‘The Wild Horse Is Us’

You simply can not expect the American public to be okay with killing such a revered part of our heritage. The mustang was once an integral part of our lives, have we forgotten this? They deserve our respect and protection, not death due to misinformation and carelessness.

Maybe we should euthanize the BLM. SAVE THE MUSTANGS!!

If it's not apparent to everyone by now, then I'm not sure what is apparent: The BLM is incompetent and should be replaced, immediately.

They have 30,000+ wild horses that they have rounded up and they have no plan for their future, yet, they want to add more to that number.

Doesn't this ring bells in your mind? Doesn't this stink of them being in the pocket of the cattle ranchers, who graze their cattle on "our" land that is designated for the wild horses?

Bush knows full well that neither John McCain or Barak Obama are going to decimate our herds, so he's going to do it before he leaves. What a guy. Bleeding our money on a war that should not have happened and now murdering the horses that are protected by law.

I hope that someone who can help will end this atrocity before it happens.

God Bless America.

MY GOD!!! Yeah their trying to get rid of Him too...I think all common sense people should unite and go to Washington to KICK ASS..Every day I hear some idiotic plan the Government is trying to get past the American people.I think they went too far with cloning and put them all in Washington. Save the horses ...get rid of Bush...I'm tired of it..The more I deal with certain people the more I like my cats

I'm ashamed to admit that I voted for Bush and me being the animal tree hugger type that I am. He has totally destroyed my faith in our government. Chief Seattle said many years ago The way of the animal is the way of the human (and I am paraphrasing). If we extenguish them, we are next and maybe we should be if we can't take any better care of our Mother Earth then we have.

Round up the "BLM" people who want to do this and euthanize them instead. This is a sick, stupid idea and yet another example of how twisted the brains are that make up our government. If they go thourhg with this, they should be charged with cuelty to animals and endangering a protected national symbol.

OK PEOPLE!
The comment was that horses had survived the ice age, referring to it's ability to survive many catastrophic events, until the arise of the Bush administration. The article did not mention that in the ice age the horse was not exactly is species it is today, but neither did it limit its presence to North America. So, the horse DID survive the ice age, just not on this continent. Again, this is just a comment to prove how hardy the species is, unless it is subject to ignorant and ruthless governmental administration and regulation.

How could they even consider euthanizing those beautiful animals? Budget cuts are everywhere. How about euthanizing humans too? I mean, isn't it the fault of the human that these animals need to be managed in the first place? They were here first, the human is driving them out of their home.

There is no such thing as natural anymore in the US. Natural requires massive amts of land for species to maintain their populations and evolve naturally. Those days are over. Environmentalists, which I am one of, need to get a grip on reality and understand that the environment we want to survive will only survive if we manage it. The original north american horse was eliminated. The indians did not have horses until asian horses were introduced. I think the west should have herds of feral horses reminescent of the original wild herds, but they have to be managed. Managing the horses costs money, and an obvious source of funding for that management would be from the other land uses the BLM leases. Everyone says they want to protect the environment, but very few are willing to pay for it. Wake up cubicle, saving the environment is not free and the environment including feral horses cannot manage itself anymore.

Why can't we just leave ever just leave something that is naturally beautiful alone? Our government always has to interfere in some way or another. I say just let them be, they aren't hurting anyone.

My comment is the same as several others. These "Mustangs" are descendents of Spanish horses brought over in the 15th century. They HAVE NOT survived an ice age in North America. They are a symbol of freedom for this country but WERE allowed to become wild. They should be a continued symbol of our country but there is absolutely no reason to have 70,000 of these horses in the West and the US Government should not be supporting them. They are not native to the country they inhabit , they are an introduced breed and species. They should be seriously managed and controlled.

You need to keep in mind that the Mustangs were here before all the immigrants arrived from overseas. If we were not overpopulating their stomping grounds with subdivisions, equestrian complexes and just general expansion of larger cities then this problem would not be a problem. We are destroying everything around us and by the time we are finished what will be left? Overpopulation applies to every species not just to wildlife around us.

My comment is the same as several others. These "Mustangs" are descendents of Spanish horses brought over in the 15th century. They HAVE NOT survived an ice age in North America. They are a symbol of freedom for this country but WERE allowed to become wild. They should be a continued symbol of our country but there is absolutely no reason to have 70,000 of these horses in the West and the US Government should not be supporting them. They are not native to the country they inhabit , they are an introduced breed and species. They should be seriously managed and controlled.

I know, why not take the BILLIONS wasted on NASA that we are taxed already for and redirect it to save some of our natural resources and native species, etc. like the wild horses. I wish we were given more of a choice how our tax dollars were spent. I for sure dont care how algae grows in space but sure as hell rather save a species that was here before us and that we keep squeezing out with our constant intrusion into their habitat.

I grew up on a ranch in northern Nevada. Back in the early 60's my dad bought 6 Mustangs that were going to be slaughtered for animal food. He gave the smaller horses to my brother and I. We just loved our horses; we tamed them, fed, and cared for them; We had Taffy and Snip for years. Now I read the the BLM is thinking the wild horses should be exterminated. The audacity of the BLM never fails to boggle my mind. Should they be allowed to kill, annihiate, massacre, exterminate, wipe out, butcher, or in any other way murder the Mustang? I say, HELL NO!!!!!!!!

I'd rather see wild horses on the range than some of the domesticated asses we have in government.

save the horses euthanizie the BLM