Letter: Cows, not horses, damage public lands
In the May 17 Salt Lake Tribune was an article about the money the Bureau of Land Management needs to cull the growing wild horse population.Another approach would be to increase the price of grazing rights sold to ranchers, which is $1.41 per month per animal. That is a steal. You cannot even feed your dog or cat on $1.41 a month. They should also reduce the number of permits sold.As the article stated, cows do way more damage to the grazing land and, I believe, to the banks of streams flowing
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