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Ranchers See Increase in Grass Thefts Amid Drought

October 3, 2012 RSS Feed Print
A cow tries to eat from a dried out cactus on a field near the city of Torreon, Mexico.

A cow tries to eat from a dried out cactus on a field near the city of Torreon, Mexico.

"We see people with cowboy hats transporting cattle and hay all of the time, and we think nothing of it," Cobos said. "But now if we see them at 3 a.m. in the morning ... we have to stop and think: Is there something wrong?"

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