Wonder what would happen if some rich tycoon just paid the grazing fee fine?
Also, I have heard stories I cannot confirm that the Govt (the BLM) euthanized some of the tortoises because they didn’t have the funds to feed them. (Of course, that’s a bunch of BS) If so, isn’t that a federal crime in itself?
Yes the BLM did euthanized desert tortoises because there were too many of them.
and, I know nothing about desert tortoises, but doubt that the cattle endangered them - if anything they may have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, in that the tortoises got valuable nutrients, and water from the cow excrement.
Next thing I suppose we will be fed from BLM is that Bundy’s cows fart too much, endangering our climate.
“Yes, that’s the ticket” - Cow farts!