(did I miss anything)
IF you are going too fast to avoid a herd that size, you are going too fast.
Second, they knew the herd had guard dogs, yet still went into the herd.
3rd - I dunno about you - but if I know there are “mountain lions, wolves, etc” in them thar hills, I carry an equalizer, I perfer the kind that start with the number 4.
” But instead, the couple from Vail were charged with being Yuppie while outdoors, criminally stupid and sheep abusers.”
.. and those were the polite charges
I wish! Instead, the sheepherder was found guilty. He was supposed to have taught his guard dogs to attack mountain lions and coyotes but not strange creatures on bicycles who might also look as though they were attacking the herd. And the suburbanites who think they have some kind of right to wreck someone else's life and ruin their livelihood while in pursuit of recreation didn't even get a cross look aimed at them. The poor sheepherder must be heartbroken. Damn suburban liberals, I hate them. (How much do you want to bet those were Obama voters?)