoma / to Nebraska in which cattle havebeendismembered in somekind [

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Fortheinformation oftheBureau, animals,at

mostl livestock, have been reported as utilatedin the t ree state area of this division and parts of their bodies missing

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scene.

State veterinarians, after examination animal carcasses, contend dead animals

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Brush, Colorado,

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U. S. Army

of where some of the cattle

had been threatened but

helicopters

were mutilated

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For several months my office has been receiving reports of cattle uutilations throughout Colorado and other western states. At least 130 cases in Colorado alone have been reported to local officials and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation CB1!; the CB1 has verified that the

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carcasses of the cattle= eas used hy those eho hutilated the persons have reported being chased by a similar helicopter.

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situation,

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the Federal Bureau of Investigation enter the case. Although theCB!

has been investigating the incidents, and local officials also have been ' involved. the lack of a central unified direction has frustrated the investigation. It seems to have progressed little, except for the

' recognition

at long last that

the incidents must be

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livestock, as well as their families and themselves, because they are frustrated by the unsuccessful investigation. Clearly something must be

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Iurge you to begin your investigation as soon as possible, and to contact my office to discuss in more detail the incidents Ihave described.

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