Rustler
In rural areas, the rustler makes a living by stealing cattle and sheep and reselling them at distant markets. While rustling can be profitable, most convicted rustlers are punished by death or mutilation, so the risks are great. Unlike other rural criminals, rustlers are not favoured by the small farmers and villagers, since they rarely operate from the area in which they were born or in which they have family. They take from small farms in preference to the large where guards may be placed and live away from the small communities, taking the money they earn into the cities to spend.[1a]