A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan ...

A specialized team of wildlife managers has killed 19 wild cows in the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico as part of a contested project to rid the area of the unauthorized animals. The ...

There, they “are not domesticated animals and pose a significant threat to public safety and natural resources,” officials said. Hunters in helicopters will gun down the feral cattle starting Feb. 23, ...

The U.S. Forest Service approved a plan for a helicopter with a shooter to fly over the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico to search for and kill feral cows. The decision has sparked controversy between ...

A feral bull is seen along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico in 2020. A legal battle is playing out over a federal plan to kill feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness, which officials say have ...

Most recent NWS case identified in a six-day-old calf in the state of Tamaulipas, approximately 197 miles from the ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (TND) — In what Gila National Forest officials are calling "a difficult decision," potentially hundreds of feral cows will be removed from the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico by lethal ...

Federal authorities have a plan to remove feral cows that are roaming New Mexico’s Gila National Forest and causing damage by over-grazing and trampling stream banks. The Albuquerque Journal reports ...

The US Forest Service will move forward with killing feral cattle in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, officials say. The agency issued its decision in a news release on Thursday, stating the feral ...

In the skies above the New Mexico wilderness, federal agents in helicopters this week plan to shoot and kill dozens of feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public’s ...