“Words have to match actions,” Laura Leigh told a reporter in a story posted yesterday by the Las Vegas Sun.
Agree. But you’ll find as many counterexamples from the advocates as you will from the bureaucrats.
They tell their supporters that they’re protecting wild horses as they poison the mares with ovary-killing pesticides.
The topic of fertility control was not discussed in the interview, but Leigh is on record in BLM planning documents as a PZP adherent.
She cited habitat loss and fragmentation as the driver of challenges faced by all wildlife, including wild horses, but did not explain how those conditions evolved.
She lamented an increase in mining claims over the last two years but did not acknowledge that the trend is driven in part by the search for lithium and vanadium, two essential constituents of “clean energy,” which she votes for! (Yes, she’s a liberal and climate alarmist.)
Again, words don’t match deeds.
As for the so-called conservatives who back the public-lands ranchers, they won’t admit that it’s government dependency and redistribution of wealth, hallmarks of a political ideology they despise, supposedly.
Her remark about management planning is probably a reference to HMAPs, reflecting a erroneous belief that they help wild horses. Sadly, they can only ratify and reinforce the lopsided resource allocations that drive the roundups and benefit the ranchers.
She should know that. But telling the truth might upset her financial supporters.
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