Abstract: The cattlemen are fighting to keep the cattle runs they have used for the past 120 years. They claim that their breed is slowly dying because their sons cannot take over the uneconomic form of cattle breeding they have kept going after their forefathers started the cattle runs last century. They claim that conservationists who want the highlands to become a national park are encroaching on their livelihoods. [Image Captions: 1. One of the “”Old Timers””, Lyle McCready, vice-president of the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association arrives from Dandongadale. 2. Don Kneebone has seen a lifetime in the cattle business but his young companion, Patricia Willis, may have to leave the land]