cattle rustling
Stealing ranchers' herds
Cattle rustling is the theft of livestock, especially cattle, from ranches or open range.
The term evokes the American frontier, where rustlers drove stolen herds across vast territories to sell or rebrand.
The crime persists today, though modern rustlers use trucks rather than horses: Three men were arrested for cattle rustling after loading steers into a trailer at night.
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- trail bossCattle drive commander
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- horse thiefOne who steals equines
- banditryOrganized criminal thievery
outlaw · wanted poster · frontier · open range · lasso · branding iron · corral · black market · prosecution · maverick · posse · Wild West · bounty · range wars · rustler · livestock · lawmen · rope
- cattle ranchingbranding iron, branding irons, herd, herds, ranchers
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- plunderlooting, loot, booty, pillaging, spoils
- cattle driveChisholm Trail, chuck wagon, cowboy, drover, herd
legality of livestock acquisition
cattle rustlingcattle breeding
Raising livestock for reproduction
cattle auction · ranching · cattle farming · livestock auction · animal husbandry