That raises the question of bison.
were there no tortoises when there were buffaloes?
The real problem seems to be one of legality. Who paid what when. I read here the rancher did not pay his grazing fees and the enviros did. His cattle are thus grazing on their land.
It’s like getting the permit at to demonstrate at the gates of Walter Reed Hospital.
Code pink let their permit lapse and the DC Chapter of Free Republic obtained it. Thus rather than seeing decrepit crones as they returned fron their night out, the wounded warriors were greeted with smiles and support.
That is a tougher question than you might think. The original bison on this continent were extirpated by hunters after the Pleistocene. The ones we had when white guys got here originated from Asia, as did the wolf.
The real problem seems to be one of legality. Who paid what when. I read here the rancher did not pay his grazing fees and the enviros did. His cattle are thus grazing on their land.
Indeed, that is a problem. Yet there is another legal problem in that the Feds have no constitutional authority to enforce their contract at gunpoint. That is up to the sheriff.
There was no such statement.....
Cliven Bundy stopped paying his fees when the BLM stopped performing the duties they were paid to do which ultimately resulted in Bundy having to perform those tasks himself.
The reason the BLM stopped their paid duties was because they were trying to drive him out of business.......
At that point Bundy then offered to pay those respective fees to the REAL owners of the land, Clark County, Nevada.
They declined the payments and thus the current situation.
Mr. Bundy is on record stating that he will be more than willing to pay what he owes but only to Clark County............
Sounds like Mr. Bundy is a believer in STATE'S RIGHTS.............