so conservationists keep telling us, but they are lefties and ie get everything arseways!
"...it always seemed a misnomer to me, as cattle can't cross them...go figger???
And in any case, a wild cow can jump across them!
Most of the cattle crossings that I've seen are on dirt roads in the mountains, used for keeping the cattle (mostly Herefords) in the summer grazing pastures. They have to be moved out before the hunts, but not all of them make it.
Wolves in the Rockies were killed by the thousands, and then, (gloriosky) elk herds were eating the feed for the cattle. They became a nuisance. Then they began to get sick, and the farmers were afraid the diseases would be transferred to the cattle.
Then someone suggested introducing wolf packs into the Rockies again. Guess what? The elk are being killed off as they become old, injured, or ill, and the cattle are, for the most part, allowed to live peacefully.
If we upset nature's balance, we will pay for it. That's not to say I'm going to go tie myself to a tree to keep a paper company from cutting it down, but I do believe we are stewards of the earth, and it is our job to take care of our animals and our plants. That's the only way they can provide us with what we need. (And I love FUR! I love to wear it. And I love to feel it and see it.)
And that's my sermon for the month. ;o]