RC: Re: BRAND INSPECTION IN CALIFORNIA (long)

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

Out of curiousity, I read the NM livestock code.  Open range defines who 
has the burden of fencing, but does not provide rights to graze on unfenced 
land.

Livestock owned by someone *without* the actual right to have the animal(s) 
on the unfenced land (i.e., the livestock owner is *not* the person who is 
paying the grazing fee or who owns the land) can actually be considered to 
be straying.  This prevents everyone from just dumping their livestock on 
any unfenced land they feel like, such as what my neighbor is doing.

A stray can be reported and picked up by authorities - the NM codes provide 
info on how this is handled.   I believe the CA laws are similar.

Of course, reporting a horse or other critter as a stray when you have 
already got a bad relationship with the animal's owner has its own 
repercussions - I know this for a fact!  Lif


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