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In reply to the discussion: Good-bye, Facebook [View all]StarryNite
(12,145 posts)At this point we are waiting for the Forest Service to release their plan for the Heber Wild Horse Territory. At that point they will state how many horses, if any, they will allow to remain. That will be the beginning of the big battle to save them. There will be a Public comment period and pro wild horse input will be needed. We have attorneys that will take the Forest Service to court, however, that doesn't mean the horses will be left. America's wild horses are being "managed to extinction". In an interview one of the public lands ranch managers, aka welfare ranchers, who holds a grazing lease in the area, made the following statement regarding the Heber Wild Horse Herd: 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. It's all about the money to them. They want to put even more cattle on our public lands. Horses are native to North America, this is where they evolved. The cattle are a non native species. About 97% of cattle ranching in our country is done on privately owned land but the welfare ranchers want to take over as much of our public land as they can get and they don't care what other animal species will suffer due to their greed.