Las Vegas was ground zero for the wild horse debate this past weekend.
According to the website, The Summit of The Horse, was a “summit of concerned citizens who understand what is necessary to keep the land, the horses, the people, the cultures, and the economies vibrant and healthy.”
They met at the South Point Resort to discuss bringing back horse slaughter in the United States as a viable solution to the wild horse “problem”.
They even got Bob Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management, to be a speaker at the event. Claiming it was his duty to talk with all those concerned with the issue. His attendance was not an endorsement of the idea.
It may not be a direct endorsement of the idea, but we do know that Mr Abbey is a friend of the cattlemen who want unrestricted access to cheap federal lands for grazing. of cattle. And that the wild mustangs pose a serious roadblock to their plans and desires.
Using the discredited argument that the wild Mustangs are over populated and endangering the lands they are on, they need to be brought down to “manageable” numbers. By sending the excess horses to slaughter instead of to holding pens as the BLM currently does, would save the government money as well as provide new jobs for western states.
Logic?? Who Needs Logic??
Most people can agree that holding these beautiful creatures in over crowded pens is wrong and costly to the American taxpayer. But sending them to slaughter is not the answer.
The current system of rounding up and holding them in pens was an idea created by and profited by cattle ranchers, not Wild Mustang advocates. Other, more economical ideas that cost less and give the Mustangs their freedom back, have been routinely ignored by the BLM.
Pandering to the left’s cry about all the jobs and new tax base a horse slaughter business doesn’t hold water. Preserving our past and our history while creating eco-tourism involving the wild mustangs, would create as many if not more long term jobs and tax base.
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