From: EcoWatch
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20-year feud between private rancher Cliven Bundy, 68, and the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) turned violent late last week when hundreds of
armed Americans came together in support of Bundy, whose cattle were
being removed from federal land by court order for illegal grazing.
The mass of armed citizenry, as well as threats made
against local business owners, prompted bureau officials to announce
over the weekend that the agency had decided to immediately stop its
cattle roundup operations and try once again to reason with Bundy in
court.
Specifically, a 20-minute standoff on
Saturday, in which supporters of the rancher were pointing rifles
toward the federal law enforcement officers and vice versa, raised
serious safety concerns for the federal agency.
Between April 5 and April 12, federal officials reported that
federally contracted wranglers impounded some 400 head of cattle from
the federal land. But on Sunday, BLM Chief Neil Kornze announced that as part of the halt to the cattle roundup, the bureau had released all of the cattle that had been removed.
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