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In reply to the discussion: Trump admin pushes to annihilate this wild horse herd on 9/11 . . . public widely opposes [View all]Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)29. The Hot Button area is called the Hamlin Valley
kid of bordered on the South by Utah hway 56 from State hwy 18 on the east and the valley extents north about thirty miles or so and into Nevada on the west. Or as some know it as the Thomas Mountains on the west. Descendants of the original Mormon Pioneers still hold the non BLM land,but,they sure as hell think all those Public Acres are theirs because the Good book says so.
Yes this is a hot button issue only after Clinton carved out the Escalate btw the same Families who ran cattle in Hamlin Valley had sons and daughters and other relies running cattle and sheep in the Escalate.
Dealt with this crew for ten years working part time retail.
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Trump admin pushes to annihilate this wild horse herd on 9/11 . . . public widely opposes [View all]
CousinIT
Aug 2019
OP
The Trump Admin Death Machine marches on. Human beings, horses, the planet itself...
Hekate
Aug 2019
#6
Don't want the horses killed. But the opinion you are expounding is reaching IMO.
GulfCoast66
Sep 2019
#45
"...require the BLM to utilize fertility control as an alternative..."
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2019
#14
Just checked their website. PETA supports spaying and neutering.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Sep 2019
#58
The castration of free-roaming stallions is a high risk, invasive surgical procedure fraught with
in2herbs
Aug 2019
#18
I don't know enough about this specific herd to make a sensible comment,
PoindexterOglethorpe
Aug 2019
#16
On September 29, 2012 in an article titled "All the Missing Horses: What Happened To The Wild Horses
in2herbs
Aug 2019
#19
The sterilization of wild horse mares is not the same as sterilizing a domesticated pet. Here's
in2herbs
Aug 2019
#17
They once thought that Premarin (mare urine) was a good hormone therapy for women, too, and
in2herbs
Sep 2019
#65