RC: Re: Re: BRAND INSPECTION IN CALIFORNIA (long)

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

Colorado does not consider a loose horse or two "livestock".  They are
considered a nuisance animal and animal control will pick the animal up.
You can call your state vet (this person is higher in rank than animal
control officers or deputies or brand inspectors) and get the word from him
on what you can do about this animal.  I found this useful in dealing with
my nieghbor's horses.  The neighbor claimed I had to fence them out, but the
authorities had something else to say.  Next time their horses are loose on
my land, I will call animal control after the verbal dressing down the
neighbor gave me. :-) However, she did finally put up a post and fix the
place her horses kept pushing the fence down.

Good luck dealing with this.  Bad neighbors with loose animals (I consider
them abused animals) are really the pits.

m
(aka michelle rowe)
colorado
http://www.redwrench.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lif Strand" <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
To: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:07 AM
Subject: RC: Re: BRAND INSPECTION IN CALIFORNIA (long)


> 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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