Animal Attributes Exploited by Humans (Nonfood Uses of Animals) Colin G. Scanes, in Animals and Human Society, 2018 2.12.2 Cattle Waste for Fuel. In the USA in the 19th century, dry buffalo and later cattle manure was used extensively for cooking and heat by the Plains Native Americans, people on trails to the West, trappers, and settlers (Welsch Dannebrog, 2007).