Cattle

  • Brucellosis Zone Could Expand Beyond Yellowstone

    Brian Ertz

    The state of Montana is considering expanding the area around Yellowstone where livestock must be vaccinated and tested for the livestock disease brucellosis after several elk tested positive for the disease in the Ruby Mountains. Montana animal disease zone could expand – AP What this may mean for wildlife in the area is still uncertain.…

  • Iowa cow kills grandma (more animal attacks)

    Ralph Maughan

    Unprovoked attack leaves grandma dead while protecting one year old grandson- I wonder if the cows will be showing up at bus stops sizing up which children (or seniors) they can stomp to death 😉 For sure, cows kills far more people than wolves do. Maybe shelters should be built for the children. Family says…

  • May 2011 Riparian Assessments of Jarbidge Resource Area

    Brian Ertz

    Recently, Western Watersheds Project won a court victory halting corporate livestock ranching on 450,000 acres on the Jarbidge Field Office, BLM in southern Idaho. It was a sweet victory for sage grouse, wildlife, and other environmental values in southern Idaho – but it may or may not be short-lived. Later this month, the Idaho U.S.…

  • Bozeman Earth Day speaker: Beef is bad for the planet

    Ralph Maughan

    4th generation Montana rancher turned against cattle- Bozeman Earth Day speaker: Beef is bad for the planet. By Gail Schontzler. Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer

  • Got Milk? Got Drugs? Got Both?: State Responds After Idaho Dairy Cattle Test Positive in Food Safety Tests

    Ken Cole

    High levels of antibiotics and other drugs found in cattle linked to dairies The Boise Weekly has written another strong exposé on Idaho dairies and how the State’s regulators are utterly failing to regulate them or test their products for dangerous levels of antibiotics and other drugs. Got Milk? Got Drugs? Got Both?: State Responds…

  • Court Victory Stops Corporate Ranching on 450,000 Acres of Public Land in Southern Idaho

    Brian Ertz

    On February 28, 2011 Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for Idaho agreed with Western Watersheds Project and reimposed an injunction stopping livestock grazing on 17 grazing allotments covering over 450,000 acres of public land in the Jarbidge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in southern Idaho. The…

  • Elk Foundation, Wildlife Federation: Hunting groups clash over wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation throws in with cattle and sheep associations- Story. Hunting groups clash. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian It appears there is a difference in strategy how to get at wolves, according to the Missoulian. However, I think it is more likely the the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (actually David Allen, CEO) has actually…

  • Massive Australian floods were no natural disaster

    Ralph Maughan

    It is land clearing for livestock- Despite some recognition today, just one tree is being planted in Queensland for every one hundred cleared to increase livestock grazing. Yes, it rained a lot for a long time, but cows on huge tracts of “cleared” land made the disaster. Video. http://suprememastertv.com/save-our-planet/?wr_id=1659

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