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cattle rustling
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cattle rustling

The stealing of grazing cattle. The term originated in the USA, where pioneer farmers grazed cattle on huge ranges that were difficult to patrol.



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The Dinka and Lou Nuer tribes are major southern pastoralist groups with a long history of inter-tribal cattle raiding.
The Dinka and Lou Nuer tribes are major southern pastoralist groups with a long history of inter-tribal cattle raiding.
Sometime around the late 1960s traditional cattle raiding among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa took a decided turn for the worse when automatic weapons such as AK-47s became available.
 
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