Adopt a Horse?
May 30, 2018 14:28:31 #
The Bureau of Land Management's Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center is the country's largest facility for dealing with the very complex issues of managing wild horses on our public lands. I have enjoyed many encounters with these beautiful creatures in Nevada's basin and range country. I have driven by this center a few times, always with a reluctance to stop. The center appears to be well run and the horses well cared for, but it is a horse jail and the future fate of many of these animals is dark. This day's dark and dramatic sky moved me to stop and try and capture a sense of this place. I'm glad I did but I left with a very melancholy feeling about all these pretty horses.
I feel a need to educate myself about our government's decisions with regard to the future of these magnificent animals.
Here are some links that may be of interest:
http://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/adoptions-and-sales/adoption-centers/palomino-valley-adoption-center
http://www.blm.gov/programs /wild-horse-and-burro
http://www.tripsavvy.com/nevadas-wild-horses-2885750?utm_term=blm+wild+horse+adoption&utm_content=p1-main-3-title&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=google_s&utm_campaign=adid-22cbcded-193e-405d-bc97-4b5d3f037c9c-0-ab_gsb_ocode-35388&ad=semD&an=google_s&am=broad&q=blm+wild+horse+adoption&o=35388&qsrc=999&l=sem&askid=22cbcded-193e-405d-bc97-4b5d3f037c9c-0-ab_gsb
I feel a need to educate myself about our government's decisions with regard to the future of these magnificent animals.
Here are some links that may be of interest:
http://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/adoptions-and-sales/adoption-centers/palomino-valley-adoption-center
http://www.blm.gov/programs /wild-horse-and-burro
http://www.tripsavvy.com/nevadas-wild-horses-2885750?utm_term=blm+wild+horse+adoption&utm_content=p1-main-3-title&utm_medium=sem&utm_source=google_s&utm_campaign=adid-22cbcded-193e-405d-bc97-4b5d3f037c9c-0-ab_gsb_ocode-35388&ad=semD&an=google_s&am=broad&q=blm+wild+horse+adoption&o=35388&qsrc=999&l=sem&askid=22cbcded-193e-405d-bc97-4b5d3f037c9c-0-ab_gsb
May 30, 2018 14:38:58 #
I think wild horses should be free to run wild. I don't believe in any fencing-in of wild animals.
May 30, 2018 14:40:24 #
May 30, 2018 18:19:55 #
America needs to get beyond its Disneyland Fancy concerning wild horses and wild burros. www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/environment/wild-horses-part-one/ Might make note of the death threats against the author and his family. In addition, "The expense of holding all these horses has crippled the BLM’s wild horse budget to the point where it’s spending two- thirds of its entire budget, nearly $50 million in 2016, warehousing horses in short-term and long-term pastures. Go beyond politics and check to see what the National Academic of Science ecologists recommend. I could not locate the expenses for 2017 or I would have quoted them.
May 31, 2018 01:58:07 #
woodworkerman wrote:
I think wild horses should be free to run wild. I don't believe in any fencing-in of wild animals.
Thanks for your comment.
May 31, 2018 01:59:25 #
May 31, 2018 02:01:06 #
Barn Owl wrote:
America needs to get beyond its Disneyland Fancy c... (show quote)
A very good link Barn Owl, thanks. I wish I could have included it in my op.
May 31, 2018 08:43:24 #
They have some pretty strict rules about the adoption procedure. There are lots of specifications to be met by the adoptee; not just anyone can drop in and get a horse.
May 31, 2018 12:17:10 #
wayne barnett
Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon
Why is there not enough wild pasture resources for these horses? Ask the cattle farmers. There was enough when there were millions of bison, why not now? I guess if we still had bison roaming the west then we would want to kill them off to make room for the cattle farmers. Not against the cattle industry, rode a horse every day for a while on a cattle operation. As noted above we need to get over our Disney image of these animals and treat them like any other of the many other animals we use as food. The rest of the world has. Short of that tell the cattle industry to suck it up and use only what is left from what is needed by these beautiful beasts. To that we could add the needs of the recovering bison herds, etc.
May 31, 2018 13:13:09 #
jaymatt wrote:
They have some pretty strict rules about the adoption procedure. There are lots of specifications to be met by the adoptee; not just anyone can drop in and get a horse.
You are correct and the adoption numbers have been in decline for the past 15 years. BLM's warehousing of these "surplus" animals does not appear to be a sustainable solution. As I stated, it is a complex problem.
May 31, 2018 13:17:06 #
wayne barnett wrote:
Why is there not enough wild pasture resources for... (show quote)
Those who hold the rights to run cattle on public lands are indeed major players in this conflict.
May 31, 2018 22:34:33 #
Very interesting and good shots, but it's kinda sad! I think they should be left free to run and be happy.
Jun 1, 2018 00:40:19 #
sailorsmom wrote:
Very interesting and good shots, but it's kinda sad! I think they should be left free to run and be happy.
Thanks Sue, I think there should be a place for them to run free on our public lands, but like much in our lives today....it's complicated!
Jun 2, 2018 10:12:44 #
Believe it or not
Loc: West Virginia
This would be a GREAT cause, compared to the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ wasted on worthless ventures our congressmen/women undertake to send "PORK"
home so they can get reelected!
home so they can get reelected!
Jun 2, 2018 12:28:29 #
Believe it or not wrote:
This would be a GREAT cause, compared to the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ wasted on worthless ventures our congressmen/women undertake to send "PORK"
home so they can get reelected!
home so they can get reelected!
Thank you for the visit and comment. It is indeed all about priorities!
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