In the skies above the New Mexico wilderness, federal agents in helicopters this week plan to shoot and kill dozens of feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public's ...

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This article was originally featured on High Country News. Those who visit the Gila Wilderness in southern New Mexico these days have to grapple with a number of perils: rattlesnakes, extreme heat, ...

More than 100 feral cattle have been ordered by the U.S. Forest Service to be hunted down by gunmen in helicopters. The wild cattle have made their way into Gila National Forest in Southwest New ...

A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan ...

Less than 24 hours before bullets are set to fly, a group of animal activists including the Humane Farming Association hopes an 11th-hour lawsuit stops the planned aerial slaughter of 150 cattle in ...

A kill order has been issued for 150 cattle in Gila Wilderness, a protected backcountry area in New Mexico. The U.S. Forest Service announced its decision in a news release, explaining that feral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A feral bull is seen along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico in 2020. A legal battle is playing out over a federal plan to ...