Saturday, January 9, 2010

What are the Open Range Laws?

The Open Range Laws are laws that make it legal for a rancher to graze his cattle on your property, at your expense. If you do not want his cattle on your property, you can fence it at your own expense, and it is VERY expensive. If there is a hole in your fence, tough luck, your property becomes open range.

Since his cattle are on your property destroying your vegetation and water supply, the rancher of course has the right to trespass onto your property in order to maximize the amount of damage his cattle do by herding them to the juiciest places.

Open Range does not just apply to cattle. It also applies to sheep and horses. For some reason pigs are excluded.

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