Barbara J. Andrews TheDogPress Editor-In-Chief

October 11, 2010 | Reports of “bloodless, trackless scenes” of animal mutilations began in 1967 with an Appaloosa horse named Snippy. Found in a bloodless heap with her brain missing and partly deboned of flesh, Snippy is considered the first in a growing animal mutilation phenomenon.

In December 2009, the Denver Post (ref #1) put a startling frame around the picture of puzzling animal deaths when it reported “worldwide, the incidents number more than 10,000… Theories abound, with some pointing to animal-sacrificing cults and others suggesting secretive government experiments and even military-guided laser beams.”

The mutilations are virtually bloodless, which eliminates predators or poachers. Authorities have no answers but the bloodless carcasses all have one thing in common: ears, genitals, tongues, organs and udders have been removed with surgical precision.

Why Bloodless Samples for A Government Study?

The two most popular explanations hinge on government shenanigans or UFO visitations. Another possibility may be emerging but first, let’s look at governmental theories. In early 2010 a Taos, NM newspaper journalist (ref #2) cited the Gasbuggy-Black Helicopter theory which dovetails with the onset of animal mutilations reported since 1967. The government set off an underground nuclear explosion in the Four Corners area of CO, UT, NM, and AZ, not far from the Jicarilla Apache reservation, one of the country’s most remote and desolate.

The nuclear bomb was meant to unlock natural gas but instead it contaminated ground water and the wind spread radioactive particles. Making lemonade out of lemons, the government quietly launched a long term study on the impact of radioactive exposure in the area. The study (and what precipitated it) was secret but it required tissue samples. Locals believe the ongoing study explains the mutilations. Bovine DNA is close to that of humans and unlike the Apache, cows are docile and can’t talk. The theory was further supported by a Japanese television crew’s interviews in the 90s which uncovered credible evidence of a secret military installation, complete with black helicopters, etc.

Why Would Aliens Only Mutilate Cattle (meat)?

Conversely, those who support the theory of outer-space aliens point to “tripod imprints in a circular area near carcasses.” The strange pattern suggests “involvement of an atypical aircraft” which some investigators believe is proof UFOs land and take samples. Many ranchers report "strange lights in the sky” precede discoveries of slain cattle. Supporting that theory, there’s the still-classified Roswell, NM crash landing and more recently, extensive television footage of UFOs over Phoenix. Such sightings are now commonplace from Colorado to New Mexico, and only a minute away (at the speed of space) to the first authenticated UFO sightings in 1965 known as Incident At Exeter. Extensively covered by Life Magazine, Exeter, NJ is still cited as proof of alien attraction to our electrical grid.

Animal Sacrifice Today

That brings us to another theory that will trouble animal lovers as much as any other hypothesis. ABC’s Philadelphia outlet reported (ref 3) “Investigators say animal sacrifices are happening with alarming frequency, a half dozen within the past couple of months.” More to the point, a director of law enforcement (?) for the SPCA said “"All the blood is drained from these animals in these sacrifices and used in the ritual." Is there a connection?

Well documented in the Old Testament, animal sacrifice still exists from Europe to Africa to Asia. It is even practiced by the currently stressed President of Pakistan who kills a goat to calm his nerves! Here in the U.S., Santeria, a religion of African origin based on voodoo and worship of Roman-Catholic Saints, also employs animal sacrifice.

The Animal Rescue League warns “satanic and other non-traditional cults are on the rise in the US, particularly in large cities where large numbers of immigrants come together to practice the cultural beliefs of their homeland…” The Vermont Animal Cruelty Task Force advises police to look for “mutilation of the animal, including removal of specific body parts (anus, heart, tongue, ears, front teeth and front legs, genitals, etc.” and specifies “absence of blood in the animal.” Animal mutilation is not rare in the U.S. but could it be connected to the bloodless “ghost surgeries” on cattle?

Animal Rights / Vegan Message About Meat Eating?

Last week TheDogPress took a call from a very unhappy reader. She was offended by our coverage of animal rights and ranted about veganism with rabid fervor, repeatedly referring to “bloodless sacrifices” and someone named Tristan Stuart. Waiting for her to run out of breath, we wondered at her repeated emphasis on blood. She cited Thoreau and the Bible’s demand for animal sacrifices as proof that heathens eat “bloody meat” and only “enlightened people” understand how sick that is.

Not following her but sensing a story, I began to take notes. She needed no reply to fuel her engine but when she said “Ingrid says” and I asked if she meant PETA, she came to a full stop. “No, everyone knows this except your Press thing.” and then added “Jade has it all wrong.” Eerily calm after the vehement tirade, she said softly “There are stronger doctrines than Christianity and eating flesh!” Then, as though talking to someone else, she mumbled something about “pet jailers” and “meat eaters” and hung up!

I tried to Google “Tristan” of the vegan or animal rights movement only to discover it is Tristram Stuart. Of vegetarians in the modern Western world he said “The Bible was the meat-eaters’ greatest bulwark, and the foes of religion were also the biggest enemies of meat… Contemplating vegetarianism became a fashionable way of articulating a rejection of orthodox Christianity as a whole.”— Tristram Stuart, The Bloodless Revolution, (p. 124)

The caller had railed about “that dog place attack on Best Friends” and had also mentioned the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) so I googled both. Sure enough, I found numerous references, including a glowing defense of Best Friends on the ALF website! No mention of blood or sacrifice in the piece but I found it disturbing; a bit like having Judas testify on behalf of the guy that built the cross.

So are we any closer to figuring out who or what is killing animals and draining their blood? Could it be aliens? Or was it in fact, a government study that has become a perverted animal rights message for a “bloodless revolution”? Maybe she’ll call back.

Barbara J. Andrews, Editor-In-Chief

http://www.thedogpress.com/Editorials/10101-Bloodless-Mutilation-Cult_Andrews.asp

Ref #1 www.DenverPost.com >cow mutilations, bloodless Dec 2009
Ref #2 www.taosnews.com >cattle mutilations, mysteries, 2010
Ref #3 www.abclocal.go.com > Philadelphia news, Animal sacrifice

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