Why are the feds paying $3.3 million to graze for 30 years on land worth only about $4 million.

Yellowstone Bison

A controversial grazing deal has the federal government paying $3.3 million to graze on land that it should be able to buy outright for $4-8 million.

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Feds pay 232x what they charge in grazing fees for bison; Fugitive prairie dogs & more animal new

Church near Yellowstone charges taxpayers $313 per month for wild bison to graze. Mother Jones measures how much Obama sucks on wildlife. Escaped prairie dogs and wandering leatherback sea turtles.

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Most Recent Missing Mexican Wolf Found–And He’s Not Dead

I don’t think it would be asking too much to offer a preliminary finding in the copious and tedious weekly and monthly reports the wolf reintroduction project puts out. Was there a gaping bullet hole? A tire tread?  We’re not talking CSI Wolf here.

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Government’s New Tactic to Get Rid of Wild Horses: Call Them Strays

Wild Horses Saved by Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue

The federal government seems to have a new way to get rid of excess wild horses: just call them strays. Then they can be shipped to Mexico for slaughter.

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Bighorn Sheep over Grazing Sheep

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The forest service is kicking grazing sheep out of Idaho’s Payette National Forest because they give bighorns pneumonia. Ranchers don’t buy it. It’s like the reverse of the Yellowstone Buffalo brucellosis drama.

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5 Million Animals on the USDA Hit List

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The $121 million Wildlife Services agency killed 5 million animals in 2008 at about $24 apiece. They mainly target coyotes for sheep ranchers and starlings and blackbirds for eating grain, including birdseed crops.

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