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the 2003 ADC Report in PDF
Over
the last 100 years, the West has been the site of a continuing
battle between native wildlife species and livestock.
Herbivorous wildlife are seen as "competitors" to
livestock if they eat forage or browse, while carnivorous
wildlife are considered "predators" of livestock
if they are large enough to kill a sheep or calf.
These predator-livestock
wars were inevitable as domestic livestock interests became
more powerful at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1915,
Congress gave in to the pleadings of ranchers by appropriating
$125,000 and creating Predatory Animal and Rodent Control
(PARC). This tragic act set the stage for what has been over
85 years of destruction of wildlife on public and private
lands, using public funds, to benefit the business
interests of very few in the farming/ranching business. Hence
today's "modern-day" A.D.C. program had been launched.
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