A last-ditch lawsuit by ranchers aims to halt federal plans to shoot and kill feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public.
In the skies above the New Mexico wilderness, federal agents in helicopters this week plan to shoot and kill dozens of feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public’s safety.
“The feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness have been aggressive towards wilderness visitors, graze year-round, and trample stream banks and springs, causing erosion and sedimentation,” Howes said inFrom Thursday through Sunday, according to the U.S. Forest Service, agents from the Department of Agriculture will shoot about 150 heads of feral cattle roaming the Gila Wildnerness. Feral cattle are those without tags, brands or signs of ownership, according to the Forest Service.
Last year, according to the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Assn., many of the cattle that were shot by federal agents “were not killed instantly but wandered off, bled out and then died.”after last year’s operation requires the U.S. Forest Service to give 75 days’ notice of any helicopter sniper operations, which it can carry out only if it “satisfies the procedural and substantive requirements to justify such an action,” according to the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Assn.
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