The wild horses and adoption

GNU ReffV1.2~Peter Schmalzer "Wild horses at the Palomino Valley Center. Not much hay, not much grass, not much of anything at this place"

One way the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has tried to resolve the wild horse population is to round them up and put them in short term facilities to adopt them out to willing organizations or individuals. With this adoption the people adopting do not have any legal rights to the horse or burro for the first year. After the first year they will receive ownership papers and the horse or burro is officially theirs. For that first year if they cannot take care of the horse or burro or for some reason have to give it back they can. If you are over the one-year mark, then you have to do what you have to do with the horse. They do not seem to want them back.

Rosey Quinn owner of the Second Chance Rescue in Sioux Falls, SD has had the pleasure of taking care of some of these wild horses. There was a man that received some from the BLM adoptions and just let them roam on his property with no proper planning, treatment or care for these horses. Ms. Quinn noticed a problem and brought it to the authorities’ attention and the man was charged with two counts of animal cruelty against these horses. She took in all twelve of these horses and tried to find homes for them. She stated, “They were very wild and crazy horses. They were not tame at all. Trying to load them into a trailer was horrible. They do not load well as they do not understand what is happening to them. They all had to be placed in extremely tall pens to keep them in until their adoption.” Ms. Quinn did try to call the BLM to see if they would take back the horses but they would not. She did eventually adopt them out but had to make the people understand these are wild horses. She stated, “It would take on the greater side of six months or so just to get the horse to trust you enough to maybe put a halter on it and walk it, or maybe by that time on some to just be able to stand next to it and feed it from your hand.” Rosey would like these horses to remain wild and free. She said, “They know how to survive in the wild and they cannot be fully domesticated”.

No(c)~BLM                      "A wild horse watching"

There are some good people out there trying to do their part like Willie Nelson who has taken numerous horses to try to keep them in their original state and lets them live on his property and not go to slaughter. They are cared for and taken care of to the fullest extent and it is not for anyone other than the horses. It is not a publicity stunt or anything. Just like the Barbi Twins, they have taken a mustang as well and put it to their pasture to roam around. They stated that it was wild and the previous owner could not train it, nor did they want to. The Barbi Twins just make sure that it has a great home and the wild horse can live out its natural life without being “broke” for riding. They would never “break” another horse. They feel it “breaks” the horse’s spirit. If more people would just stand up to the BLM and talk to the Government about these issues then maybe as a whole we can come together and make them listen to us that the Wild Horses and Burros need to stay in the wild and let them fend for themselves as they have done for centuries.

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