Wolves will continue to be a ‘burden’ to livestock producers, Cattlemen’s Association says at Farm Show
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
A little more than four years ago, voters statewide supported Prop. 114 to reintroduce gray wolves to Colorado.
As long as it is the law, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are directed to implement it, cattle raisers are going to have to face the challenge, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Erin Karney said Tuesday in a lecture kicking off the Colorado Farm Show.
"It is going to continue to be a burden to livestock producers," she said.
She argues, though, what might be viewed as a Western Slope issue is a concern on both sides of the continental divide, noting the operations of Eastern Colorado cattle raisers, feedlots, sale barns and processing plants.
"A lot of our members are directly affected," Karne...
