Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Cattle Shootings In the last few months, cattle and horses have been shot in the back country. The latest incident happened in Bingham County. One bull and five cows were shot. A lot of ranchers are upset and want to catch whoever is doing it. Many of these ranchers are joining the Range Deputy Program that Bingham and Bonneville County officially kicked off Tuesday morning. The hope is, with more eyes and ears out there, the faster they can put a stop to this. "It's a serious deal. Shouldn't be messing with someone else's livelihood," says Matt Thompson, an upset rancher. A livelihood that's costing ranchers more than they can spare. "We've had nine to ten cows shot in the last two months," he says. For Thompson, that's 15-hundred per cow and it adds up. "We've lost probably fifteen thousand dollars," says Thompson. Ranchers are tired of it....

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