> > The old fellow in the big cowboy hat got a standing
> > ovation

> > The Sierra Club and the U. S. Forest Service were
> > presenting an alternative to the Wyoming ranchers for
> controlling the
> > coyote population.
> >
> > It seems that after years of the ranchers using the
> > tried and true method of shooting or trapping the
> predators, the Sierra
> > Club had a "more humane" solution to this
> issue.
> >
> > What they were proposing was for the animals to be
> > captured alive. The males would then be castrated and
> let loose again.
> > This was ACTUALLY proposed by the Sierra Club and by
> the U. S. Forest
> > Service.
> >
> > All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea
> > for a couple of minutes.
> >
> > Finally an old fellow wearing a big cowboy hat in the
> > back of the conference room stood up, tipped his hat
> back and said ...
> > "Son, I don't think you understand our problem
> here.
> > These coyotes ain't <snip>in' our sheep ...
> they're eatin' 'em!"
> >
> > The meeting never really got back to order.
>