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Wild horse defenders criticize plan to manage mustangs, urge removal of cattle (Econut Alert)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | October 17, 2009 | Martin Griffith AP

Posted on 10/17/2009 5:22:27 PM PDT by jazusamo

RENO, Nev. - A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week proposed moving thousands of mustangs to preserves in the Midwest and East to protect horse herds and the rangelands that support them.

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Many horse defenders and others who had been working to save the romantic symbols of the American West and might have been expected to welcome Salazar's solution instead stampeded the other way. They want Salazar to remove livestock to make room for the mustangs and argue that cows are the real threat to the range and native wildlife.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ar; blm; econuts; wildhorses
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Animal rights nazis want to remove domestic livestock from BLM lands so "romantic symbols of the American West" (non native horses) that are productive for nothing can thrive. You just can't make this stuff up.
1 posted on 10/17/2009 5:22:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: All
Please bump the Freepathon and donate if you haven’t done so!

2 posted on 10/17/2009 5:24:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: george76; girlangler; Flycatcher

AR Nazis Ping!


3 posted on 10/17/2009 5:26:08 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Tried the new “Palamino” burger at Wendy's yet?
4 posted on 10/17/2009 5:26:10 PM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 163)
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To: jazusamo
Well horses are an “Invader” species brought by the hated Spanish and deserve to die.

Right envirowackos?

5 posted on 10/17/2009 5:27:00 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

That’d be fine but being we don’t eat horsemeat they should reopen the horse slaughterhouses and start shipping frozen horsemeat to Europe again.


6 posted on 10/17/2009 5:29:39 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
I agree. Open up the horse slaughterhouses and start canning the horsemeat for the poor and sell the sides of horse to the Europeans. I am seeing way too many horses neglected and starving because there is no bottom to the industry. The good intentions have been a disaster IMO to the horses. At least when they go to a slaughterhouse they die quickly. Starving takes months.
7 posted on 10/17/2009 5:56:08 PM PDT by vetvetdoug (FUBO, a fashion statement for conservatives.)
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To: jazusamo

Having a cow, or maybe not having a cow is a better way to put it.


8 posted on 10/17/2009 6:00:24 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: Mikey_1962

that would make them illegal aliens - er, undocumented workers.


9 posted on 10/17/2009 6:01:00 PM PDT by sig226 (My President was President of the week at the Norwegian Slough Academy.)
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To: vetvetdoug

You’re absolutely right and you’re in a better position to see it than most. Like you say, it’s not just the feral horses but the domestic ones people can no longer afford to take care of, there just isn’t a market for the number of horses being bred.

Several reservations here in the West have talked of starting a slaughterhouse to take care of too many horses running on their lands.


10 posted on 10/17/2009 6:03:01 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
There is a private sector solution to this problem: Madeleine Pickens has offered to take the 30,000 or so wild mustangs onto her ranch/reserve for them, and the gubmint is blowing her off.

Presumably, the government is doing so in order to give the wackos on both sides something to scream about, and to kick the can down the road until the government is the only one left to solve the problems it's created.

Oh, btw, beef producers . . . check the price of beef, lately? You don't need the land, either.

11 posted on 10/17/2009 6:10:51 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Dancing with Horses
12 posted on 10/17/2009 6:14:52 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: 1rudeboy

Got a link?


13 posted on 10/17/2009 6:20:09 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
Got a link to what?
14 posted on 10/17/2009 6:22:22 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: jazusamo
Well, I love cows and horses, so I think the humans should stop interfering with the animals. The idea of “livestock” makes me sick. Why don't people stop exploiting animals? People suck when then exploit animals.
15 posted on 10/17/2009 6:28:36 PM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: 1rudeboy

LOL!

We’ve been through this before and you presume a lot. A link about Pickens and the govt blowing her off.


16 posted on 10/17/2009 6:32:02 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo
LOL is right . . . so you didn't need a link in the first place? Am I reading your reaction correctly?

Or are you calling me a liar? In that case, please be specific so I can knock your ass back to Facebook.

17 posted on 10/17/2009 6:34:34 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: GinaLolaB

I’m not sure I understand what you mean about exploiting animals. The majority of people eat meat in this country, do you consider growing and slaughtering beef for human consumption exploiting them?


18 posted on 10/17/2009 6:34:39 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: 1rudeboy

Tough guy aren’t you. LOL!


19 posted on 10/17/2009 6:35:49 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

No, not really. I’m up for a challenge, whenever it comes (still waiting).


20 posted on 10/17/2009 6:37:50 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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