‘The Wild Horse Is Us’

posted by: lpc-58@----- I think that the government should worrie more about the rising gas prices, than killing off the wild horses. The money that they use to kill off the wild horses could be used for better things. I bet that the person who come with this idea never saw the wild horses. All they want is to put more in there pocket

Couldn't agree more debbier!!!

Of course the wild horse survived the ice age or they wouldn't be here today. They evolved in North America and did just fine here until the arrival of mankind. They made it through many ice ages but did not survive the last one in North America. However they thrived in Asia. The point is they do just fine in North American if left alone. If they overpopulate nature takes its course. Leave them alone and let them live and die free.
I am a strong wild horse advocate who lives in Nevada- wild horse roam the hills above my home. I am also a Republican. All this Bush bashing is just petty politics. Sen John Ensign of Nevada, a repuplican and former veterinarian, helped lead the fight to ban the sale of wild horses for slaughter. Contact him or Sen Harry Reid or your local representatives and urge them to stop the destruction of the wild horse.

NO, NO, NO..... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD. HORSES CAN BE TRAINED. THERE ARE MORE STATES IN THE U.S. THAT THESE HORSES CAN BE SENT TO, TRAINED AND LOVED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ANIMAL. CAN YOU LOOK INTO THEIR EYES AND TELL THEM THEY ARE NEXT IN LINE???? HOW ABOUT MICHAEL VICK'S DOGS. THEY ARE NOW BEING TRAINED AND PUT INTO LOVING HOMES. PEOPLE HAVE TO START THINKING WITH THEIR HEARTS AND NOT WITH THEIR POCKETBOOKS. SORRY TO BE ONE OF THE MANY WHO LOVE ANIMALS. I JUST RESCUED A DOG, HOW ABOUT YOU?

This article starts with a falsehood (unfortunate misconception?) "After surviving the ice age . . . ".
Wild horses in the American west are the animal equivalent of "invasive nonnative plants" i.e. weeds.
They are no more or less "natural" and noble than cows, chickens, pigs, goats, or russian thistles.

Aren't articles in Newsweek supposed to be at least factually correct?

We should not take out the problems that people and livestock put on the land on the Mustang. The Wild Horse is what America is all about. There has got to be a better way if we truly have to watch the population of the herds. Have you thought of spraying or neutering the animals in a effort to control the population. It is just like our goverment if they can't control it just kill it.....

OK, YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE DEBATING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HORSES EXISTED DURING THE ICE AGE ARE COMPLETELY MISSING THE POINT HERE.

It seems like it will never end. Human beings killing off every other kind of species to make
way for more of us, more of our waste, more of our garbage...LET THEM BE. Simply. They
are gorgeous creatures who have just as much right to live here as we do.

samtoi! thank you for also speaking some sence. the horses need controled! maybe not exterminated. but for sure controlled. there was some gal on here earlier saying y don't they just give the horses to people. most people can't afford horses let alone handle the responsibilty. it's 20$ a bale of general hay. a horse goes through a bale a week. when you own a horse you can't just feed them hay they take suppliments and grain. plus you have wormer. plus the removinng of waste. plus where are you going to keep them? be realistic. do you really think that the government would want to upset this many people? if there was an easy way out they would have done it. but it's gotten to a pinical point with the wild horses. and this is their solution.

This is the last of America's totally free horses! How can anyone even consider ending their existence?
This is truly an outrage! What is even more appallling is that this type of end is even being considered!!
SHAME ON AMERICA IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!!! SHAME ON US!!

That is the most disgusting thing I have read in a while, and in my job, I read some pretty awful things. We talk about the conservation of our nation and of its natural beauties, yet propose to go so far as to kill herds of these wild horses? Last option or not, its an option on the table right? As if it wasnt bad enough we come in and take the land from the native people to begin with, and put restrictions on their cultures and the way they live, but, now we want to take over where the animals have roamed freely since ling before our presence? Proposterous. To look any decent human in the eye and propose this measure, is an insult, and a confirmation of just how JACKED up we ourselves can be. Now... I digress.

Horses, the genus Equus, actually originated and evolved here on the North American land mass. Horses are truly an American icon and also a North American Icon. During the Pleistocene and Eocene, horses thrived; they were a little different than the modern horse we know today, but none the less, they actually belong to North America. It is theorized that when humans started migrating over the Siberian bridge, that horses became extinct. They were REINTRODUCED by the Spanish, hence the Spanish genetics
that we find in them today. Yes, all horses have ancestral genetics, all which pertain to the closest relative, Prezwalski's horse in Mongolia. I'm appalled that so many people can have say what they wish and pronounce it as fact when in fact, they have no idea what they are talking about. Research the subject before
you just your so-called facts on public comments. If you are so naive and biased, then cows and sheep need to be put down as well. They were originally domesticated in the Middle East, where their wild ancestors roamed. You can't be biased towards one animal and make an argument when indeed, the counter alternative is more viable towards scrutiny than what is being proclaimed here. Not only are these wild mustangs part of our ecosystem, they are part of Native American culture. They provided effort in WWI and WWII on European and American fronts. They served in many ways; war, ceremonies, and even now, therapeutic programs our handicapped and wounded veterans need. Many of these horses were wild mustangs...think before you speak...

whoops. That should have read: "As the journalist who produced this interview with Deanne..." and so on. That's what copy editors are for and I love them. Best, TD

SO WHY DOESN'T THE US GOV'T START KILLING EVERY WILD ANIMAL WHILE THEY'RE AT IT? UNBELIEVABLE!! THEY DESTROY THE HABITATS FOR THESE CREATURES, THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO CALL THEM AN EXPENSE AND PROPOSE EUTHANIZING THEM AS A SOLUTION!!!!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN ASHAMED OF BEING AN AMERICAN UNTIL NOW! WHAT A GROSSLY GREEDY COUNTRY THIS IS!!!!!!!