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Show I . y . . .. p -tfMttw- -map1'-'- , L ..... " ' ,. , . . " " ' - " ' . , "" ,,,. ""' , J 4 I . . . . These cows, shown here in an Aurora feed lot where they were taken after being impounded from Fifty Mile Mountain, were rated healthy, on a scale of 1 to 5. Yearlings generally were rated 4 and cows with calves 3, a not uncommon rating for any cow with a calf according to Shyrell Cattle impounded by the BLM from Fifty Mile Mountain on Oct. 19 will be sold at auction at the Producers Salina Auction in Salina on Nov. 7 unless they are redeemed before that date by owner Mary Baker, brand inspector. The BLM impounded the cattle, claiming they were "emaciated" from lack of forage. They were ordered to be removed and were impounded when their owner Mary Bulloch failed to comply with the BLM's deadline. They will be sold by the BLM on Tuesday. BLM To Sell Mary Bulloch's Impounded Cows On Tuesday Bulloch of Kanab. According to the legal notice of sale, Bulloch must pay for "the value of the forage consumed, the damage to the public lands and other property of the United States, the cost of the impoundment, removal, and the care of the impounded livestock." But the manner in which the cattle were transported from Fifty Mile Mountain to the Aurora feed lot where they are currently being held until Tuesday's auction has come under scrutiny State Brand Inspector Terry Menlove. Bulloch's cattle were impounded after she failed to meet a Bureau of Land Management deadline for removal re-moval of her cattle from her summer sum-mer allotment on the mountain. But Bulloch, who has accused the BLM of "rustling" her cattle, may not be too far off if state law applies to the government agency. The only female cattle rancher on the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument, Bulloch had protested what she felt to be discriminatory and arbitrary demands by Monument Monu-ment Manager Kate Cannon and she has appealed Cannon's decisions. Bulloch has claimed that Cannon is trying to force her out of business and accused her of contacting a member of the Grand Canyon Trust who approached her ranch lien holder about buying her out. In Salina, Utah State Brand Inspector Shyrell Baker , Southern District Area Supervisor, said that he had completed a "body conditioning" con-ditioning" survey of the impounded cattle at the Aurora feedlot where they have been held. He said that on their standard scale of 1 to 5, a bull had rated a 5 (fat), several yearlings rated 4, and cows with calves rated 3, not uncommon for cows with calves, and considered average. He said there were five orphaned calves that were being given special care because their mothers had been left on the mountain. One calf, he said, is in a "hospital bin" Baker said that the cattle are longhorns, a Brahma cross, that doesn't really get fat. They are a desert breed that traditionally remains lean. I I . This red bull, among those impounded by the BLM on Oct. 19, was given a score of 5 on a 1 to 5 scale by Brand Inspector Shyrell Baker, Salina, who said Mary Bulloch's cattle were within a healthy rnnirA for t.hir HrH. If the cattle sell on Tuesday, the proceeds of the sale will go into a state escrow account for a year, and if the matter is not settled by then, they will revert to the state. Seth Winterton, investigative officer for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said on Tuesday that the state views the manner in which the cattle were transported from the Monument (See COWS on page 10-A) ll .L COWS From Front Page to the Aurora feed lot where they are being held as illegal. The BLM had neither a brand inspection nor proof of ownership at the time the cattle were transported In transporting the cattle, the BLM apparently took a circuitous route, avoiding Kanab, where a sheriffs deputy and brand inspector were waiting. Such a case may be handled either as a civil case or a criminal case, but most are handled administratively, Winterton said. "As we speak our attorney Steve Ward is meeting with federal attorney Karlee Christensen," said Winterton. He said Christensen had very recently replaced Paul Warner who had advised Cannon she could transport the cattle without an inspection. Winterton said that Cannon had been warned by the Brand .Inspector's office that she should not transport the cattle without an inspection. When asked about the warning on Tuesday, Cannon referred the News to Christensen Chris-tensen for comment. The penalty for conviction under civil law where an administrative citation is issued is $75 and $2 a head. The criminal charge is a class B misdemeanor. Estrays among the cattle impounded become the property of the county. Cary Peterson heads the Department De-partment of Agriculture and Food. Cannon said on Tuesday that they had suspended efforts to impound cattle due to weather. Cattle rancher Quinn Griffin and his cowboys had been fighting rain, snow, mud, fog and cold weather in their attempts, with almost no success, to remove his remaining cattle. In Kanab, jars have been placed throughout the city to collect funds to help Bulloch, who has suffered substantial financial loss, redeem her cattle. |