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==About==
 
==About==
The dispute between [[Cliven Bundy]] and the [[US Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) began in 1993 when the BLM, concerned about the effects of overgrazing on the endangered [[desert tortoise]], changed land-use rules to prohibit grazing on certain lands where it had previously been allowed, on penalty of monetary fines. Bundy continued grazing his cattle on the now-off-limits lands, but refused to pay the new fines.{{l/source|2014/04/15/Everything you need to know about the long fight between Cliven Bundy and the federal government}}
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The dispute between [[Cliven Bundy]] and the [[US Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM), which reached its climax with an [[/standoff|armed confrontation]] in 2014, began in 1993 when the BLM, concerned about the effects of overgrazing on the endangered [[desert tortoise]], changed land-use rules to prohibit grazing on certain lands where it had previously been allowed, on penalty of monetary fines. Bundy continued grazing his cattle on the now-off-limits lands, but refused to pay the new fines.{{l/source|2014/04/15/Everything you need to know about the long fight between Cliven Bundy and the federal government}}
  
 
It has been widely reported (primarily in the [[right-wing media]]) that the desert tortoise was just an excuse for government to behave illicitly (in [[2014/04/08/Dave Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy, out of Jail after arrest for defending Cattle|the words of Shiree Bundy Cox]], the government was "playing the [[endangered species card]]", i.e. raising the issue solely to gain support from liberals and environmentalists).
 
It has been widely reported (primarily in the [[right-wing media]]) that the desert tortoise was just an excuse for government to behave illicitly (in [[2014/04/08/Dave Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy, out of Jail after arrest for defending Cattle|the words of Shiree Bundy Cox]], the government was "playing the [[endangered species card]]", i.e. raising the issue solely to gain support from liberals and environmentalists).

Revision as of 22:25, 23 April 2014

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The dispute between Cliven Bundy and the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which reached its climax with an armed confrontation in 2014, began in 1993 when the BLM, concerned about the effects of overgrazing on the endangered desert tortoise, changed land-use rules to prohibit grazing on certain lands where it had previously been allowed, on penalty of monetary fines. Bundy continued grazing his cattle on the now-off-limits lands, but refused to pay the new fines.[S]

It has been widely reported (primarily in the right-wing media) that the desert tortoise was just an excuse for government to behave illicitly (in the words of Shiree Bundy Cox, the government was "playing the endangered species card", i.e. raising the issue solely to gain support from liberals and environmentalists).

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