Opposition to wild horses is expected from hunters, ranchers and bureaucrats who manage the public lands for their benefit.
But not from the advocates, who claim to be voices for the horses.
One of the most pressing issues in the wild horse world is to expose, dislodge and dismantle these groups, prohibiting their staff and membership from ever stetting foot in areas identified for wild horses.
Consider this example from the Virginia Range:
Scenario A, man kills stallion with arrow. Horse not replaced because the advocates have poisoned the mares with Zonastat-H
- Effect on population: -1
Scenario B, stallion dies of natural causes and is not replaced because the advocates sterilized the mares with Zonastat-H
- Effect on population: -1
Scenario A is bad, but Scenario B is good, according to the advocates.
Barren mares, shrinking herds and loss of genetic diversity are also good and the advocates are positioning themselves to be leaders in the industry.
They use footage from roundups to convince you that removal by pesticide is better than removal by helicopter.
They want you to think they have all the answers. They can’t distinguish between cause and effect, and won’t look at the data, so they don’t even know what the problem is.
And they hate dissent. If you disagree with them, or their allies, you’ll be disappeared by their big-tech minions.
This commentary was inspired by the real estate agent and PZP darter in the Minden/Gardnerville area, whose column about inhumane treatment of animals appears in the October edition of Horse Tales, starting at the bottom of page eight.
Naturally, she absolved herself and other field workers from any wrongdoing and couldn’t heap enough praise on the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and Wild Horse Eradication, two of the greatest offenders.
Next to the federal government, nobody’s getting rid of more wild horses and causing more long-term harm than the advocates.
RELATED: Combatting Duplicity in the Wild Horse World.
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