Friday, May 28, 2010

Yellowstone Bison go to Ted Turner

2,244 kms biked this year.

AM: Wind E 11km/hr, 13C, overcast no rain. 53 minutes: Slow, but I was tight from baseball.
PM:

Had client meeting Thu so no biking, but played softball. 3 for 5, caught a fly, slipped in the mud several times and got a few laughs from the guys.

AM, listened to On Point's discussion of the Yellowstone bison herd's problem with bruxellosis, which if transmitted to cows requires the entire herd to be slaughtered. Gov't is moving a # of animals to Ted Turner's Montana bison operation, for quarantine and observation, for 5 years. Clean animals will be returned to Yellowstone, and Turner gets 75% of the offspring during the time as payment. Lots of contraversy about the involvement of private business, but I think it's a fine idea. The opponents think private interests needn't be involved and the Montana gov't isn't trying hard enough to find a better solution.

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