Extension of pilot cougar hunting program clears Senate
Washington Ag Today March 10, 2011 The state Senate this week approved a measure sponsored by Republican Senator Bob Morton that extends for five years the pilot program allowing the use of dogs to hunt problem cougars. The program was set to expire this year but Substitute Senate Bill 5356 extends it until 2016. Morton said the pilot program has been very successful in removing problem cougars and reducing livestock kills. The Senate this week also passed and sent to the House Substitute Senate Bill 5077, which would prohibit the use of eminent domain for economic development. That measure had been requested by the state attorney general. The issue came to the attention of the attorney general after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London where the high court said Ms. Kelo’s home could be taken by the city and turned over for private development. Now this from Stockland Livestock. This is Jack McQuiness here at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Sale here Monday, 11-hundred cattle on the market. Strong sale on cows and bulls. We had a big bull 22-hundred-50 pounds selling for a $1 a pound. A full load of cows consigned from the Okanogan country going out in the 78 to 83,84 dollar range and fully steady on all weights and classes of feeder cattle. Top calf there topped at 17-hundred dollars on Monday. We will have a cattle sale every Monday with a big special coming up on the 21st. That’s Stockland Livestock here in Davenport. Thanks for listening. Thanks Jack. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
