Horses and Cattle to Be Removed from TRNP?

The Park Service is working on a new livestock management plan that will protect native species and the natural prairie ecosystem at the expense of nonnative horses and cattle, according to a story posted this evening by The Bismarck Tribune.

Not mentioned in the report:

Horses appear in the North American fossil record, cattle do not
The horses at TRNP were put there by the Park Service
The original herd, thought to be descended from Sitting Bull’s horses, is gone
If you want to learn about the original horses, visit the Nokota Horse Conservancy

An advocate interviewed for the story said all the horses can’t stay but maybe the Park Service can keep some of them.

You have to give them credit: They think alike.

“If we get rid of them, they can stay.”