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My problem with this is that the owner of the Bison is not responsible for building that fence but instead his neighbors are. Why should someone who does not own the animals and stands to realize no financial gain from them be responsible for insuring they are adequately contained? It’s a ridiculous law and a remnant of a socialist type belief that the land belongs to everyone.

I am not an expert on Open Range laws so I am not going to defend it specifically. However...you do not have the right to disobey laws just because you do not agree with them. It doesn't sound like any of the other neighbors thought the buffalo owner was out of line. It is the new homeowner who acted outside the law and outside the norms of the community. He deserves what he gets.

While I agree that he deserves what he gets, mostly because he had the Bison shot on others land and not his, the law is one of those that makes you shake your head. Kind of like the SC decision that it was OK for govts., state or local, to take someones land just because they think they can generate more tax revenue from a promised development. Just because it’s the law doesn’t make it right.