From the article: Interior Seeks to Save Wild Horse Program
Interior Secretary Salazar’s plan to “save” the nation’s herd of wild horses by relocating many of them from their native range in the West to “showcase” preserves in the Midwest and East is sure to be controversial. Are Salazar’s claims of overpopulation valid? Does moving thousands of them to non-native, “pay-per-view” ranges serve the best interests of the wild horses, or the American people? Will the plan truly preserve the “heritage” of the free-roaming wild horses of the West? Share Your Opinion
None have the right to remove the Horses
- US Government doing to OUR Wild Horses, the Same Thing they did to Our Native Indian American People! Should just call it The Mustang Removal Act! This Land Belongs to the Mustangs, NOT the Government and the Government, nor ANY Person HAS ANY PLACE Killing or removing any Of Our American History Our American Heritage! They are Gods Creatures Given Freedom and Life on Gods Land! Let them BE!
- —Guest WiLdE
This isn't right
- These animals are Gods creatures. You would just kill them for no reason it is not our place to kill them now if God wants them dead then that is one thing but it is not right to kill an innocent animal. Look up pictures of Wild Horses! Ther faces are asking us to help them not kill them.They want to live to serve there powerful and mighty Creator. God loves these animals and I do to and if you dont then that is you mental issue not mine.
- —Guest Sally Morris
Horse Burger!
- They are a renewable resource. It may not seem right to some people because we have been conditioned to think so but the only option that makes sense in the long run is to do as the title suggests. They are a wild animal and should be managed as such, not pay a rediculous about of money to put them on display.
- —Guest Aaron
cost
- Do any of you think what this is costing all of us. There is big ranches that went from raising cattle to keeping wild horses and getting paid lots of money from the government, that's you and me. It's needs to stop, this money could go to better use!!!
- —Guest Deb Martin
More people should ond with a horse
- Wild horses r smart, trust worthy and bring so much joy and smiles .. How do know I adopted one and my life has been patienter, loving and caring of others and most of all seeing how time spent with a horse and person makes life more meaningful..Try loving a Wild Mustang or Burro and see how softer your heart gets
- —Guest Patty
Wild Horses as food for hungry people
- The plan is rediculous. We should harvest them for food as we do Whitetail deer, especially when adults and children are hungry.
- —Guest Bob Walshaw
haw dumb can you be people
- I have the best fix for this problem. If u peda people would wake up and smell what problems you have created by gitting horse prosesing plants closed what did u really help. Open the plants back up and butcher the dang things. AS a rancher if i can make a dime cus your two Dumb two realize that you hurt more than you helped then durn right ill make a buck or two off ure stupididy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- —Guest moore farm and ranch
good plan
- American Bison ,wild mustangs,Amer.eagle represent the heritage of the states to translate in dollars that is not acceptable.
- —Guest jaime rivera
Wild Idea
- If you are a wild horse the plan is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Otherwise, I have no idea.
- —Guest Albert Newland
Ken Salazar
- I think Mr. Salazar should be removed from office. He is obivously controlled by the ranchers and the welfare of ANY wildlife is at the bottom of his list.
- —SLGKP
Plan Saves Ranchers, Not Horses
- Considering that there are tens of millions of cattle and other livestock grazing on the same land that the BLM considers depleted, it's very disingenuous of the BLM to blame the depletion on 37,000 wild horses. The real reason for the round-up is that horses compete with the cattle for the vegetation. The relocation of the horses would be dangerous for the horses and may have unintended environmental consequences for the lands used for preserves. Salazar's plan is a terrible idea.
- —Guest DorisLin
COST SAVINGS
- Let me see if I have this correct,you are going to buy new land, land now that you rent from ranchers at 450 per animal per year to hold and feed in long term holding. you are going to buy new land and feed the animals for less than 450 per head, well lets say you do it for 250 per year 40000 horses that is a cost saving of 8 million on food then there is the interest on 94 million that is a another 94 million over 30 years at about 3 million a year so you are saving 5 million a year tops,thats if you know how to feed a horse for 250 a year which when you figure out how to do that let every horse owner in the world know how. This plan doesn't add up for horses, adds up for someone that wants to spend the program to death. by the way I would love to see horses in the east so people could enjoy them but not to kill a program, people be carful of sweet gifts, they rot you teeth out in the long run.
- —Guest DONALD BARR
