‘The Wild Horse Is Us’

I am so upset after reading this article that tears are buring my eyes. My personal feelings about horses are that when God made the horse, he called the four winds together and it was perfection. How can the government do this? We sterilize feral cats, why can't we sterilize some of the wild horses? Not all of them, but it would be a solution to overpopulation (which I don't believe exists here). DON'T KILL THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS!!!!! SHAME ON GEORGE BUSH!!! AND SHAME ON OUR GOVERNMENT!!!!!

I can even have ducks in my backyard, what do you expect?

This would be a great shame on Americans the government has always chosen murder for solving there problems and for wiping out any species or population they feel should not be here like the Native Americans the wolves the bison and so on
If this happens it will just prove that Americans can't handle the responsibility of being a part of this world
And as far as people who say would you adopt these creatures they don't need to be adopted they need to be left alone and let nature take its course
And horses by the way were native to North America they were here millions of years ag0

The horses currently in the American West have only been there since the 1500s, having been brought by the Spanish. So saying the lead "After surviving the Ice Age," is wrong and totally misleading. What a slanted story this is.

Tell me again how horses got here, I think I missed the 4 billion previous posts from everone else who missed the 4 billion previous posts and say the same thing over and over again.

hey lets just shoot all white men blacks and any other race that was not native to Norhta Amariaca shall we?

America's wild horse population didn't survive the ice age, as the author says. They died out during the ice age. The present mustang population is descended from those brought over by the Spanish. And I agree, Wired.

If we can send rocket ships to the moon I think we can come up with something to sterilize some of the horses. A solution to destroy them should never be in an option. Shame on you all.

What's next with this government? Euthanize all the old people in the nursing homes because they're taking up valuable space? Those horses ARE a symbol of our nation, and they deserve to be on the open range. They were there long before the cattle. When are we going to STOP being a greedy nation?

Anyone advocating Euthanization is the rear end of the horse, and worse.

The wild horse population didn't survive the ice age, as the author states in his first sentence. They died out during the ice aga, and the present population of mustangs descended from the horses that came over with the Spanish.

Someone just zapped all the morality from my body. This is one of the most disgusting things I have ever read. Horses are over populated ? There are over 6 BILLION people on the planet and we keep pushing animals up into the mountains etc. as we continue to BUILD vacation getaways on THEIR homes. Disgusting,absolutely disgusting. Is Bush ever going to do anything moral in his life ?

Why are we suprised of this "decision"? Our Government has been killing off every thing left and righ (Indians first) just so they can take what they want and not have to pay for it. That seems to be all they are good for - killing oh yeah, and giving themselves big fat raises they haven't earned. We have coutries with wild life preservations so why can't the USA have one for the Mustang? Where are all those annoying people who force land owners to keep masquito breeding land just to save a nearly extinct flea or bush rat?
This country would rather support crack heads and baby makers than an animal who has been around for hundreds of years. It's time we "culled" our Government - some of these officials are older than dirt and wear depends just so they can sit on a chair and think of what to kill next.
Revamp our US Governemt before it's too late and leave the Mustangs alone.

Someone just zapped all the morality from my body. This is one of the most disgusting things I have ever read. Horses are over populated ? There are over 6 BILLION people on the planet and we keep pushing animals up into the mountains etc. as we continue to BUILD vacation getaways on THEIR homes. Disgusting,absolutely disgusting. Is Bush ever going to do anything moral in his life ?

I would say that I can't believe it but that would be naive.....I think that they should remain protected....Guess I will be sending more letters to my government representatives...

Man thinks they should and can control everything. the very thought of killing an animal to balance their budget because they tried to control an element of nature is sickening. the people working the bureau should give up some of their paycheck, or, what the heck, "euthanize" their offspring.

Who ever asked this should be EUTHANIZED! How disgraceful, no sense of value at all. Completely un- American.........

the mustang needs to be free and roam just as any other wild animal... after all are we not the land of the free and home of the brave here in the good old U S A .what will be the next victum??? kids(china), fish, dogs and cats, squirells????where will this stop .. we can and should make room for all.. we do it with different cultures!! different religions, different races.. we can and should overcome this cruel and indecent treatment... our goverment can investigate steroids in baseball?? but refuse to help restore and keep our natural resources in pristine condition.. as for drilling for oil being a reason? it should not be a factor. two reasons (1) we drill in alaska now and take a chance on harming this beautiful landscape only so that they can sell this oil to JAPAN. go figure!! (2) the U S A has the knowledge and resourses to turn the dependancy away from oil and more and more drilling. only to sell to the highest bidder.. with little concern about the damages that may occur.. (valdez). stay on top of all elected officials write them and talk with them with the intelligence that your concerns deserve. someday we might need this historical mustang?? everthing has mutiple uses. maybe congress can give some of their (earned ) money to help represent/ INVESTigate this issue? instead of alwaysforcing the people they should be repersenting to foot the costs.. most likely the people will be the ones too pay and we will... thank you for your time: gobluearly