Barry Rice

- doing science on a terrestrial planet -



Cattle grazing and misplaced priorities (v2.0)


-- More Bovine Damage --

Darlingtonia

You can see the trail the cows made. Notice how they've stripped out the vegetation as they moved. You cannot see in this photograph the deep-ripping, muddy holes they made in the soft soil. Nor can you see the cow crap. Nor do you see many Cobra Lilies or orchids along the trail, because the cows ate nearly all those!

It is worth mentioning that this Cobra Lily seep is just part of the parcel that the private landowners own. The rancher is letting the cows trample the entire privately owned parcel, all without permission. You can imagine the owners are very, very angry!

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April 2002; HTML revised 1 January 2008