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Anna covered in blood7/8/2023 ![]() Ranch staff members are now required to ride in pairs and are encouraged to carry arms. And since these were breeding bulls, hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of future calves were lost too.įinding these young Herefords in this remote country can sometimes take the ranch's experienced cowboys days. The animals are worth around $6,000 each. Marshall says these young livestock were just reaching their top value as breeding bulls. His red coat is as shiny as if he were going to the fair, but he's bloodless and his tongue and genitals have been surgically cut out. Weirdly, there are no signs of buzzards, coyotes or other scavengers. The bull looks like a giant, deflated plush toy. The forest is hot and still, apart from a raven's repeating caw. And the carcass is still there," Marshall says.Ĭoming upon one of the dead bulls is an eerie scene. "Then we'll get out and take a little walk to where one of the bulls was found. ![]() The ranch's vice president, Colby Marshall, drives his truck down a U.S. They're moving the cattle from one vast, sage-studded range to another.įive young purebred bulls mysteriously showed up dead on the ranch this past summer, drained of blood and with body parts precisely removed. Cowboys whistle and talk low to their eager herding dogs. In the early morning light, dust from hooves creates a fog at Silvies Valley Ranch in remote eastern Oregon. ![]() It was among several killed and mutilated this summer in eastern Oregon. ![]() The crumpled carcass of a bull lies on U.S. ![]()
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