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Re: [RC] Wild Horses - oddfarm

I have suggested to the BLM, (since they are spending soooooo much money on rounding up these horses)to geld the stallions, instead of wasting money on throwing out of helicopters "birth control" pellets which have not been approved and they don't even know if they work. (Obviously they don't) But that concept falls on deaf ears. How much more could it cost?

The BLM sucks when it comes to the management of horses. ANY suggestion is better that what they are already doing. Or not doing. I am not a "bleeding-heart" but I have seen first hand what a crappy job the BLM does in their "adoption" program. They don't give a s*&% who they adopt to, as long as the animal is off their ledger. Just Google "mustangs" and you will see all the "second chance" farms of people who have taken in the horses the BLM placed with idiots to begin with. Did you know that now they have a foster program? Anyone who has adopted a mustang before can now get one,two, or three for free! The BLM does NOT verify that the adopter took care of the first horse, nor do they care. They just want to get rid of them. They don't even follow their own rules of ownership by verifying applications. Oh, maybe one out of a few thousand. Big deal.

Give them all the positive suggestions in the world. They are not going to change. That's the problem. Not the bleeding hearts.

Lisa Salas, The Oddf ARm
P.S. I have also suggested that AERC not be involved in that part of the program by raffling off horses at the AERC convention. AERC is not an adoption agency and should not act as one just for the money.

Lisa Salas, the Oddf aRm
----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Horseraser@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:52 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Wild Horses


First of all, these horses are not wild--they are feral. Second, they do a tremendous amount of damage to the rangelands. They also reproduce very efficiently, and out-compete the native wildlife species.

Despite adoption programs, many of them are unadoptable--and probably even moreso with the increases in fuel prices and feed prices.

What positive suggestions do you have for controlling the population of these horses, if you don't want them rounded up and sold at auction? Leaving them "free-roaming" is irresponsible and is simply not an option. I, for one, get really tired of these idealistic bleeding-heart political appeals sent out on equine e-lists.

Heidi

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [RC]   Wild Horses
From: Horseraser@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, April 27, 2008 8:34 pm
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

April 21, 2008 Dear Friends,
As Americans celebrate Earth Day, one of our most beloved wildlife species is
yet again under attack. A herd of 1200 wild horses in Nevada are scheduled
to be rounded up and sold at the livestock auction where they will almost
certainly go to buyers for the slaughter industry. Ironically, the horses under
siege in Nevada are descendants of the herds that inspired Wild Horse Annie to
fight to protect wild horses, resulting in the 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horse
and Burro Act. That act has been dismantled and gutted through the years,
leaving the very horses that inspired its inception once again threatened.
Further, a well intentioned but misguided piece of Federal legislation threatens
thousands of wild horses across the country. For more details, please read
this urgent alert from the America Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) and
take action today: H.R. 767: A new threat to Sheldon's wild horses The REPAIR
Act (H.R. 767) has been making its way quietly through the U.S. Congress.
The stated goal of the bill is to eradicate "harmful nonnative species" from
federal wildlife refuges. This could have dramatic consequences for wild
horses on wildlife refuges: although they are a reintroduced native wildlife
species, horses are treated by the government as nonnative; the REPAIR Act could
allow refuges such as Sheldon to appropriate federal dollars (our tax
dollars!) specifically to eradicate wild horses (click here for a report on Sheldon's
last round-up: _http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/sheldon.html_
(http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/sheldon.html) CAUTION: graphic material). The
bill passed in the House and is now awaiting a Senate vote. As Chair of the
Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) controls if
and when the bill is brought to a vote. Please alert Senator Boxer to the
unintended consequences H.R. 767 could have for thousands of wild horses. Urge
her NOT to move the bill until it is amended to exclude wild horses from its
scope: Contact Senator Boxer today by email:
_http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm#form_ (http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm#form)
Or by phone: (202) 224-3553


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