The August 25 guest column in the Las Vegas Sun reads like an advertisement for the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses and its pest control services.
Did she write it or just sign it?
The underlying belief is that there are too many wild horses in the western U.S. and they need to be removed. Humanely, of course.
The statement about abuse during the Blue Wing roundup is over the top.
CAAWH released the video not to help wild horses but to draw attention to itself and its ruinous darting programs.
Of interest to its opponents is the remark about the cost of fertility control, “$1,320 for five years of treatment compared to around $48,000 for life in long-term holding.”
Why did they say five years? Why not for life?
Because the mares don’t recover after five years of treatment. They’re sterile.
The advocates won’t admit it, preferring to say the mares are self-boosting, a result that can’t be achieved with helicopters and wranglers.
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