The scheduled roundup (set for December 1) of wild horses by the BLM has been stopped by a law suit filed by In Defense of Animals and Craig Downer. It’s a legal maneuver which isn’t going to help the wild horses, but will get the “ecologist’s” name in front of the public once again. Could there be a spike in book sales?
It would be much more in the best interests of the wild horses if the ecologist and In Defense of Animals had a plan to let the wild horses be wild, which, of course, they do not…… rather than filing lawsuits which allow the continued growth of herds which the land (and government programs) can’t support.
The suit is based on the 1971 law which declared the wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the west," which, of course, they are not. The law also specified they “shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment or death.” That’s impossible if at the same time you are going to mandate someone see to it they have adequate food, water and health care.
According to the Bureau of Land Management 37,000 wild horses and burros remain on public lands. At the same time 32,000 wild horses have been removed from the range are being held in government holding facilities---now isn’t that nice place for a wild horse?
Ecologists are supposed to study relationships between organisms and their environment. What most discover is the world is changing, the dedicated range of the west can’t support huge bands of wild horses, and we need to find a way to have a representative herd which could be housed, cared-for and protected. They wouldn’t be wild horses…but neither are the wild horses!
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Training a wild horse requires a lots of courage as they are unknown to the non wild condition,and probably it will take quite some time to understand them.
ReplyDeletetraining a wild horse irequires lots of courage as they are unknown to the non wild condition and probably it will take quite sometime to understand them
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