THEY SHOOT HORSES DONT THEY - WILD MUSTANG ROUND UP 2010 HQ video

CONCERNS OVER WILD MUSTANG HORSE CULL . A Mustang is a free-roaming feral horse of the North American west that first descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but the more correct term is feral horses.

In 1971, the United States Congress recognized Mustangs as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West, which continue to contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people." Today, Mustang herds vary in the degree to which they can be traced to original Iberian horses. Some contain a greater genetic mixture of ranch stock and more recent breed releases, while others are relatively unchanged from the original Iberian stock, most strongly represented in the most isolated populations.

Today, the Mustang population is managed and protected by the Bureau of Land Management. Controversy surrounds the sharing of land and resources by the free ranging Mustangs with the livestock of the ranching industry, and also with the methods with which the federal government manages the wild population numbers.

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[johnsoncm65]

I can't help but think that the BLM is pushing roundups so hard because cattle ranchers want the land for their cows to use. I suspect that payoffs are involved.

The BLM has certainly not conducted roundups in the most responsible manner possible.

[bigrnyrs]

@outcastwolf17 Humans also research and cure disease, restore habitat, protect endangered species. So do you think we should let the horses roam and kill off people since they are so evil? It's a managment tool. Animals are not humans. They are pets, food and workers. I'm not saying it is happy, but it's effective. Good day

[Outcastwolf17]

@bigrnyrs And what is the carrying capacity of humans? It is a natural cycle, the horses strip the land, they starve/die/move out, the land regrows and then the horse population goes up. What do humans do with land? They strip it bare, cover it in concrete and buildings and destroy what nature is left. And where do all these wild horses end up? Slaughter factories.

[up2space]

these horses are a natural resource. only sheer stupidity culling these horses. destroying the land? surely they can be sold or transported to other areas. send them to the border. they will act as a natural barrier and no one gives a shit about that land. texas can make it a tourist attraction. sell them to mexico. sterilization is bad. it alters the gene pool and the group dynamics and makes them weak against predators which will be the mountain loins when they catch on.

[namasu101]

My friend Jesse Townson runs his own wild horse hurd on his hunderds od acers of land. he does very well without the BLM. if it was up to the BLM he would only have 15 horses but he has 4 hurds. one hurd had 17 horses alone. total horses around 50. all health and fine without the BLMs help. We dont need to BLM ir the Goverment. Leave things as they are!

[namasu101]

THE BLM AND THE GOVERMENT ARE FULL OF SH*T. HORSES ARE RAN TO DEATH, FOALS ARE PUT LAME AND UNBORN FOAL ARE MISCARRIED. i SEEN IT. SAVE OUT WILD HORSES STOP THE GOVERMANT AND THE BLM!!

[pdayton01]

"This is the wrongest thing I've ever seen." smart lady



[bigrnyrs]

Its not all about the horses starving. Sure they could do that but then you let them all starve, die of disease. Then there aren't any horses left. It also is about the care of the land that supports 1000's of animals. Let the horses strip the land of vegetation and you lose more than just the horses. Generaly speaking, people who constantly cry for the animals, know nothing of what they are talking about, put the life of an animal over a humans, and have no facts to base their arguement.

[bigrnyrs]

There seems to be people who do not realize there is a difference in a horses life and a humans. They round up some horses in order to meet the carring capasity of the land and you are wishing you could torture and kill some ones family in front of them. You are nothing but a radical domestic terrorist.

[diane189444]

There lieing. The wild mustangs and burro's have been on this land since the 14 century or maybe before. They have not caused problems once in awhile a round up never like this. They are removing all the horses and regardless of what the BLM says they will go to slaughter how I know. I out bid the killer for my mustang he was gong to slaughter.