No(c)~BLM "Saylor Creek Herd in motion running from the helicopter"
There are so many different things about this story that makes this unbelievable. The horses being targeted for removal, The BLM being able to just pull numbers from thin air as to how many need to be removed, cattlemen being able to occupy land that was just weeks earlier seen as unfit for 200 horses but now have 300 cattle on that land that eat more, the treatment of the horses during round ups, the treatment of the horses during their stay at the short term or long term locations and even to the poor number calculations as to how many were gathered versus actually removed from the site to a short term facility. All these questions and no answers, does it make you wonder? Does it make you want to step up for these beautiful creatures that are as symbolic to the United States as the Bald Eagle? Save the Wild Horses and the Burros.
There are things that the average person can do that will count largely for these horses. Write letters to your legislature by writing the US Representatives, write your senators, write your congressman, write President Obama, write the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, write the Nevada Senator Harry Reid, or the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Letting the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority know that by losing the horses they will be losing millions in revenue from visitors that come there just to view and see the wild horses in their natural habitat. The American Wild Horse Preservation states, “The battle for our wild horses will be won in the court of public opinion: the government needs to face a sustained public outcry over its wild horse management practices. Did you know that Congress counts each letter received as the opinion of ten people?” They have some great information on writing letters, on who to contact and even some great key points to discuss with them.
The wild horses were here before us and they need to be respected enough to be here long after we are gone. They do not need our help to survive in the wild but they do need our help to survive the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The wild horses are not as plentiful now as they once were but if we released them back into the wild and put them in better locations that would economically benefit and be eco-friendly then that is the best policy. The best policy is not spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars on an extinction process of the wild horses. Taxpayers paid nothing when they just roamed the land. It is BLM and the cattlemen that have decided to change that. They are putting cattle first. Let’s put the horses first, they deserve it. Can you look into their eyes and not see an ounce of pain from loosing their freedom? Think about this ~ It starts with freedom taken from the horses, who’s next?
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let us try and get a few accurate facts here. First and foremost any paleontologist can tell you that wild horses went extinct in the western hemisphere at the same time as sabre toothed cat, Wooly rhinocerous, dire wolf and wooly mammoth. They were reintroduced to the western hemisphere by the European colonists, the Spanish, Portugese, English, and French beginning in the very late 1490's and early 1500's. We europeans brought them with us, there weren't here before us.
I don't understand how people can want to destroy any creature,especially a creature as majestic & beautiful as a horse,a wild horse....one of God's most amazing creatures!!We ALL MUST stand UNITED TOGETHER TO SAVE THESE WILD MUSTANGS, UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD,AND, UNTIL THEY/BLM LISTEN!!
Actually,"fyzicksman", You are WRONG!! Horses were INDEED here long before "man", they evolved on the North American continent, some may have crossed the Beiring Straight, others died out for whatever reasons,maybe,"early man" hunted them to extinction? They ARE A RE-INTRODUCED NATIVE SPECIES, NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE TRIES TO LIE ABOUT, or, BRAINWASH people about!!Get YOUR "facts" straight, AND, as a TRUE NATIVE SPECIES, they should be treated as such.
Thank you Valerie for your nice comments and your concern for these poor horses. It is nice to see such support.
Fyzicksman, if you actually go to the report that is highlighted about Ann Forstene then you will clearly see the horses of today are ancestors to the native North American horse from before. Now yes they went extinct and yes they were brought over by the Spanish. But where do you think they came from? How is it that the North Ameriman horse fossils they studied are linked to the horses of today that were in spain? The European scientist, Michael Hofreiter, even conducted his own study confirming what Ann had already done. Therefore the horses of today are of native blood. No matter how you look at it. But look at what you wrote, "they were reintroduced to the Western Hemisphere", well in your own sentence your stating they came from North America and they again are native blood. Just stating the facts!
Thank you.
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