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- From: ren@rap.ucar.edu (Ren Tescher)
- Newsgroups: misc.rural
- Subject: Re: The Neglected Sheep in Marin
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.161005.1330@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:10:05 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.000320.3921@informix.com> <93022.082941JCLEWIN@MTUS5.BITNET> <1993Jan25.100445.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.100445.1@vax.sonoma.edu> simard@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
- >Turns out that this guy is NOT a rancher. I live in the next county
- >north of Marin and he has sheep here that are also in trouble. They
- >are being checked daily by the county. What is this guy? A San Franciso
- >investment broker who is holding land strictly for future sale. He
- >puts sheep on the land to keep the weeds down. A lot of sheep are
- >grown in both Sonoma and Marin counties and this guy has caused much
- >anguish amoung true sheep ranchers because of the bad rap given them
- >by him.
- There you have it! The guy is deliberately giving the local
- sheep ranchers a bad name so they'll be forced out by mis-guided
- animal rights groups. That leaves all these vacant ranches for what else?
- Sub-divisions! Who knows, maybe the county governments are conspiring with
- him (increased tax revenue). I think the waddies should relive their
- heritage and introduce this scum to 'range justice'.
- Devil's Advocate: Why should we let all this potentially valuable
- suburbia be wasted on agriculture? Share our desire/need for agricultural
- products with third world countries that have to slash-and-burn rain forests
- for farming/ranching.
- ren
- dona nobis pacem
-