Today I read a very interesting Newsweek article written about the potential massacre of wild horses. The US government and the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) are looking into eradicating wild mustangs from the open fields of the west. According to the government and ranchers alike (currently one in the same), wild horses overgraze and deprive ranch cattle from feasting. Wait a sec, I thought they injected cows with steroids to get them so...beefy? I digress.
Anyway, there are approximately 33,000 actual wild horses in the US wheras there are over 17 million cows at any point in time within the US.
This is another Bushy problem, too. Bush has close ties to our nations beef producers and therefore, as always, is trying to appease his allies.
Save the Mustangs! The thought of a wild horse being near me is somewhat scary (I feel like they'd try to bite me) but they're beautiful creatures and the thought of only seeing horses at hick-town parades or at the gambling tracks is even more horrific and sad.
