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Posted on 11/29/2023 5:18:51 AM PST by Red Badger
A Crook County, Wyoming, judge has dismissed property destruction charges against a pair of ranchers accused of bleaching penis shapes and other markings on their neighbor’s cows.
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Two Crook County, Wyoming, ranchers who had been accused of bleaching male genitalia and other markings on their neighbor’s cows are no longer facing charges, as the judge didn’t find sufficient evidence to advance the case to the felony-level court.
The property destruction charges against Patrick Sean Carroll, 66, and his son Tucker Kye Carroll, 34, both have been dismissed without prejudice, meaning a prosecutor could bring the charges again if additional evidence compels him.
“After hearing testimony, the Court hereby finds that there is not sufficient probable cause and the matter is hereby dismissed without prejudice,” wrote Sundance Circuit Court Judge Lynda Bush in a court order. Bush’s order came after both Carrolls had a hearing in her court.
Crook County Attorney Joseph Baron, the prosecutor, declined Monday to comment to Cowboy State Daily.
Neither Patrick Sean Carroll nor Tucker Kye Carroll responded immediately Monday morning to Cowboy State Daily voicemails.
The men were originally accused of bleaching penises and other shapes onto the bodies of 189 of their neighbor’s heifers and six of his bulls to get the neighbor’s attention after three years of the cattle crossing onto their land.
The case started June 21 when the cattle’s owner, Philip Habeck, contacted the Crook County Sheriff’s Office to complain about the bleaching, which had allegedly knocked thousands of dollars off the cows’ total value.
An experienced livestock seller estimated each of the bleached animals was worth $500 to $700 less per head. He said after checking with buyers, the cattle that would’ve been worth about $2,600 per head was instead worth about $1,850.
Had the charges not been dropped and the men convicted, they faced up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines for each of two counts of property destruction.
Clair McFarland can be reached at Clair@CowboyStateDaily.com.
This thread definitely needs pictures of the penis cows.
Ah, well, ya...I supposed that I’d reject the prime rib with the footnote on the menu “d!ck bull”.
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It’s written that way in Wyoming code, aka ‘defacement’.
My comment stands (it’s a stretch). It seems that the courts agreed. If I was buyer, I’d happily take the discount, as the processed meat would (obviously) still command market price.
Lol- whatever happened to him?
Those peckerheads had a lot of time on their hands
“leaching” must have a different meaning than we are attributing to it.
“The men were originally accused of bleaching penises and other shapes onto the bodies of 189 of their neighbor’s heifers and six of his bulls “
bleaching penises and other shapes ONTO the bodies
Does this involve Superglue?
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Looks like their action was thoroughly provoked ...
I get it NOW! Its like they painted cocks and/or balls ONTO the cows only they used bleach on dark areas of the cows to make the drawings more permanent.
Marking cows with bleach is a know practice to mark which cattle are headed to market.
See article at link below.
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/10/24/marking-cull-cows-bleach-costing
When I was a little girl, I used to go out to my grandmothers farm in Nebraska and she would go down to call the cows to be milked. She would stand by the fence and yell, “Come boss, Come boss.” I always thought that was funny she gave them “boss” status.
Now I see she was German and using the species name, Bos. Thanks for that info.
know = known
They should have bleached “GMO” in big letters on the sides of the cows.
Agreed, but one would think bleaching is not permanent, and spray painting the cows would have been a lot easier
property destruction” is a stretch
I call bullshit, literally, on the marking of cull cows costing sale money at a market. Farmers aren’t woke or stupid. Marking bleach on a bull might reduce value cosmetically, but farmers aren’t like to sell pregnant cows or bulls for meat.
A marked cow, steer, or bull would be labeled as a Trespasser.
Colorado is a “fence out” state. If you’re not welcoming your neighbor’s animals, you fence them out.
There was no loss of meat.
Bleach “FJB” on a bull.
Wyoming is a free range state IIRC. It is the duty of the landowner to fence them OUT, not the cattle rancher’s to keep them out.
They destroyed the value of the cows. How was there not sufficient evidence of damage?
Makes no sense.
My point exactly. And again, the courts appear to agree.
I thought in the west it was free range. If you don’t want livestock on your property you must fence them out.
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