tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post2331300731103188889..comments2023-10-21T02:22:06.394-07:00Comments on Equine Mine: Moving Mustangs Eastphotogchichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14822162590502709534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-12257926634320191212009-10-09T23:16:19.109-07:002009-10-09T23:16:19.109-07:00What? Did y'all not get the email sent out by...What? Did y'all not get the email sent out by Ms. Pickens applauding Mr. Salazaar's plan? She's mobilized everyone and this was the result. <br /><br />But as to natural order...the horses are not natural to the western landscape, yet they do destroy the vegetation for those animals who are. There's simply no easy button on this one, because no matter what the BLM does, someones going to be mad. Not that they've made stellar choices in the past, but there just isn't a simple solution.<br /><br />Drillrider, I don't know when you attended the adoption in Canby, but Oregon gelds all the stallions before hauling them to adoptions.Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369244473889348601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-53604239807855895182009-10-09T16:20:57.168-07:002009-10-09T16:20:57.168-07:00Well, what do you expect? There has always been a ...Well, what do you expect? There has always been a lack of understanding of the wild horse on the part of our government agencies. Don't know what the answer is, but somehow this one leaves me with a lot of questions.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-42239975130549709522009-10-08T07:40:17.608-07:002009-10-08T07:40:17.608-07:00I agree that moving them to an unfamiliar, differe...I agree that moving them to an unfamiliar, different climate, with increased vegetation may cause issues with the horses unless they introduce them gradually. <br /><br />I don't agree that sterilization affects the natural order of things other than make them unable to reproduce? How else can you control their numbers? <br /><br />I went to one BLM auction in Canby, OR and so many of the baby horses did not get a single bid (the minimum bid was $125). They had about 5 or 6 adult stallions and not ONE of those received a single bid and some of them were really nice looking with good conformation. Anything that was plain colored (chestnuts mostly) did not get a single bid. <br /><br />The only high bids were on a black colt and a Palomino filly. Whatever else that did sell sold for $125 and that was not many.<br /><br />This was a time when the economy was good, I can only imagine what those auctions are like now. I'm sure sales are far and few between. <br /><br />Add to this the fact that a limited number of people are knowledgeable enough to take on a mustang and train it from the ground up and you begin to realize that this problem has been building for quite some time.Drillriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237598511944008927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-23066217457416134212009-10-08T07:29:25.899-07:002009-10-08T07:29:25.899-07:00Sounds about like what the government did to the N...Sounds about like what the government did to the Native Americans, and that didn't turn out well - you can bet that they're acting on behalf of interests that want the horses moved because they're "in the way".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-89324372667804752422009-10-08T05:34:15.711-07:002009-10-08T05:34:15.711-07:00Wonder what the real underlying plan is. Not to sa...Wonder what the real underlying plan is. Not to say I don't trust the BLM but I can't see as how anything they do is for the benefit of the horses. I guess we'll all have to wait and see what they're really up to.<br /><br />These horses have lived where they are for many years and I am of the opinion that they were doing just fine until 'agencies' got involved. So far all they've done is disrupt the natural order of things. And reducing the herd by sterilizations is not the natural order of things.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-46305095714286136772009-10-08T04:53:47.383-07:002009-10-08T04:53:47.383-07:00of course the BLM would want to own the land...and...of course the BLM would want to own the land...and how is creating less genetric diversity going to help wild mustangs? And while I would LOVE to have mustangs closer to home, going from a desert to an ultra rich environment sounds like a bad idea.OnTheBithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688127613313016544noreply@blogger.com