Winterkill. P.H. Turner
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Название: Winterkill
Автор: P.H. Turner
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: The Nation
isbn: 9781616505516
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Carlisle waved his hand irritably. “That vaccine isn’t proven effective. Plus, it costs cattlemen money. Won’t be needed if you eradicate the host animal.” Carlisle tapped his steepled fingertips together.
“So cattlemen risk the infection to save vaccination costs?”
“It’s a business, Ms. Cahill.”
“You compete with buffalo meat for space on the family dinner table and also with feedlot operators, who don’t have roundups, pay extra hands and don’t have losses to predator animals which make the animal cheaper to bring to market. How do you compete with a cheaper beef product?”
“Americans like the sweet taste of grass-fed beef. No comparison to inferior beef fed out in a lot. Don’t ever underestimate the consumer, Ms. Cahill. They know good beef.”
“Your solution is to get buffalo out of Wyoming’s cattle country. How would you suggest that be done?”
Carlisle narrowed his eyes. “I’d like Wyoming to follow the example set by Montana’s Governor Schwarz. Montana just prohibited the importation of any buffalo into the state. Wyoming should do the same and all Wyoming slaughterhouses should be prohibited from slaughtering buffalo.” He held up three fingers and jabbed them at the camera. “Third, Wyoming counties should have the right to prohibit buffalo ranches in their counties. The cattle industry must be preserved for our children and grandchildren.”
“One last question. There was a buffalo mutilation over on Ray Foster’s ranch a couple of nights ago. Do you have any comment?”
“Yes, I do.” He set up straighter looking directly into the camera. “Animal mutilation is sick behavior. I support Sheriff Barton’s efforts and urge all the ranchers in the county to be alert and to support the authorities.”
“I appreciate your time today, Mr. Carlisle.”
We did the shake hands and thanks so much and we were out and off camera. I called Clay and verified a minute thirty-second package for tonight’s news.
Benita asked me what I thought about Carlisle’s interview on the drive back to the station.
“I think he’s angry, maybe defensive, certainly entrenched in his beliefs. But is he angry enough to indulge in a little terrorism in a pasture to protect his share of the meat market?”
“I don’t know,” Benita said
“At least, with all that emotion, Carlisle’s interview will play well on TV,” I said.
I got a local phone book from the station’s receptionist. Sometimes research was just that simple. Wyoming Big Game Guide was located on I-80 on the edge of town. His yellow page ad claimed Javier Contreras could help you bag a trophy elk.
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