If you think that first comment was surprising, ngat, check out the sheer genius CGalen.
“If the ranchers do not want bison, then they can buy their own land.”
Holy crap. No wonder the rural west, and the country in general, is in the shape it is.
Hey CGalen-—how about if the government puts a few diseased bison in the yard (or apartment) next to yours? If you don’t like it you can move somewhere else, right?
....sometimes I wonder why I even bother anymore....
If you think that first comment was surprising, ngat, check out the sheer genius CGalen.
“If the ranchers do not want bison, then they can buy their own land.”...
That makes sense if your wish is to return to a hunter-gatherer type of civilization.
Whitey - I agree, that Galen guy is an ignorant idiot! As I understand the problem from having become aware of it years ago, Yellowstone herds are frequently infected with brucellosis that may cause spontaneous miscarriage of bovine fetuses. (Elk can carry the disease also.) Any cattle exposed to this disease cannot be exported beyond Montana’s borders by federal regulation. This the death knell to any rancher in Montana looking to earn a profit ranching.
Along comes the Montana legislature passing a law that ANY Yellowstone bison having abandoned the park to wander into non-park lands in the state of Montana may be immediately exterminated in order to protect/ensure the health of adjacent cattle herds and the livelihood of their citizens. That legislation was necessary and indeed commendable!!
You notice that Ted Turner (the mouth from the South) is very quiet on this subject because he recognizes the risk and wouldn’t want other ranchers killing his bison that break their fences had they become infected!
JC