Comments on: BLM considering Mustang Euthanasia

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:21:57 +0000

a woman wrote earlier that she rather see the horses killed and the meat go to the starving americans, silly woman, did you think this meat would have been given away……first the gvmt. tried to get rid of the indians now the wild horses, who or what is next..oh and by the way, the gelding of horses well how bout we geld all those involved, including all their family members! I think I like this idea and would volunteer.

By: neena

neena — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:42:54 +0000

I thought that the point of the program was to same the mustangs. So Euthanasia so not make sense. If that happens then the program would have been a waste and I think the mustangs should stay.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:04:51 +0000

I used to buy mustangs for breaking and resale, they’re a hardy and game breed which with a little attention blossoms into an animal anyone would be proud to own. The BLM has a long history of mismanagement on too many fronts to list. A decade ago they were scrutinized for selling excess mustangs to the Euro meat market, no doubt that money wasn’t funneled back into the program. If they just want to put the animals down, let the ranchers start dealing with them again. As callous as it sounds, dead is dead, and the ranchers won’t spend tax dollars to do it.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:44:42 +0000

I now own an adopted mustang. I love her dearly. She is one of the most loving horses I’ve ever owned. While I hate to see the BLM consider euthanizing any of the wild herd population, I also know it is difficult and costs the taxpayers alot to care for more and more horses. I would rather see the “roundups stop completely and let “mother nature” take care of thinning the herds than have humans assume that role. We tend to make a mess of things when we assume we know better than mother nature. So… I say stop the roundups completely and turn the healthy ones back out to the wild.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:13:04 +0000

Just more of the BLM’s mismanagement of our public lands. In our NW New Mexico area, the BLM is allowing rampant oil and gas drilling which causes loss of habitat for many species of wild animals. We are losing our land, one well at a time.

By: Annonymous

Annonymous — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:45:38 +0000

I hate to see any animal be put down without a fair chance at life. If I had the money, property and right equipment I would be adopting as many mustangs as I possibly could. Infact that is one thing I have always wanted to have, is a wild horse rescue, sanctuary or whatever you want to call it. It is a shame, it really is and from what other kids my age have shown me I don’t know if it will get better for them or not. I do know that I seem to be the only kid in this generation that really genuinely cares about what happens to these beautiful horses.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:41:13 +0000

I own a horse rescue business and I think anytime an animal has to die at the hands of mankind is a sad thing!

By: Tania

Tania — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:22:52 +0000

Capturing the mustangs to exterminate them???? Concentration Camps?
I OWN/adopted a wild mustang. She’s intelligent, loving, and quite a horse to boot. Thinking of the BLM opting for a fix to a situation created by humans not accounting for the full life cycle of the solution of herd reduction — i.e., capturing them with the intent to adopt them all out…is nothing short of NEGLIGENT. This was a poor solution from it’s inception. Capture, imprison, and now kill?!!!

By: Miria

Miria — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:46:08 +0000

I am sickened about the plight of the horses and hope that the nation will provide a solution.

By: kim

kim — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:24:33 +0000

I think it is long overdue.But i had rather see them open up the processing plants that they shut down,and donate the meat to the hungry. This would keep unwanted horses from starving and keep humans from starving.