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Re: [RC] Wild Horses Letter in NY Times..on the mark - Barbara McCraryHope Ryden's letter represents the fairly typical viewpoint of a city person (I assume from her address that she does live in a city) who has no understanding of the issue, but is reacting on emotional basis. Being in the cattle business, albeit on our own land, I rather resent people who blame all bad things happening in the open spaces on the "greedy cattlemen." If this woman truly had an insight of what cattlemen go through to put food on our tables, and perhaps her own as well, she might not speak in such harsh terms. How is it we all hear how "greedy" are the people who harvest the things we need (oil, food, timber, minerals) from the land, yet the critical ones drive cars, eat food, live in wooden houses, and have concrete sidewalks. Grumble, grumble...... Don't get me started..................... Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly M Price" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:17 AM Subject: [RC] Wild Horses Letter in NY Times..on the mark Here is a letter that appeared in the NY Times today in reference to the "Burns Slaughter Bill." Published: December 2, 2004 To the Editor: Re "New Provision Would Allow Slaughtering of Wild Horses" (news article, Nov. 25): Senator Conrad Burns of Montana, by attaching a rider to the appropriations bill allowing wild horses to be sent to slaughter, has gutted the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act and condemned so-called surplus and unadoptable wild horses to a ghoulish death. The motive behind this unexpected maneuver is not hard to discern: greed. For every horse that is removed from our vast public lands, the livestock industry is allowed to graze an extra cow and calf at a pittance, $1.37 a month. Apparently, some seven million head of privately owned cattle eating public grass at this bargain rate doesn't satisfy the beef industry. With new rules allowing the roundup and auction of unadoptable horses (unbreakable stallions and old mares important only to the functioning of bands), profiteers will bid at the wild-horse corrals, and stockmen will get a bonanza. Thus, Senator Burns has delivered a plum to his Montana livestock constituency. Hope Ryden New York, Nov. 25, 2004 The writer is the author of books about wild horses. Kimberly M Price http://www.grizzlydesign.com Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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