Whoa.

Would have said this thread was done in one, but then Sad Keanu showed up and reminded me not to count my chickens pigeons before they hatch....

bravian: Could the article perhaps explained ... ah ... I don't know ... perhaps ... WHY they planned on castrating the stallions?

/I assume for over population or aliens or something
//journalism is dead

Yeah, pretty sure it's overpopulation. Political scientists like Bo Derek are responsible for this. (She supported legislation to ban horse slaughter for human consumption).

What seems weird makes perfect sense to me is that it's probably animal rights activists who are against castration. I guess they'd rather horses starve to death in the wild than control the population.

:-(

TheOther: Are you going to castrate Bambi?

Bambi's a girl. She works weekend night shift at Scores.

No predators in Nevada?

Actually, it's not overpopulation. It's the farking cattlemen who want the land, even though it was designated to Wild Horses & Burros by law in 1971. If the castration continued, it would further harm the genetics of the herds. It's horrible how they're rounded up, frequently by helicopter and many pregnant mares & elderly horses are killed or maimed during them. Then they get sent to live in pens (on tax $$) or sold off to foreign slaughterhouses. While there is no taxpayer cost to let them roam free.

I've volunteered at a rescue ranch and cared for Mustangs who's mother was taken from them in a roundup before they were weened (also illegally). I wish more people would become aware of the horrors they put these beautiful animals through & the corruption within the BLM. A great place to learn more is The Cloud Foundation: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/Link (new window)

I am happy they've blocked the castrations, but they need to STOP the farking roundups too!

My brother is working on this. The government spends millions sending feed to these horses because they are over populated. Evidently the wife of T-bone Pickens has made it into one of her pet projects. They have been trying to find a way to stop the rampant breeding in a humane way. It's a huge mess.

heidinoele: My brother is working on this. The government spends millions sending feed to these horses because they are over populated. Evidently the wife of T-bone Pickens has made it into one of her pet projects. They have been trying to find a way to stop the rampant breeding in a humane way. It's a huge mess.

The majority of the money is spent on the roundups & when they're in holding, not in the wild.

kashari: Actually, it's not overpopulation. It's the farking cattlemen who want the land, even though it was designated to Wild Horses & Burros by law in 1971. If the castration continued, it would further harm the genetics of the herds. It's horrible how they're rounded up, frequently by helicopter and many pregnant mares & elderly horses are killed or maimed during them. Then they get sent to live in pens (on tax $$) or sold off to foreign slaughterhouses. While there is no taxpayer cost to let them roam free.

I've volunteered at a rescue ranch and cared for Mustangs who's mother was taken from them in a roundup before they were weened (also illegally). I wish more people would become aware of the horrors they put these beautiful animals through & the corruption within the BLM. A great place to learn more is The Cloud Foundation: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/Link (new window)

I am happy they've blocked the castrations, but they need to STOP the farking roundups too!

QFT

icepriestess: kashari: Actually, it's not overpopulation. It's the farking cattlemen who want the land, even though it was designated to Wild Horses & Burros by law in 1971. If the castration continued, it would further harm the genetics of the herds. It's horrible how they're rounded up, frequently by helicopter and many pregnant mares & elderly horses are killed or maimed during them. Then they get sent to live in pens (on tax $$) or sold off to foreign slaughterhouses. While there is no taxpayer cost to let them roam free.

I've volunteered at a rescue ranch and cared for Mustangs who's mother was taken from them in a roundup before they were weened (also illegally). I wish more people would become aware of the horrors they put these beautiful animals through & the corruption within the BLM. A great place to learn more is The Cloud Foundation: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/Link (new window)

I am happy they've blocked the castrations, but they need to STOP the farking roundups too!

I totally agree that more people need to know about the corrupt inner workings of the BLM. I worked at a stable that had pens in the back that were rented to them to keep the rounded up horses before they go to auction. I learned all sorts of terrible things while working there.

With all the abuse that happens though, I don't understand why plans to castrate the horses aren't good alternatives to the round ups. The herds already have a limited genetic pool.

They don't even need to do the roundups, especially at this complex, it's HUGE. Taking the gene pool down further in huge numbers is not a good solution, maybe a select few here & there.

Another issue, especially for domestic horses is affordable euthanasia. If I won the lottery, I would like to start some sort of organization to help with that.