Things that make you go hrm

[wrackspurt]

Seems definitive when at the 3rd tier of Marksmen, the highest payout for destroy missions is consistently for the Cu-Pa:

The Cu-Pa was a bipedal reptomammal (sic) found on Nam Chorios and Tatooine that was related to the Tauntaun on Hoth. They were passive animals, but not nearly as intelligent as their Tauntaun counterparts. They were widely domesticated and could be used as livestock or as mounts. The fur of a Cu-Pa was known to grow in a variety of colors including pink, green, brown, orange, white, blue and red.

Which are basically horses on two legs. So the powers that be (the terminals) believe these Cu-Pa infestations are a bigger threat than diseased bocatts (from a story point of view). Or one of the original SOE devs fell off a horse once and hates them forever now.