Hurricane Ike was, thankfully, not as devastating to southeast Texas as originally feared. But, as the New York Times’ Kate Murphy reports, one consequence is that 25,000 cows were displaced from their homes.

Now the Texas Dept. of Agriculture is teaming with the non-governmental Independent Cattle Association to round-up the 15,000 cows still at large. The loose cows are, of course, devastating to the ranchers that own them. But the danger they present to motorists has also forced the state of Texas to close off roads. Federal agencies have yet to fully wade into the lingering problem, though the Natural Resources Conservation Service is starting to dispose of the thousands of cattle carcasses.

I find this loose cows problem to be quite interesting. The article leaves unanswered, though, if federal and state govt. officials anticipated the problem.-MB

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