Trump admin pushes to annihilate this wild horse herd on 9/11 . . . public widely opposes

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10. welfare ranchers

The same thing is going on in Arizona on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest with the federally protected Heber wild horse herd. The welfare ranchers don't just want a piece of the pie, they want the whole pie. Nineteen wild horses have been shot since Oct of last year. The big killing spree occurred this last January. Over 30 tips came in through a group we have worked with, almost all pointing to two individuals. Forest Service Law Enforcement, who is the leading the investigation is sitting on their thumbs. The Heber Wild Horse Territory management plan is due to be released to the public at any time. It will call for a major cull of the herd all because of the ranchers pushing for it.


The following is from an interview in 2015 with a welfare rancher ranch manager. He is such a damn liar. For one thing he doesn't own the ranch. His family lost it years ago to a corporate ranching company. But by reading this you would think it was his ranch and his cattle. Also per Forest Service documents the herd size has remained stable since 2005. In fact, it is smaller now due to the shootings and thefts.

"Larry Gibson is a third-generation rancher in Heber. His barn is lined with dozens of haystacks – food for his 900 head of cattle. They also graze in the forest, but in recent years, Gibson says there hasn’t been as much to eat.

"A lot of these areas, you know, we go and measure the grass before the cows ever get there. There may be 80-percent usage before we ever get there," Gibson says. "If the horses have eaten the feed, you can’t bring your cattle up.”

In his own lifetime – 57-years – Gibson’s seen the wild horse population increase exponentially. He pays the Forest Service about $1,600 a month for grazing rights, and feels he’s not getting his money’s worth. Gibson believes there’s one solution to protect livelihood and land.

“So in my opinion, the best thing to with these up here would be remove every one of them. Whether they go to adoption, or, you know, I hate to say it, euthanized or to a slaughter plant," Gibson says. "I mean that sounds kind of harsh, but something has to be done with them.”

https://www.knau.org/post/heber-wild-horses-legendary-or-problematic