Cattle Ranching Lesson

I was watching the evening news on our ABC TV network. (American Broadcasting Company) A relatively un-biased network news organization here in the US.

It was the local Los Angeles station that was covering a cattle roundup on the city streets of Pico Rivera. Pico Rivera is a suburb in the Los Angeles metro area. Yes, on city streets. It seems that a small herd escaped from the stock pens of a near by slaughter house and the herd was roaming the city streets.

Oh yes, the ranching lesson.

It is not possible to use a police cruiser, Ford Explorer, to roundup or herd cattle. Trust me on this one.

The police were chasing the cattle through a city park in their Ford Explorers.

There is a small piece about that in our morning paper. Apparently one cow was saved to be sent to an animal shelter.

Saw that on the TV news here a couple of nights ago. They showed several cattle stomping around in someones front garden. Hopefully they left a bit of fertiliser to make up for the damage.

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Originally Posted by BobL

Hopefully they left a bit of fertiliser to make up for the damage.

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They probably did if they were being chased in the way described.

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Originally Posted by rrich

Oh yes, the ranching lesson.

It is not possible to use a police cruiser, Ford Explorer, to roundup or herd cattle. Trust me on this one.

The police were chasing the cattle through a city park in their Ford Explorers.

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t's good to watch a stockman/cowboy who really knows his stuff at work, though. When we lived in the bush we were on 2 acres (an old school) and our neighbour on 3 sides ran sheep and beef cattle. The whole family, Dad, Mum, son & daughter & daughter's boyfriend were all expert horsemen. When one of their steers got through the fence I thought they'd round it up on horseback and put it in a pen on the back of the ute to take home. Nothing so complicated. Dad walked down and on foot, with nothing but his hat, shepherded the steer back through the fence. This wasn't some poddy either. A few minutes earlier it had been tangled in the fence, not a happy chappy.
One day we had a feral ram come into our place. It had obviously been in the bush for a couple of years, with a huge fleece full of burrs. Their daughter's boyfriend rode down and had it roped and tied in seconds. The previous year, he'd won the Man from Snowy River competition, which tests out all sorts of equine skills. Just checked, and he's now won it 5 times, and his son has won the junior event.

Where do you find a couple of good cattle dogs when you need them?

A bit like the cops really.

mick :))