Record Payout in Livestock Killed by Wolves and Grizzlies!
Dec 4, 2015 9:19:44 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2015 9:19:44 GMT -8
Thanks for the links, RS!
The businesses of Montana make hundreds of millions of dollars each year from wildlife tourism — much of it from people who want to see wolves and grizzlies. Nonetheless, the headline of the news article is misleading. The payout is larger because the price of beef is higher — not because of more livestock killed. The cost of livestock losses is higher partly because of an early season blizzard that killed over ten thousand cattle and sheep in the general area two years ago — thus lowering the supply of livestock.
And for other headlines at the link, such as in the state of Wyoming, livestock losses are the direct result of ranchers being allowed to graze livestock on public land at extremely low grazing fees. There again, businesses and ranchers reap great rewards from the presence of wolves, grizzlies, and cheap federal land.
But only the costs made the headlines.
The businesses of Montana make hundreds of millions of dollars each year from wildlife tourism — much of it from people who want to see wolves and grizzlies. Nonetheless, the headline of the news article is misleading. The payout is larger because the price of beef is higher — not because of more livestock killed. The cost of livestock losses is higher partly because of an early season blizzard that killed over ten thousand cattle and sheep in the general area two years ago — thus lowering the supply of livestock.
And for other headlines at the link, such as in the state of Wyoming, livestock losses are the direct result of ranchers being allowed to graze livestock on public land at extremely low grazing fees. There again, businesses and ranchers reap great rewards from the presence of wolves, grizzlies, and cheap federal land.
But only the costs made the headlines.