Butterfly ranch closes due to "extreme right wing" people coming

[Texas Denali HD]

I don't get it. Wait...Is this like skeet except with butterflies?

 

[HPFlashman]

Butterfly Ranch? Not interested.

Now, ButterMILK Ranch, on the other hand...

- skfullgun

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"Butt...er-r-r MLK Ranch" says someone? Twerking, if done tastefully, ain't a bad thing.

 

[jherrontx]

What the heck kind of BS is this?

"The 100 acres of the National Butterfly Center, one of the biggest eco-tourism attractions in South Texas, is closed this weekend due to what officials call “credible threats” from hundreds of politicians and conservatives who are expected to come to the Rio Grande Valley for a border rally and tour starting Friday."


The last thing any one has to worry about is conservatives. Not many (if ANY) examples of destruction from a gathering of conservatives. What load of crap from "Sandra Sanchez."

‘Credible threats’ ahead of ultra-conservative border rally prompt National Butterfly Center to close

– The 100 acres of the National Butterfly Center, one of the biggest eco-tourism attractions in South Texas, is closed this weekend due to what officials call “credible threats” f…

www.bigcountryhomepage.com

I expect the butterfly folks are over-reacting to the situation. BUT I expect they have gotten threats due to their opposition to having some of their land condemned by the federal govt for the border fence. No diffferent than any private landowner who doesn’t want the govt taking their land, They fence would divide their nature preserve. BTW, It’s a visitor/education center, not a ranch.
So the argument is about which is more important - taking private land by the govt or building a border fence.

 

[jordanmills]

This place anything like the chicken ranch in La Grange?

Closed down, empty, and sad, a thin shadow of what it used to be? Probably will be soon.

 

[Axxe55]

Closed down, empty, and sad, a thin shadow of what it used to be? Probably will be soon.

I don't think there is a historical marker to designate where the Chicken Ranch is either.

 

[jordanmills]

I don't think there is a historical marker to designate where the Chicken Ranch is either.

There is not. But we could change that!

 

[Axxe55]

There is not. But we should change that!

FIFY.

 

[jordanmills]

FIFY.

The only things we need are luck and the owner's permission.

https://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/...te-historical-markers/apply-historical-marker

 

[Surplus Guy]

Snowflakes and Butterflies. This doesn't pass the smell test.

 

[Pdyson]

OMG it’s a Butterfly insurrection!

 

[alwho421]

YUP THE SKY IS FALLING CALL OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD.

 

[Axxe55]

Snowflakes and Butterflies. This doesn't pass the smell test.

Butterfly farts are what you are smelling!