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Horse-ripping, or horse slashing, is a phenomenon involving serious injuries in horses, often involving the slashing of a horse's neck and genitalia. Cattle mutilation, also known as Bovine Excision, is the alleged killing and then subsequent mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances.

Although both acts share many common traits, it can be argued that there are intrinsic differences between the two types of mutilation, and that the two should be considered separate phenomenon.

Most horses survive being attacked (Deaths are often the result of veterinary intervention to prevent suffering, or after wounds become infected). Conversely, mutilated cattle are always found dead.

Many past attacks against horses have involve some obvious form of ritual. For example the removing of a horse's mane and tail, or the leaving of 'fertility artifacts' at the mutilation site [1]. Attacks have also been linked to Tuesdays which pagan superstitions associate with fertility and horses through the days ancient links to Mars [2]. To date, no recognizable sign of ritual, or ritual like consistence, has been observed in cattle mutilations.

“One thing I always look for in horse attacks is whether the assault took place on a Tuesday.”

Philip McCarthy, RSPCA inspector

Mutilated horses usually show obvious signs of having been injured using a knife or other man made object, and none of the apparent surgical precision seen in cattle mutilations. They also show no sign of tissue sampling having taken place and lack the anomalous laboratory reports found in many cases of cattle mutilation.

The sight of blood on an animal's hide is often the sign that alerts a horse owner to an animal's injuries. Conversely, mutilated cattle are commonly reported to have been drained of blood and to have no sign of blood on their wounds

Though horse mutilations have involved damage to the anus or the area around the anus, and to the female genitals, none has ever involved the removal of the anus/female genitals. In contrast, an NIDS survey showed the removal of the Anus/female genitals to be common to 79% and 76% of cattle mutilations respectively [3]

Horse mutilations never involve the removal of soft internal organs or the stripping of hide or flesh from the animal. They also do not involve damage to the tongue or the removal of skin from around the eyes