Grazing and Livestock
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Last summer, the Murphy fire burned a huge swatch of the Owyhee country in SW Idaho (and northern Nevada). Ever since the BLM has been under intense pressure to do the wrong things such as graze lands that burned rather than let them recover. Some of the ranchers here have very high political connections. The…
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According to Ed Bangs and observations on the ground, probably all of the Buffalo Ridge wolf pack near Clayton, Idaho have been now been shot for repeatedly picking off a few tiny cow calves born in the bone chilling winter and pastured next to the vast central Idaho wilderness. Lynne Stone of the Boulder White…
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Livestock’s war on wildlife is heating up. One day after the final wolf delisting rule (2/21/08) the Capital Press, Ag’s favorite rag, published that Producers push for more livestock protection [wildlife killing] funds (2/22/08 – Subscriber Only) : The article reports that cattle and sheep industry people are asking the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural development…
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A huge scandal has emerged regarding the slaughter of “downer” cows — cattle that can’t walk to their slaughter. This is a problem because it is believed, and known in Europe, that cows that can’t walk are more likely to have mad cow disease. USDA will step up inspections at slaughterhouses. By Julie Schmit, USA…
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This is another attempt by this powerful livestock interest group to lock Wyoming Game and Fish into their awful feeding regime, keeping Wyoming elk like livestock in during the winter months. Story in Wyomingfile Network. By Brodie Farquhar. Note that Wyomingfile is a new experiment in news coverage in Wyoming. It looks like an important…
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New on Feb. 8. Rocky Barker. Low federal grazing fees lie at heart of calls for reform. Idaho Statesman. Feb. 6. This news release came from the Arizona Office of the Western Watersheds Project. The subsidy to cattle and sheep growers on our public lands just keeps getting worse. $1.35 an AUM is the lowest…
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You can imagine how the livestock industry feels about protecting pygmy rabbits . . . they aren’t game, you can’t raise them in pens and sell them. What good are they? Pygmy rabbits try to hold on. Diminutive rodent species considered for federal ESA listing. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer
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Earlier, I posted this as a comment, but I think the issue is important enough this it be a post. – – – – – I don’t think people realize that the western livestock industry and many outfitters have a mindset that does not value wildlife at all. All animals, including wildlife, are valued only…