FBI confirms no further cattle mutilation records exist
The FBI responded to a FOIA request from The Black Vault, stating that all existing records on cattle and animal mutilations had been released and no additional documents remain in their archives.
Background
On August 8, 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a formal letter to The Black Vault regarding a Freedom of Information Act request submitted earlier that year. The Bureau confirmed that previously released documents constituted the entirety of their holdings related to cattle and animal mutilations. This disclosure addressed investigations into mysterious livestock deaths that particularly affected western regions during the 1970s. The communication effectively closed the file on federal documentation of this phenomenon, asserting that the search was exhaustive and no responsive materials remained unreleased.