Comments on: Why the Wild Horses are Vanishing

By: horseychick72

horseychick72 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:18:00 +0000

I noticed someone commented that they wondered why more people weren’t concerned about wild horses vanishing…I know why. They are not aware of any of this. Sadly, they average person does not hear about this. Its like Dave says on the video, if you asked 10 people on the street if they know whats happening to Mustangs, 10 people would likely say “no”. I can see this, because i know that if i were not seeking info about the Mustangs’ plight because i care, I probably would be unaware too. There are occasional snippets here or there about it, but usually so insignificant that unless you are on the allert, you would miss them. What we need is some wealthy celebrities to pool together their resources and get this into peoples living rooms, their schools, in their faces. I wish i could do more, but all my funds go just to take good care of my own horses (one is a wonderful half Mustang son out of a BLM mare). I do sign petitions, email letters and try to tell anyone who will listen about it. Unfortunately its not enough. The public needs famous faces to smear graphic videos and details all over the place. Sadly, in a world where there are wars going on, a hurting economy, job issues, budgets to balance, kids to educate…our wild horses, the very symbols of our American heritage and freedom are lost in the shuffle.

By: TheWildhorses10

TheWildhorses10 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:12:19 +0000

1. Who said anything about eradicating cattle ranching? Only a small % of cattle are even on Public Land.

2. Cattle ranching on public land is double dipping our taxes – - ok for small family ranching, but most are now big corporate owned ranches.

3. The real issue is not cattle anyway, it is mining, oil, & natural gas drilling, you will find several YouTubes from ranchers again that. too.

Small ranchers & horse advocates – join together before there are no public lands for either.

By: badgerbonz1

badgerbonz1 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:18:11 +0000

I agree the wild horses should be preserved and not just rounded up an eradicated. But ranching has also been a way of life for thousands of years. Millions of people eat beef, how many in the US eat horse meat? Eradicating ranching and cattle is just as absurd as it is with the wild horses. Ranches are not a big business with deep pockets. Most ranchers barely get by even with thousands of cattle. They are very conscious of land management and not environmental terrorists as implied here.

By: h4cs

h4cs — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:40:57 +0000

I can’t stand how the BLM thiks that they can just round up thousands and thousands of wild horses to sell them for meat! I mean horses are not cows. I have many videos showing what happens to horses when the are killed in my favorites. Anyone can watch them.

By: focusfrost

focusfrost — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:36:41 +0000

Thank you so much. Let folks know that former Senator Burns, whose amendment authorizes the BLM to send the wild horses & burros to slaughter, became a paid lobbyist for the cattlemen as soon as the law allowed after leaving office. Concerned Americans can visit the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign for links to contact their Congressmen to stop this. I wonder what is the connection between BLM staff & the ranchers who are paid millions to warehouse them until slaughter?

By: LadyKaliska

LadyKaliska — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:26:00 +0000

I’ve also noticed that, going to the BLM’s websites, the scheduled adoptions are far less than they used to be. I live in CA and I normally look up to see when they’ll be in my state. Normally it’s like 5-6x a year, but now it’s 1 in 2009 (at this time) Alot of people know something’s not right, we just have to fight back. Besides I don’t want to eat that “doped” up beef anyways.

By: jsb400

jsb400 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:42:47 +0000

Thank you for this video. Very well put.

By: thehappyhoof

thehappyhoof — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:53:13 +0000

Correction to below, BLM dose not run the PLF, rather the PLF runs BLM. PLF is made up of retired BLM and their family, who MAKE PUBLIC LAND POLICY. It is a non profit organization. There is something REALLY WRONG with retired BLM, in a non profit organization making the POLCY for BLM and “public” lands. But to them they are not really “public” lands, they considder it THEIR land. They use the word “public” just to make the real “public” think they are watching out for the publics interests.

By: thehappyhoof

thehappyhoof — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:48:42 +0000

Check out the PLF, Public Lands Foundation run by BLM. This message board will not let me post the web site.

By: thehappyhoof

thehappyhoof — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:40:23 +0000

Research the connection between BLM and the non profit organizations, run by retired BLM that really make “public lands policy”. Ranchers po po ed and ignored what the enviornmentalists that were secretly taking over BLM were doing for years, till it was too late. Then to keep their grazing rights, they had to jump in bed with them, and rename the WILD horse as “FERRAL”. This is not the ranchers as much as it is Eviormentalists running BLM, and making public lands policy.