Killer in the Herds

Todd Heisler

Rocky Mountain News

Workers stoke the pyre to finish off a week’s worth of elk carcasses hauled to a site northwest of Fort Collins. The elk came from 18 ranches in northeast Colorado’s ‘‘endemic area,’’ where fears of CWD exposure made the animals difficult to sell. In a deal with the federal government, ranchers accepted one-time buyouts and agreed to get out of the business in exchange for killing their herds.

Todd Heisler, "Killer in the Herds," in POYi Archive, Item #32737, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/32737 (accessed November 23, 2024).