Dear Editor:
I did not respond to the newspaper articles that were written before or during the roundup. I did not see a need to respond to name calling. It serves no purpose. This is about principles, not personalities. My goal is to document the events at the roundup.
A wild horse tragedy on West Douglas:
Pounding hooves, stallion screams, terror-filled eyes, foals crying, “whup-whup-whup” of the helicopter motor, attempted escapes, successful and unsuccessful escapes,…
Letter to the Editor: Wild horse gather a tragedy
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Having already heard about the foal with the broken leg & the stallion that was killed – more and more animals killed in the name of the BLM. While we hear over & over that these wild horses and burros are “not native” to the US! How can that be when the horses were already here to greet the Spanish explorers? Somehow that doesnt compute does it? Just recently, it became known to the public (although wild horse advocates knew this for 3 years) that the BLM knowingly sold 1700 wild horses to a kill buyer – Tom Davis (look it up online) It only took 3 years for them to actually admit it but seemingly they did nothing wrong – the BLM employees involved in that corruption seem to still be employed there AND one of them, at least, earned a bonus – for making such a large sale! The really sad thing is that after investigating – it was decided there was no need to DO anything about it. Really, anyone just has to stop & think about the numbers of horses & burros that have been removed from OUR (American Taxpayer) public lands – the Herd Areas that have been zeroed out – the horses that have disappeared from holding facilities. In one instance, the mares that lost their long term holding area & were transferred to a feed lot where over 200 died – because it was a former cattle lot? Or they were fed the wrong diet? Alfalfa is a RICH hay – far from the grasses these horses are used to. The BLM doesnt admit to any wrong – they do what they do because they can! What kind of government agency does this sound like?