[Constitutions Grandchild]

My father, an avid horseman as a young man, used to wait for the mustangs to be delivered to the old St. Louis Stables in Forest Park and would "break" them. It is one my favorite stories of all those he used to tell. I was hoping that would be the outcome for these noble animals, rather than "meat for Frogs".

His stories inspired my imagination of the "West", along with The Lone Ranger, Tonto, The Cisco Kid and Poncho. Merry Christmas to all my friends at Free Republic and let's keep those memories of our country alive and well.

[1rudeboy]

Since the bureau has no money to euthanize the horses and no authority to hold them in a long-term facility, "it would face an inescapable conundrum" in conducting the roundup, Friedman said. The dispute is best solved by Congress, he added.

/facepalm

Congress "solves" this problem nearly every session (although the judge is correct that it is ultimately Congress' responsibility).

[exbrit]

Unfortunately, most of these horses will probably end up in Mexico at slaughter plants, and, considering there is a viable alternative of equine birth control. This is typical of our governments inept abilities, which is grossly reflected in the upcoming human health care fiasco.

[Sacajaweau]

My father was an exquisite waiter at all the elite clubs in Rochester, NY. He was always able to get the piano player to play "Home on the Range".

Guess what the first song I learned was....

[Vaquero]

Feral horses (and asses) have decimated the range of indigenous species like big horn sheep, elk, deer, bison, pronghorn.

They need to be regulated (by hunting or roundup), like any other species... there is a historical reason to keep some of population as they are part of our heritage...

But they are only in this country 400 or so years and are not a part of the natural ecology.

One could make the point that they did exist here 12,000 ago, and they were wiped out at that time along with other mega fauna....either by human means...or some unknown catastrophe....

but these horses are the domesticated species not wild horses like tarpans or Prezwalski wild horses that come from Eurasia...

[Young Werther]

Attention Harry Reid! Watch you a$$!

Bye Bye!

[afraidfortherepublic]

You bring back some memories with that! But, I think the Cisco Kid’s cohort spelled his name Pancho! I loved that show, growing up.

[DPMD]

Trial run for the big human roundup under obama health scare.

[dalereed]

Maybe I can get fresh horsemeat for the cats like I used to do in the 1940s!!!!