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CATTLE MUTILATIONS TOmMy BLAND, Lewisville, Texas, told the conference he has been studying Uro activities for twenty-two years and mutilations for twelve years. He explained that animal mutilations date back to the eariy isoo's in England and Scotland. He also pointed out that animal mutilations are not confined to cattle, but cited incidents of mutilation of horses, dogs, sheep, and rabbits. He also said that the mutilations are not only nationwide, but international in scope. Other speakers at the conference suggested ways of approaching an investigation into the mutilations, urging access to technological equipment and technologically trained individuals. Chief RALEIGH TAFOYA, Jicarilla Apache Tribe, and WALTER DAsheNo, Governor, Santa Clara Pueblo, each spoke briefly to the conference. Both spoke of the cattle which had been found mutilated on their respective Indian lands. Governor DAsheNo said he is concerned as to the extent of and Chief TAroyA said some of his people who have lost livestock have been threatened. He did not elaborate on these threats. CARL W. WHITesIDE, Investigator, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, told the conference that between April and December, l975, his Bureau investigated 203 reports of cattle mutilations. He said in addition his Bureau conducted an undercover investigation in an attempt to resolve the mutilation problem. He said during the investigation by his Bureau, numerous pieces of evidence were submitted to the Colorado State University Large Animal Hospital and all civilian and military helicopter flights were monitored during this probe. WhITEsiDE said, "Sadly, most of these efforts produced no results." He said they were unable to place any unidentified vehicle in the air or on the ground near the carcasses that were found. He said his group submitted 35 carcasses to the laboratory for examination Only 19 of those submitted were deemed to be of recent enough vintage to make an examination and of those l9, nine were deter- mined to be willful mutilations. He said of those nine, it was conciuded that two were done by pranksters. whiTesiDE said that his organization even set up a secret witness program with the cooperation of the "Denver Post", but this resulted in no information to assist in a solution to the matter.