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Swan Lake is Farm Country
• Farmers and ranchers often work around the clock, especially during calving season in the spring and harvest in late summer. Nearby
agricultural operations may disturb your otherwise quiet surroundings. In most cases, these times will pass, so please be patient.
• Livestock cause odors and are noisy, particularly during spring calving season, and weaning in the fall. They may appear to be in distress this is normal and there is no need for concern or human interference.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ENCOUNTER SHEEP OR CATTLE ON IDAHO'S PUBLIC LANDS
• Gravel roads generate dust. If you’re on gravel roads adjacent to ranch lands and farming operations, drive slowly and with care. Excessive dust can affect the health of livestock, the quality of crops in the fields, and the quality of life of residents.
• Land preparation may cause dust, especially during dry windy weather. This is unavoidable, as it’s an essential part of agriculture production, and the weather is never reliable.
• Large, slow moving machinery is often transported from field to field during seeding and harvest, and occasionally livestock may get out onto the road. Expect the unexpected, always stay alert and drive carefully.
• You are responsible to keep your domestic animals and pets on your property and under your control at all times.
25-2805 DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE — PENALTY.
25-2806 LIABILITY FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY KILLED BY DOGS.
25-2810 DANGEROUS AND AT-RISK DOGS.
• If you own livestock, domestic animals, or pets, it is your responsibility to fence them in, not your neighbor’s responsibility to fence
them out. With the exception of Idaho's Open Range Law:
“All unenclosed lands outside of cities, villages, and herd districts, upon which cattle, by custom, license, lease, or permit, are grazed or permitted to roam.”
Idaho Code 25-2118 states that “No person owning, or controlling the possession of, any domestic animals (cattle) running on open range, shall have the duty to keep such animal off any highway on such range, and shall not be liable for damage to any vehicle or for injury to any person riding therein, caused by a collision between the vehicle and the animal.
• Cattle are occasionally moved on public roads. When you encounter a cattle drive, please pull over to the side of the road and allow the cattle to pass. If a rider directs you to move forward, do so slowly. The delay will cost you only a few minutes.
• Livestock can be dangerous. Do not enter pens or fields where animals are kept.
• Firearm use on farms is permitted. Farmers with a proper firearms license can shoot animals that are considered pests on their own land.
agricultural operations may disturb your otherwise quiet surroundings. In most cases, these times will pass, so please be patient.
• Livestock cause odors and are noisy, particularly during spring calving season, and weaning in the fall. They may appear to be in distress this is normal and there is no need for concern or human interference.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ENCOUNTER SHEEP OR CATTLE ON IDAHO'S PUBLIC LANDS
• Gravel roads generate dust. If you’re on gravel roads adjacent to ranch lands and farming operations, drive slowly and with care. Excessive dust can affect the health of livestock, the quality of crops in the fields, and the quality of life of residents.
• Land preparation may cause dust, especially during dry windy weather. This is unavoidable, as it’s an essential part of agriculture production, and the weather is never reliable.
• Large, slow moving machinery is often transported from field to field during seeding and harvest, and occasionally livestock may get out onto the road. Expect the unexpected, always stay alert and drive carefully.
• You are responsible to keep your domestic animals and pets on your property and under your control at all times.
25-2805 DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE — PENALTY.
25-2806 LIABILITY FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY KILLED BY DOGS.
25-2810 DANGEROUS AND AT-RISK DOGS.
• If you own livestock, domestic animals, or pets, it is your responsibility to fence them in, not your neighbor’s responsibility to fence
them out. With the exception of Idaho's Open Range Law:
“All unenclosed lands outside of cities, villages, and herd districts, upon which cattle, by custom, license, lease, or permit, are grazed or permitted to roam.”
Idaho Code 25-2118 states that “No person owning, or controlling the possession of, any domestic animals (cattle) running on open range, shall have the duty to keep such animal off any highway on such range, and shall not be liable for damage to any vehicle or for injury to any person riding therein, caused by a collision between the vehicle and the animal.
• Cattle are occasionally moved on public roads. When you encounter a cattle drive, please pull over to the side of the road and allow the cattle to pass. If a rider directs you to move forward, do so slowly. The delay will cost you only a few minutes.
• Livestock can be dangerous. Do not enter pens or fields where animals are kept.
• Firearm use on farms is permitted. Farmers with a proper firearms license can shoot animals that are considered pests on their own land.