It’s entirely true, however, that ranching can be incredibly rough on the environment in a number of ways. Whether or not they deserved to be lumped into the same category is another matter. I don’t think they should, but nor should we gloss over the damage ranching - especially large scale, corporate ranching, can cause to the local environment . Groups like the ELF take the extreme view and in some cases believe that human beings in civilization are inherently the problem.
I certainly understand precautions when it comes to protect ones livelihood and being angry about the methods employed by the extreme end of the environmental movement.
