Re: [RC] Fwd: Stop Plan to Kill America's Wild Horses - Barbara McCrary
Well, I know some folks are strongly
against "corporate cattle ranchers" or "corporate farmers" or corporate
anyone. On the other hand, much of the ample food in the USA is grown by
corporate "someone". It's the word corporate that some people don't
like. That said, most of us are not starving like they did in Russia, for
instance, after the 1917 Revolution and the communization of the
country. My grandmother and two aunts died of starvation there. In
the USA, I've never had a hungry day in my life, even if we were short of
money.
Actually, if land were under the
management of private individuals, it might well be in better shape than it is
in "public" hands, providing of course that ranchers, et al are conscientious
about their management and usage. The land would be cared for and the
rancher would pay taxes to the government, instead of the land NOT being taken
care of and money going out of the government.
Some people argue that we don't need
meat, but there are a vast number who still eat it; it has to come from
somewhere, and the cattle have to eat grass to grow. Lean meat is
nutritious, and I know that not enough vegetables could be grown in this
country, especially if they are grown organically, to feed our
population. Besides this, we are feeding a lot of other people in the
world, too. So I cannot empathize with your outrage about cattle grazing
on public land. Beside that, "our" lands are not so public, because the
government can still prevent you from accessing it. So it really
isn't "our" land, is it? If it were, we would be free to access
it.
Oh, yes, one other thing...Cattle
ranchers, like anyone else, must profit or why else would they grow food for the
rest of us? Anyone who produces or sells a product must profit. It
is the way we live, the way we pay our bills, the way we have money to buy
horses and trailers and go on endurance rides. In the communist countries,
it was assumed that everything belonged to the government and the people would
just work for the glory of the country. It doesn't work. People tend
not to work if they see no benefit to themselves for their hard labor. See
above...about my grandmother.
Subject: RE: [RC] Fwd: Stop Plan to Kill
America's Wild Horses
What are private cattle ranchers doing profiting off OUR public
land? Keep the horses ~ get rid of the cattle!!
Wild horses aren't free - Failure to enforce a 1971 law
endangers the mustangs it was supposed to protect 2008, Los Angeles
Times June 2 - Under [the] law, horses are to be "considered in areas
where presently found as an integral part of the system of public lands." Their management falls to agencies
inside the Department of the Interior, primarily the Bureau of Land
Management, which culls the herds based on the land's grazing capacity and
what's required to sustain the wild horse population. But the government also balances the needs of horses against other uses of
the range -- and that means corporate cattle ranching. Today,
instead of being protected, mustangs are in danger of being "managed" out of
existence.
> Subject: RE: [RC] Fwd: Stop Plan to Kill
America's Wild Horses > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:24:22 -0700 >
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