A column posted this morning by The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, CO, a paper known for its anti-horse bias, claims a new era has dawned in wild horse management.
The term is always a euphemism for beating the populations down with helicopters and pesticides, even if it’s prefixed with “Humane,” so ranchers can access most of their food and water.
You thought things would be different at the state level?
The Wild Horse Working Group is sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, whose mission is to strengthen and advance Colorado agriculture!
A preliminary assessment might start with these questions:
- How many RMPs will be revised in favor of the horses?
- How many ranchers will be confined to their base properties?
- How many HAs will be returned to the horses?
- How many HMAs will be managed principally for wild horses?
- How many advocates will be investigated for unlawful use of pesticides?
- How many contractors will be charged with abuse?
If the sponsors were truly interested in helping the horses, these questions would have nonzero answers. They don’t.
RELATED: Colorado Wild Horse Project Helps Ranchers, Not Horses.
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