Cattle

Companies Under Fire For Ties To Idaho Dairy Where Cow Abuse Took Place

Scott Graf — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:52:48 +0000

A California animal rights group is publicly asking Burger King to sever its ties with an Idaho dairy. The demand from Mercy for Animals comes after the group shot undercover video at a dairy barn over the summer. Scott Graf reports from Boise State Public Radio.

Differing Ideas Offered To Avoid A Repeat Of Washington Wolf Pack Kill

Tom Banse — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:13:55 +0000

The director of Washington's Fish and Wildlife Department Friday said he hopes never again to have to order the killing of an entire wolf pack, as happened last month. In Olympia Friday, cattlemen and wolf lovers offered the agency radically different ideas for how to avoid a repeat.

Southeast Oregon Fires Displace 20,000 Cattle

Amelia Templeton — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:15:57 +0000

Firefighters have mostly contained the Holloway fire, a massive blaze on the Oregon-Nevada border. But Amelia Templeton of Earthfix reports there is still no clear solution for the cattle left homeless by Oregon’s summer fires.

Case Could Hamstring WA’s Control of Runoff Pollution

Courtney Flatt — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:46:59 +0000

A small ranch in southeastern Washington is the site of some big disputes playing out between environmental regulators and farmers.

The question: How much control can the government have over pollution from agricultural runoff?

As part of EarthFix and Investigate West’s series on the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Courtney Flatt takes a look at a court case that could determine how strictly the state regulates polluted rainwater runoff.

Long Draw Fire Cools Down, Ranchers Search For Missing Cattle

Amelia Templeton — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:53:10 +0000

Officials say the massive Long Draw fire in South East Oregon stopped actively burning over the weekend. The fire consumed more than 900 square miles of rangeland. Amelia Templeton reports, ranchers are searching for their cows.

Birders and Burgers: An Unlikely High Desert Partnership

Anna King — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:55:30 +0000

In the remote valleys of southeast Oregon both birds and cattle flourish. This is where mountain streams feed an oasis of lakes and marshes in the high desert. Cattle ranchers and wildlife advocates have been fighting over that valuable grassland for decades. Now, they’ve struck a delicate truce that keeps both birds and burgers in mind. Correspondent Anna King has our story from way outside of Burns, Oregon.