Colorado Enlists Range Riders to Deter Wolf Attacks; Ranchers are Skeptical
From AspenPublicRadio.org:
(NEW CASTLE, Colo.) — Bouncing up a dry dirt road this fall in western Colorado, Mike Tornes is searching for his cattle. He drives unfazed through deep ruts in the path, passing broad green, orange, and yellow valleys as birds of prey sweep in front of his windshield.
Every spring, Tornes releases between 120 and 140 cows on these 7,000 acres of private land, but it’s inherently risky. “It takes a … certain kind of dumb, I guess, to be able to throw several hundred thousand dollars out in the woods and say, ‘Come on home when you want to.’”
