Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Kill Order Made On Wolves Killing Livestock
A kill order has been put out on the first wolves caught killing livestock in Oregon since they began moving to the state. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy said Tuesday that extensive efforts were made to convince the wolves to leave livestock alone, but haven't worked. She says federal hunters have been given a permit to kill the pair, and the rancher has permission to shoot them to protect his stock. The two wolves were wolves caught on camera last April standing over the carcasses of dead sheep...KPTV
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