Predator issue focus of Livestock Meetings

The month of November are traditional times for the Phillips County Livestock Association (PCLA) and the Hi-Line Wool Pool to meet. Large carnivore predators were the focus of both meetings. For the PCLA, Dave McEwen noted that it changes your perspective totally when you have a situation thrust upon you like a grizzly bear attack. He noted that from where the bear killed the 54 sheep is only 160 miles from Malta. In just a few days’ bears could cover that distance, according to McEwen. McEwen also noted that livestock do not like to go back and stay in pastures were the attacks occurred.

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