Posted on 05/04/2008 10:31:21 AM PDT by jazusamo
"Is Austin like Berkeley or Boulder ? Lots of liberals ?"
Very liberal - just not as crazy as Berkeley, LOL.
My eyes also glazed over. I guess my point is that there is enough leeway in the definition of livestock between the Statute and rules set by the Commissioner of Agriculture it would probably take a court case to settle the definition as it applies in a specific instance.
But I do know this the legal definition of a fence was obviously set up to keep out cattle of the genus bos (sounds like a Mafia name) and maybe sheep. It sure as heck would not suffice to keep out bison. Which would either need old fashioned cattle planks (is that what they are called?) or a fence which would rival those at a Siberian Gulag.
I can see a modification to the fencing law that updates the legal fence definition for atypical livestock. Perhaps with an understanding that since these stock are not held in by traditional fencing the owner would be responsible for keeping his stock in. I imagine the cost of building a bison proof fence is a great deal more expensive than your post and barbwire fence.
Terrible! The guys that did this senseless slaughter and the city slicker that hired them need to be hung out to dry.
Thanks for the suggestion. It makes me remember my son’s beef hamburgers. He made a well in the center of the patty with a spoon, added a pat of real butter, then topped it with about a tablespoon of Worchester sauce. Yummy. Could help bison, too.
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