Feral cows to be shot dead from helicopter in U.S. national forest: "A difficult decision" [New Mexico]

CBS News ^ | February 17, 2023 8:57 AM | CBS/AP

[Olog-hai]

A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill.

U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation’s first designated wilderness area. The move sets the stage for legal challenges over how to handle unbranded livestock and other stray cows as drought deepens in the West.

The Gila National Forest issued the decision amid pressure from environmental groups who raised concerns about nearly 150 cattle whose hooves and mouths are damaging streams and rivers.

Ranchers, meanwhile, have criticized the plan to shoot cows from a helicopter as animal cruelty. They said the action violates federal regulations and will be problematic when carcasses are left to rot. …

[billorites]

Thinning the wrong herd.

[posterchild]

It is too bad that we can’t find some way to turn their muscle tissue into an edible product which tastes like vegetables.

[BenLurkin]

[mass55th]

Plenty of two-legged feral cows in Washington, D.C.

[SgtHooper]

I don’t think the cattle need to worry as over half the citizens in that state drink egregiously anyway. They’d likely blow a hole in the bottom of the helicopter.

[BenLurkin]

Hunting “environmentalists” from helicopters might be a good idea.

[heavy metal]

where’s the beef...

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

[Bob434]

LOL- Impossible Veggies!

[MtnClimber]

What about all of the feral communists?

[Bob434]

carpet bomb the area to make sure they don’t miss any- then some agent orange just for good measure in-case a few slipped through-

[lee martell]

I never heard of the term ‘feral cows” until now. It’s like saying:
“Dangerous Ducks!”

[TonyinLA]

Offer 150th of the cost of that chopper as a bounty on each cow and they’ll be gone before the weekend is out. And feed 150 families.

[Red Badger]

Buy your mother-in-law and new pair of PJs.....................

[rockrr]

Cows With Guns...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBFkT_KZr8

[frank ballenger]

Yesterday there was a thread about a man fighting with a deadly chicken.

Barnyards and national forests are getting scary.

[BenLurkin]

[Paladin2]

The GNF has no feral horses?

Feral coyotes?