Description
Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature - from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary!) that repeatedly prove their worth in devotion to protecting the herd. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around the globe and on the controversial issue in the Western US of private livestock herds being run on public lands. The intimate ways in which abstract public policy plays out on the open range is eye-opening. More than a tale of herding sheep, Shepherds of Coyote Rocks is an action-packed true story that reveals the broad spectrum of the human relationship with nature, from harmony to rugged adventure.
Author: Cat Urbigkit
Publisher: Countryman Press
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781581571578
ISBN10: 1581571577
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Essays
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | Animal Husbandry