*!!!BLM Plans to Sterilize All Wild Horses in 2 HMA in Wyoming!!!*

[herfrds]

Going to cause trouble again.

I do not always agree with this magazine, but they do cover alot of issues from the other side of the fence so to speak and the mustang issue has been a hot topic.

Go check them out and go looking through the back issues they have at the bottom. The stories about what is going on are done by those folks having to deal with this mess 24/7 and not someone who shows up only when they want to.

www.rangemagazine.com

Check out Why Tell The Truth? by Hank Vogler in the current edition.

 

[rockdoveranch]

OP,

How much of our hard earned money that goes to pay federal taxes is spent yearly to manage these horses?

Thanks.

 

[herfrds]

Try this link
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/wh_b_information_center/Fact_Sheet.html

 

[rodeogal]

The horses are NOT going to be gelded or spayed well NOT all of them. The blm is trying to do somethingg that will benfit BOTH sides. The side that manage the horses, and the side that hates the blm. Once the horses are gelded and spayed they will NOT have to be gathered ,because they will be a NON producing herd. They will life there forever. BUT to the ones that don't want this, seem to think that the blm is doing this to wipe out the horses, BUT in fact they are not. They are trying to better it for the horses. A non producing herd will NOT have to be gathered because of the numbers, so the range will be able to sustain them.
By them NOT be gathered saves the tax payers the money. So no gathers means the tax payers don't ahve to spend that money on gathers.

 

[Horsiezz]

I love the wild Mustangs and some of the things I have seen the BLM do to them is just horribly wrong. After watching some videos on Youtube anyone with a heart should notice that some things they do is just not necessary. Like chasing after mares & their foals for miles & miles while a little foal, just weeks old, struggles to keep up with his mother at a full run on weak- not fully devoloped legs. After there caught and its over with there exhausted and struggling to stay on their feet, their legs in pain and having a constant limp. Its wrong. So maybe this will be a good thing and not as many foals will have to suffer. This won't extinct the mustangs, just keep their breeding under control. I love the mustangs because they are apart of America's histroy so I think America needs to preserve them and not make them suffer. I think this is a good thing, maybe after sterilizing a few herds they will just leave them alone and let them live their lives and end the suffering the BLM makes them endure. Just because I'm saying this doesn't mean I'm against the Mustangs. We just all have different opinions and we must respect that and not quarrel like children.

 

[Lalaith]

It is incredibly important to maintain the herd health of the population of wild mustangs in the US. They are lovely animals and a rich part of the cultural history of the country. However, allowing numbers to exceed the carrying capacity of the area they inhabit is dangerous in the extreme. Not only will this lead to suffering in the form of emaciated horses, increased disease and parasite pressure, and injury due to overcrowding of territories, but it will also seriously compromise the ability of that area of land to hold any wildlife at all. Population control of a group of these horses is an excellent way to prevent problems like these and to ensure that there is ample grazing land for mustangs in the future.

Sterilization campaigns are a perfect way to ensure that horses do not end up having to be euthanized because their sheer numbers have made their existence untenable. I am a horse lover and a fan of mustangs and I fully support judicious use of herd management to increase and maintain the health of the animals and of the land they call home.

 

[mydakota]

It is incredibly important to maintain the herd health of the population of wild mustangs in the US. They are lovely animals and a rich part of the cultural history of the country. However, allowing numbers to exceed the carrying capacity of the area they inhabit is dangerous in the extreme. Not only will this lead to suffering in the form of emaciated horses, increased disease and parasite pressure, and injury due to overcrowding of territories, but it will also seriously compromise the ability of that area of land to hold any wildlife at all. Population control of a group of these horses is an excellent way to prevent problems like these and to ensure that there is ample grazing land for mustangs in the future.

Sterilization campaigns are a perfect way to ensure that horses do not end up having to be euthanized because their sheer numbers have made their existence untenable. I am a horse lover and a fan of mustangs and I fully support judicious use of herd management to increase and maintain the health of the animals and of the land they call home.

X2. Very well put.