1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: dot com. Now Here's your host. Ryan cal Callahan, a 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: Turkish bird hunter, died last week after he was shot 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: and killed by his own dog. The thirty two year 7 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: old Turkish man was on a hunting trip with friends 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: in the Samson Province in Turkey's northern region of the 9 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: Black Sea. Details are a little sketchy, so I can't 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: say for sure what he was hunting, but social media 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: photos obtained by The New York Post show the man 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: with upland bird shotguns and hunting dogs. He was reportedly 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: putting one of his dogs in the small kennel hitched 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: to the back of his car when the dog's paw 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: touched the trigger of a loaded shotgun and it went off. 16 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: The hunter was rushed to a nearby hospital, but pronounced 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: dead on arrival. Some outlets have reported that one of 18 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: his hunting buddies had been arrested, and others claimed the 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: dog story was a cover up for murder, but the 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: friend has since been released and I haven't been able 21 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: to find any evidence that the dog is being used 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: as a patsy for a homicide. A homicide, by the way, 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: is when one person kills another person. Comes from the 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:23,279 Speaker 1: Latin homo meaning mam and sidium meaning the act of killing. 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: Following that logic is a canasidium when a dog kills 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: a person. Or is this still a homicide? All you 27 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: Latin scholars nowhere to find me? Anyway, If this story 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: makes you look at your furry friends and pause, or 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: if it sounds a little far fetched or maybe just 30 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: a little too rough, keep in mind that it's happened before. 31 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: You may remember back in two thousand eighteen when a 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: hunter in New Mexico was shot by his dog from 33 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: the back seat of his truck. He had his dogs 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: and his loaded gun rattling around back there, and the 35 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: dogs bag got caught in the trigger guard. The man survived, 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: but had to undergo several surgeries. The only silver lining 37 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: to any of these stories is that we now know 38 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: it was an accident. There's no way a dog would 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: shoot its person on purpose. If it was a cat, 40 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: well you know I wouldn't be so sure. This week, 41 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: we've got litigation monuments and crime plus so much more. 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: But first I'm gonna tell you about my week, and 43 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: my week was great other than picking up Covid again, 44 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: which is why my voice sounds like this. It's my 45 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: third round of aches, pains, fevers, chills, coughing, and covid 46 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: antibody building. How was I struck down? Well, that's a 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: good question. After a solid three months of traveling in 48 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: and out of the very remote locales enjoying the great 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: out of doors, I went to Atlanta to be social 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: with my girlfriend and see Old Chester and Carl open 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: up for Trampled by Turtles, which was awesome chat and 52 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Carl did a great job. But if I'm being totally honest, 53 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: Trampled really stole the show. I don't know if you 54 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: and steal your own show, but they did a good job. 55 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: It's funny that I've been listening to that group for 56 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: fifteen or so years and have become friends with the 57 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: lead singer, Dave Seminette for a handful of years now, 58 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: and this is the first time I ever saw him live. 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: It's an incredible show, and like I've said in the 60 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: not too distant past, Trampled by Turtles really impresses me 61 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: with their support of conservation groups such as the Sportsman 62 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Pheasants Forever and 63 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: Quail Forever. There are a lot of larger groups and 64 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: artists out there who aren't willing to publicly support causes 65 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: for fear of losing cash from their listener base. It's 66 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: notable and noteworthy anyway. If you want to stretch your 67 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: music repertoire with some intense stringed harmony, check out their 68 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: new album Up and Glow. Then go see them live. 69 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: Whole new appreciation for what they do when you watch 70 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: it come together up close. Also in my HOTLANDA highlights 71 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: Georgia Aquarium for the two big tanks. Pretty awesome watching 72 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: the big sharks glide through those big glass tanks, even 73 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: for somebody who swam with them. It's a good reminder 74 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: that the new Hawaii episode season eleven Meat Eater, only 75 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: available at the meat eater dot Com, is live right now. 76 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: You can go check that out. The other thing I 77 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: thought about a lot in the Georgia Aquarium is what 78 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: would happen if that glass broke. It's almost two ft thick, 79 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: so highly unlikely, but six million gallons is a lot 80 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: of water. In one pot. Now, aside from that, some 81 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: really big news and I'm jumping the gun here a 82 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: little bit, so the details are still a little fuzzy, 83 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: but it's happening, and you should be able to go 84 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: to the meat eator dot com and know that it's 85 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: happening by the time you hear this. The meat Eater 86 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: Land Access Initiative, say one more time, the meat Eater 87 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: Land Access Initiative. You know that program where we try 88 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: to identify places that will provide more access to hunting 89 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: and fishing. Well, we've selected a really cool project to 90 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: put our collective dollars to work on. This one was 91 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: brought to me by the Trust Republic Lands or TPL. 92 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: It's called the Montana Great Outdoors Project, and it's unique 93 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: in the fact that recreational access will be provided through 94 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: permanent easement the outright ownership. The project is located in 95 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: northwest Montana and designed to keep working for us working 96 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: and prevent development. Meaning most of what we're talking about 97 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: is timber company land that's highly sought after for recreational use, 98 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: but they're still in timber production providing jobs. If the 99 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: land was chopped up and sold off at market value, 100 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: there'd be very little chance of conserving it, which is 101 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: why TPL that's Trust for Public Lands, brokered the idea 102 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: of permanent easements which will allow for quote traditional uses 103 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: such as hunting, fishing, OHB, and even firewood cutting where appropriate. 104 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: In order to maximize this opportunity to provide more and 105 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: permanent access right now across all Mediator brands, we will 106 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: be donating a percentage of sales up to two dollars. Additionally, 107 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: when you make a purchase, you can choose to round 108 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: up for the Montana Great Outdoors project using our Roundup 109 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: for Conservation platform at checkout. If you want to learn more, 110 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: you can go to the meat eater dot com forward 111 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: slash cow or two TPL dot org forward slash Montana 112 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: Great Outdoors. So for all of you have already supported 113 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: the meat Eator land Access Initiative, thank you. We're putting 114 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: that cash to work. The end result of this year's 115 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: project will be hundreds of thousands of acres of permanent access. 116 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: And for those who haven't thrown their hat in on 117 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: some land access initiative funday, now is the time to 118 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: do it. We're going to double your money for more access. 119 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: Moving on to the legal desk. I have an update 120 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: for you on the Montana wolf case. We covered an episode. 121 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: The judge in that case issued a restraining order against 122 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: the state's wolf hunt which reduced quotas and bag limits 123 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: in several management units. He issued the order in response 124 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: to a request by two animal rights groups that are 125 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: suing the state over the new wolf hunting regulations the 126 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: legislature passed last year. However, in this most recent development, 127 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: that same judge has reversed course. He determined that the 128 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: animal rights groups were not able to prove that the 129 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: new wolf hunting REGs would cause irreparable harm to the 130 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: state's wolf population. The col's weaken Review Listener wrote in 131 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: to explain that judges often do this kind of thing. 132 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: They put a policy on pause while they sort out 133 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: whether the policy will cause irreparable harm. Then they allow 134 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: the policy to continue or uphold the restraining order once 135 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: they make their determination. This latest ruling does not mean 136 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: the animal rights groups will ultimately fail in their lawsuit. 137 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: It just means that, in this judge's view, the danger 138 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: to the wolf population isn't great enough to issue an 139 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: emergency order. He pointed out that even though the official 140 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: bag limit was raised to twenty. Only one hunter took 141 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: ten wolves last year. The vast majority of success full 142 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: hunters only took one wolf. Over in New Jersey, had 143 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: judge allowed the black bear hunt to continue after he 144 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: temporarily halted it in response to a suit brought by 145 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: several animal rights groups. Bear check stations opened on December six, 146 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: and the season runs through December tenth. It's worth noting 147 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: that even though protectionist groups were unsuccessful in their lawsuit, 148 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: they did manage to cut one day from the original 149 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: season by delaying the hunt's December five opening. The hunt 150 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: will be closed by the time you hear this, so 151 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: good luck to all you Garden State bear hunters. In 152 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: another Montana related legal case, a landowner is suing the 153 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: federal government over a public access road he claims should 154 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: only be open to Forest Service employees. The case has 155 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: made it all the way to the United States Supreme 156 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: Court and the Justice has heard oral arguments. Just last week, 157 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: several of you sent me this story and it definitely 158 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: piqued my interest. Larry Wilkins lives by himself in western 159 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: Montana on a ten acre patch of ground along the 160 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: East Forks the bitter at River. He's lived there since 161 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: two thousand six, and he has a neighbor nearby named 162 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Jane Stanton. The Forest Service road runs through his property, 163 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: which is the result of an easement granted to the 164 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: Forest Service by the properties previous owners in nineteen sixty two. 165 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: Wilkins and his lawyers claimed that the original agreement only 166 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: permitted the road to be used by Forest Service employees 167 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: and permittees, not the general public. However, in recent years, 168 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: Wilkins claims that his private hideaway has been trampled by hunters, hikers, 169 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: and all sorts of riff raff. He claims hunters of 170 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: trespassed on snowmobiles at five in the morning, someone shot 171 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: his cat, and that people have been poaching elk. Of course, 172 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: if all that's true, these activities are just illegal activities 173 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: with or without the road, But Wilkins wants the Forest 174 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: Service to take down a sign that says the road 175 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: is open to the public, which he hopes will cut 176 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: down on conflicts. The Forest Service claims that since at 177 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: least vo Forest Service maps have designated the road as 178 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: a National Forest System road that provide it's unrestricted access 179 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: to the Bitter Root National Forest. However, the bulk of 180 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: their argument rests on a technicality. They say that it's 181 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: too late for Wilkins to sue the federal government. The 182 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: Quiet Title Act allows lawsuits against the federal government for 183 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: using or modifying property up to twelve years after a 184 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: challenger knows or should have known, that the United States 185 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: held a claim on the land. Since Wilkins has been 186 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: on the property since two thousand six but didn't file 187 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: his lawsuit until two thousand eighteen, he missed the cutoff 188 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: date and his suit should be dismissed. This is why 189 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court is interested in this case. They don't 190 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: really care about a small Forest Service road in western Montana. 191 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: They want to weigh in on whether or how strictly 192 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 1: deadlines to sue the federal government should be enforced. At 193 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: the end of the day, the case will likely depend 194 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: on when Wilkins should have understood that the road would 195 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: be open to the public. Was it in two thousand six, 196 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: when he first moved on to the property, or was it, 197 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: as he argues, in more recent years, when public traffic 198 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: increased and it became a problem. The Court has heard 199 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: oral arguments, and some observers believe they're poised a side 200 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: with Wilkins. They should release their decision next spring. Moving on, 201 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: President Joe Biden announced last week his intention to designate 202 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: Aviquam or Spirit Mountain, as a National monument. This area 203 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: is located in southern Nevada and is considered sacred land 204 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: to twelve indigenous tribes. Here's President Biden making the announcement 205 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: at the Tribal Nation Summit. When it comes to Spirit Mountain, 206 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: surrounding Ridges and CanYa and Southern Nevada, I'm committed to 207 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: protecting this sacred place that is central to the creatian 208 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: story of so many tribes that are here today. Tribal 209 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: groups have led the push to designate Spirit Mountain as 210 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: a National monument, but it's also win for conservationists. The 211 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: area is home to the species of wildlife and their habitat, 212 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: including migration corridors for desert bighorn sheep, and is surrounded 213 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: by nine distinct wilderness areas. According to a press release 214 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: from back Country Hunters and Anglers, Nevada will retain wildlife 215 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: management authority in the area, and hunting and continued public 216 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: access opportunities will be sustained. Presidents often designate national monuments 217 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: under the Antiquities Act. Some argue that this act was 218 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: only intended to allow the president to designate small portions 219 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: of land, while others say it allows presidents to designate 220 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands, or sometimes even millions of acres. The 221 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: Biden administration is currently considering several proposals for how much 222 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: land to designate as the new Aquam National Monument. One 223 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 1: proposal would designate four hundred and fifty thousand acres, though 224 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: CNN reports that the administration is considering several different options. 225 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: Presidents can designate national monuments unilaterally. They do not need 226 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: approval from Congress or any other body. Since Theodore Roosevelt 227 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: created the Antiquities Act, nearly every president has used it 228 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: to protect well known and lesser known historical, cultural, and 229 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: natural icons. Moving on to the pig desk, a Chinese 230 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: concrete company is set to complete what it says is 231 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: the world's biggest high rise pig farm. If the sound 232 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: of that makes you confused and a little uncomfortable, join 233 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: the club. Thanks to Jonathan's Lessinger for sending this one in. 234 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: The company behind the farm whose name I won't attempt 235 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: to or you know, at butcher, that is what I'm 236 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: saying got It started as a concrete investor with multiple factories, 237 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: according to The Guardian, but after a slump in the 238 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: concrete and construction industries, they decided, you know what, why 239 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: not try your hand at pig farming. About eighteen percent 240 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: of the world's population lives in China, and that country 241 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: consumes about half of all the world's pork. But that 242 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: kind of customer base, I guess it makes sense to 243 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: jump into the modern pig farming industry. And when I 244 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: say modern, I mean in no way whatsoever resembling you 245 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: know that cute little movie Babe, the pig that hurts 246 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: the sheep, you know, and then turns into a beautiful 247 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: smoked pork chop covered in white fat. You remember that one? 248 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: That'll go well anyway. When this pig farm that does 249 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: not resemble that movie Babe is fully operational, it will 250 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: be an eight point six million square foot facility having 251 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: the capacity to house a whopping six hundred and fifty 252 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: thousand pigs. When viewed from the outside, it looks like 253 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: one of those shabby twenty or thirty story apartment buildings 254 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: you might see in any major US city, But inside 255 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: the farm has gas temperature and ventilation controls, along with 256 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: thirty thousand automatic feeders that can be operated from a 257 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: central control room. The company says waste from the pigs 258 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: will be treated and used to generate bio gas, which 259 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: can be used for power generation and heating water inside 260 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: the farm. Indoor urban farming isn't entirely new, but this 261 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: facility in Central China's Hubei Province appears to be the 262 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: largest of its kind in the world. Proponents of these 263 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: kinds of operations say they help the environment by reducing 264 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: the footprint that farms need to occupy. By building up 265 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: instead of out, indoor farms can use fewer acres while 266 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: still raising the same number of animals. Proponents also claim 267 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: that they can reduce the occurrence of disease because they 268 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: can monitor and disinfect workers coming in and out of 269 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: the facility. Opponents argue that disease is a much greater 270 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: risk than at traditional outdoor indoor facilities. While farm workers 271 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: can control what animals and people go in and out, 272 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: pathogens that do wind up in the facility will wreak 273 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: havoc among the population. Matthew Hyak, an assistant professor and 274 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: environmental studies at New York University told The Guardian that 275 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: disease can spread like wildfire in these facilities. He said, 276 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: there is quote very little evidence that these intensive facilities 277 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: have any of the benefits that their proponents claim. Opponents 278 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: also have criticisms related to animal welfare. The current industrial 279 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: livestock industry isn't always concerned about allowing animals to live 280 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: their best lives, but packing thousands of pigs into a 281 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: multi story indoor facility where they'll never touch the ground 282 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: or see the sunlight seems like a you know, a 283 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: step towards the matrix. If you're an AVI of the listener, 284 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: you may have noticed that I have an affinity for farming, 285 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: right Anne, And let me know what you think of 286 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: vertical farming practices. What are the good examples? Moving on 287 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: to the crime desk, and this one's at least partially 288 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: for the birds. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is 289 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: asking for the public's help and identifying a poacher or 290 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: poachers who shot and killed two bald eagles. The incident 291 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: occurred in Acadocious County in East Texas back in October, 292 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: but officials haven't been able to track down the perpetrators 293 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: landowner found the eagles in his field about fifteen yards 294 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: apart and reported it to wildlife officials. The birds were 295 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: found have passed through wounds from rifle bullets. Moving on 296 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: to Maryland, the Agricultural Secretary for the State of Maryland 297 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: has been charged with illegal bird hunting for allegedly baiting 298 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: birds during a waterfowl hunt over Thanksgiving. Thanks to Taylor 299 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: Batton for sending this one in. Police charged Joseph Barton 300 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: Felder for the wildlife violation, which carries a maximum fine 301 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: for a first defense. The secretary owns and operates two 302 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: farms in Dorchester County, and police were following up on 303 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,640 Speaker 1: a report of a suspected baiting pond. They found Barton Felder, 304 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: his son Andrew Barton Felder Jr. And three other people 305 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: hunting from a nearby cornfield. In addition to hunting with 306 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: the aid of bait, Barton Felder Jr. Was charged with 307 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: hunting with a shotgun that holds more than three shells 308 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: and for a federal waterfowl stamp violation. Up in New Hampshire, 309 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: a man has been charged with wildlife violations after he 310 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: shouted turkey with a nine millimeter handgun from his car window. 311 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: Licensed New Hampshire hunters are permitted to hunt turkeys with 312 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: bows through December fift but conservation off sers told local 313 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: media that a nine millimeter handgun isn't illegal means of 314 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: take even during the gun season. Officers caught the Cheshire 315 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: County man after a concerned citizen sent in a tip. 316 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: The man will also likely be charged with discharging weapon 317 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: within three ft of a home. I don't know the 318 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: details of this incident, but it's easy to imagine what happened. 319 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: A young gobbler with his whole life ahead of him, 320 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,719 Speaker 1: lots of prospects, starts hanging out with the wrong crowd, 321 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: out on the streets, set out the fields. His mother, 322 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: whom he only recently quit following, had kept telling him 323 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: he's better than that stuff. Don't go chasing mail carriers 324 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: and cars. That life will lead you nowhere. She said, Well, 325 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: she was right. Moral of the story. Don't shoot animals 326 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: from the road out of season with the illegal means 327 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: of take, and don't let her wildlife be urbanized. It's 328 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: just not worth it. In New Jersey, a twenty two 329 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: year old man named Matthew Ligas was charged with illegal 330 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: hunting after he killed four black bear cubs in Ringwood 331 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: State Park. Ligas was turned in by a hiker who 332 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: found three of the dead cubs, and he's been charged 333 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: with multiple crimes, including hunting with a firearm without a license, 334 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: hunting with an illegal weapon and ammunition, and hunting during 335 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: a closed season. I've seen some outlets try to connect 336 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: this incident with the state's decision to reopen bear hunting, 337 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: but uh, this guy's no hunter. Walleye fishing tournaments have 338 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: been in the news recently, but not for the reasons 339 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: whalley anglers might hope. The latest story along these lines 340 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: comes from Manitoba, Canada, where two tournament directors are being 341 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: charged with stealing money from a children's hospital. The Dynamic duo, 342 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: a thirty nine year old woman and a forty year 343 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: old man, hosted a walleye fishing tournament and told participants 344 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: that the proceeds would go to the Children's Hospital Foundation 345 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: of Manitoba, which you know, I mean, that's just dirty. 346 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: Pool man. You could have gotten a lighter sentence, I 347 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: suppose had you been like, yeah, we're hosting a walife 348 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: fishing tournament and uh, the proceeds are going to go 349 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: to the local firehouse. That's better than ripping off the 350 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: children's hospital. I mean, come on. Four participants registered and 351 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: two thousand one D forty seven dollars and entry fees 352 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: were collected. Nine thousand, one D eighteen dollars went to 353 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: the participants as prize money, but the hospital fund never 354 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: received the remaining thirteen thousand, twenty nine dollars. Did take 355 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: long for police to figure out where the fishy smell 356 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: was coming from and land the pair. Last one for you, 357 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 1: and this one is a doozy. Several of you sent 358 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: me a story about a hunter who had been wrongfully 359 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: charged with poaching two deer in West Virginia and North Carolina. 360 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: Now the man has hired a civil rights lawyer to 361 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: sue to West Virginia law enforcement officers for what he 362 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: says are constitutional violations. Started back in two thousand twenty 363 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: when David Craft shot two really nice white tail bucks. 364 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: He says he shot one in McDowell County, West Virginia, 365 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: the other in North Carolina, where he lives. He tagged 366 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: both bucks and sent both racks and caves to a 367 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: taxidermist in North Carolina. A few weeks later, he was 368 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: visited at his home by two conservation officers from North 369 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 1: Carolina and to from West Virginia. They eventually charged him 370 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: with hunting without permission, illegal possession of wildlife, and the 371 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: illegal means of take. They claimed he shot both bucks 372 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: with a crossbow on property in West Virginia where he 373 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 1: wasn't allowed to hunt. The story made it into local media, 374 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: where a West Virginia DNR officer probably displayed both sets 375 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: vantlers after they seized them from Crafts taxidermists. Fast forward 376 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: to April of this year, the stated requested multiple extensions 377 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: to the case, supposedly so that they could follow up 378 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: on some DNA evidence. D n R officers have previously 379 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: claimed that they had obtained photographs and other physical evidence 380 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: proving their case, but either that evidence didn't pan out 381 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: or they never had it in the first place. A 382 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: week before Craft's jury trial was set to take place, 383 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: prosecutors dropped all charges against Craft. He had to wait 384 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: a few months, but he eventually got his antlers back. Unfortunately, 385 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: the capes had been ruined, meaning that the hair was 386 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: coming off the hide and they couldn't be used to 387 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: mount his deer, which is a bum deal and this 388 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: case is obviously concerning Crafts lawyer makes some serious accusations, 389 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: at least some of which we can assume to be 390 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: valid due to the state dropping the case. He claims 391 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 1: the officers involved were part of a hunting club and 392 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: they were jealous of Crafts Dear. He implies that they 393 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: cooked up these charges with no evidence, and even claims 394 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: that they seized Crafts Dear without a warrant. According to 395 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: the FOIA materials we received, as well as the documents 396 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: produced during the criminal case, there was no warrant or 397 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: court order from either state justifying the seizure, nor did 398 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: David consent to the seizure of the antlers. In fact, 399 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: he expressly denied consent. I reached out to the West 400 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: Virginia d n R, but they declined to comment due 401 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: to the pending lawsuit. As always, will keep you posted 402 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: as the one progresses. That's all I've got for you 403 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: this week. Thank you so much for listening and putting 404 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: up with this haggard voice. Once again, check out the 405 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: meteor dot Com and our land Access initiative. 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