sagebrush
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I asked a friend what she thought we could do about wild horses. She is a retired college professor, PHD, mule skinner and save-a-horse adovcate. I was surprised by the answer. She says the adopt a horse program just doesn't work and thinks round up and pen is worse. She would support a program of selective hunting, culling the weak specimens, to get the numbers down to a small, healthy, representative herd. She abhors the thought of horses being sold for meat and has worked against horse auctions known for sending animals to slaughter. She has no love for the BLM and thinks control needs to be at the state level. She is pretty well connected with the horse community nationwide.
Do you think we could rest control of wild horses away from the BLM and develop a management plan where the wild horse has a place instead of the wholesale protections they have now? I wonder if we could form a coalition of horse people, wildlife managers and sportsmen to put such a plan in place.
Do you think we could rest control of wild horses away from the BLM and develop a management plan where the wild horse has a place instead of the wholesale protections they have now? I wonder if we could form a coalition of horse people, wildlife managers and sportsmen to put such a plan in place.