[Ranchwife]

Joe Delk is a member of the NM Livestock Board, and was allowed in to see Diamond Bar cattle last week. These are some of his observances, and suggestions to improve the conditions for these cattle.

[meenie]

Care and well being of cattle requires a certain amount of common sense and judgement. Both are quite lacking in most government agencies and bureaus.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[farmfriend]

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[B4Ranch]

Do you have the name of the contractors and or the cattle haulers who are working with the Forest Service?

So continued penning of small calves with adult bulls and dry cows? Where did the boys learn about animal cruelty? They must have all gotten A+'s!

A couple of lost calfs, no big thing to worry about. It only took those calves two days to die. Maybe they were lucky and the coyotes got them. The wet mothers will dry up soon and won't be worth a damn. Shoddy hay? I'm sure the seller charged them as if it was 30% clover.

"The water level was too low for smaller calves to stand at the trough and reach over the edge to get a drink." I suppose nobody knows how to adjust a float level in the Forest Service .

"I observed what I judged to be too many injuries to too many cattle." What's the problem here? Aren't the cattle Vets listed in the phonebook? Cutters are selling for $35.00-$43.00 out West at the Shasta Livestock Market near Cottonwood.

Mrs. Laney should find a judge that will agree the cattle are not being cared for by competent hands and demand the release immediately!

[solo gringo]

As a rancher it breaks my heart to read these letters.You can tell by the tone of the letters that this is a big f##k up.The government and the contracters should be put under the same condition these cattle are under.This is a good case for the spca and have them pursue this disaster.