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Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s
Michael J. Goleman, 2011. Agricultural History.
A historian's study of the 1970s mutilation wave. Argues that most cases were scavengers (coyotes, magpies, badgers) taking soft tissue first, that officials unfamiliar with scavenging described the wounds as human work, and that press coverage drew more reports.
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The scholarly account of how ordinary carcasses became "mutilations."
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Goleman, M. J. (2011). Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s. Agricultural History. https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398
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Goleman, Michael J.. “Wave of Mutilation: The Cattle Mutilation Phenomenon of the 1970s.” Agricultural History (2011). https://doi.org/10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.398.