Abandoned Horses & Wolf Kill

Abandoned Horses & Reports of Wolf Kills In Idaho plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report. The numbers of horses that are being abandoned across the northwest is increasing as financial times continue to be tough. Nadine Hoy with Project Spirit near Klamath Falls, Oregon says there is help available. HOY: If you have a horse you cannot afford to take care of that you are desperately trying to get rid of because of your financial problems, call us. Call Project Spirit, call the Humane Society, we will try to help. And if you just need to have feed for your horse we can try and help you with that too. Seattle's Department of Planning and Development is proposing amendments to the Land Use Code that concern urban agriculture, including urban farms and community gardens. The proposed amendments would allow such uses in all zones, though there would be some limitations in industrial zones. Two wolves were killed in northern Idaho and two others were likely killed in the last month as part of a state plan to reduce wolf populations to protect elk in the Lolo Wildlife Management Zone. The wolves were killed during a special hunt authorized by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game that ended Wednesday. There were not any kills reported during the wolf-control action that coincided with the spring black bear hunting season. State officials were disappointed only four wolves were killed. Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray. Could it actually be true; a vegan dietician who decided to visit a cattle feedlot to see for himself whether all the horror stories told by animal rights activists about the treatment of cattle was factual walking out to report that no, the horror stories weren't accurate and now appear to be highly exaggerated. Thank you Ryan Andrews, your truthful candor is highly refreshing and definitely surprising. Andrews went on to state that if he did eat meat his visit would certainly make him feel great about eating non-grass fed beef, and that he couldn't imagine the meat quality would be any better with organic or grass fed beef. Also, that he couldn't imagine living conditions being substantially better for the cattle. Bottom line here is that finally someone who doesn't eat meat had the courage to stand up and say that there is a lot that modern livestock farmers do right; contrary to what extreme animal rights activists would like everyone to believe. Could it really be that we are finally approaching a point in time when I can choose to eat meat and that's okay, and you can choose not to and that too is okay? We can only hope. Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.