mustangs vs cattle ranchers

glennster · Jan 11, 2012

saw this on the news. t bone-pickens wife is out to "save" the wild mustangs" . she is out there feeding them and letting the herds increase in size. interesting the government has such a huge herd in containment beside the 38,000 or so wild ones. costs us 50-million a year to feed the captured ones?????? sheesh. now if hey were wart hogs or ferrule pigs, all the do good-ers would be fine with em gone.
poke here

WJD · Jan 11, 2012

It has been a while since I have been to one but from time to time my local sale barn has wild hose adoption (I assume Mustangs) sales. It is to keep the horses from starving as there are too many.

Again, this information is a bit dated but we have to keep nature in balance. I'd call my Congressman's office but they are swamped with complaints about the job market (or lack of).

Mike (WA) · Jan 11, 2012

The feds quietly let the ban on horse slaughter lapse (I think at the first of the year)- there should be some slaughter houses coming on line soon. There is a demand for horse meat, and a supply because many can no longer afford to feed them. You've probably heard the stories of the guy coming out of an auction barn at the end of the sale, and there's a horse or two in his trailer.

There was plenty of lobbying by the horse associations- in FAVOR of allowing horse slaughter. It was only the enviro-wackos who wanted to "save" them all. Those who own them realize that the time comes when they should be put to their only remaining good use- food.

They ought to just round up the mustangs, to through them, and send many to slaughter- along the same lines as the guy who said "We can no longer afford to hug trees- gotta start buzzin' some of them up and sellin' em.

1936 · Jan 11, 2012

NO MONIES for FDA inspectors at the plants. The FDA food guys were closing out in late 70's. Watched the labs and staff types go away. In the late 90's cleared out the offices for our usage. Nothing new....

Tony in Mass. · Jan 11, 2012

Not worth the effort. Once the last well runs dry, there will be nothing left alive to agrue about.

S2710 · Jan 11, 2012

You just can't fix stupid.

Bob

Wesley Stephens · Jan 11, 2012

I checked into one of those mustang auctions once. They had so many stipulations that it would have been cheaper to buy a nice horse already trained.

kruser · Jan 11, 2012

glennster,
Didn't read the article BUT know where you can get HAAAYYYYYYY fed horses cheap. Taler Trailer tires might need some air - but will help you with that.

PS: Call ahead so I can figure out if the wife and dottir are home - you know, to help load and all.

donjr · Jan 11, 2012

Yup. Congress knuckled under to to greenies, and cut funding for USDA inspectors for horse slaughter, effectively ending slaughter in the US. It's still done in Canada. But the dumba$$es didn't appropriate any money to feed the ones that had to be captured per the rules issued to the people in charge of federal grazing areas. So, they've been trying to give them away to get rid of them. Trouble is, most citidiots get one and then they find out that a horse cost about $2k a year to maintain. So, now, they're trying to bring an outlet back into the market, and the do-gooders are finally starting to take a back seat to some common sense.

pat sublett · Jan 11, 2012

I sold my horse and bought a bicycle in 1946. I enjoy driving down the road and seeing one once in a while as long as someone else is feeding it.
As far as I'm concerned they are just as dangerous as a motorcycle and their brain is not as big.

Jerry/MT · Jan 11, 2012

Those are not mustangs. They are feral horses. If I recall correctly, mustangs are descendents of the Spanish Barb horses. There were no native horses in this country for millions of years until the Spanish arrived. And in my opinion, these feral horses need to be culled along with the burros.

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