Comments on: Eagle Roundup Postponed

By: julie landmichael

julie landmichael — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:28:26 +0000

the horses ,,is their land not yours why do you have to destroyed everything you pout your hands on,, rememberyour turn is coming julie landmichael

By: Melissa Webberf

Melissa Webberf — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:19:10 +0000

Leave the horses on the land where they belong

By: Susan Brown

Susan Brown — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:06:23 +0000

One purpose of Noah’s Ark was to save ALL of the animals. Why then would “we” become judges in destroying any of them? The wild herds are part of our heritage and should be totally protected under federal law. That includes against the federal government’s interference that causes injuries and deaths to the wild horses and burros.

By: Yasmine

Yasmine — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:47:35 +0000

Linda, in my opinion it would be already a big, big silly interference if we go and begin gelding wild Mustang and Burro stallions. First of all, I don’t believe it’s relatively POSSIBLE for overpopulation to occur with the wild Mustangs and burros. The BLM just tick-talks about overpopulation, but if we let Mother Nature go its way then I don’t think overpopulation will ever really happen. Also, if we let natural predators live too, well then… and yes! like what you too said about letting Nature do its job, this is really how Nature keeps things settled. And Linda, a horse that has been gelded needs generally a whole week to recover from the operation; it’s not like with a cat. They can’t have a surgery (even if a minor one like neutering) and then just let to wake up, get up and run off straight afterwards. And it’s a pretty long, bouncy process when a horse wakes up from the anastethic – Linda, have you ever really seen a horse in a post-surgery stage, right when he/she wakes up? Certainly it would be insane to go perform surgeries out like that in a prairie, as though there will be all ‘pillows from heaven’ around the horse to soften his impact on ground if he eventually (and inevitably) falls when he wakes and attempts to get up after the operation, when his mind will be still “dazed” from the anastethic. And still so-called ‘traps’ would be necessary if we want to “catch” a stallion to tranquilize, have him fall asleep and geld, and so giving him an unfair experience of discomfort and distress anyway. Shooting them with darts from afar to have them fall asleep without getting them into anything is not much different, and worse still, will give a big scare to his herd mates, sensing that danger is around. It hurts the animal, too. No offence, but I’m just saying… you said ‘Let Nature take its course…’ well then, is going around and neutering wild stallions letting Nature take its course? And anyway, if you know enough about herd hierarchy and composition, you’d undrerstand why its complex to go geld WILD stallions. Again, I’m just saying and telling you some facts. No offence. Peace!

By: Pamela Ray

Pamela Ray — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:18:46 +0000

God intended us to be GOOD stewards of the land, not greedy exploiters.

By: Rita Noble

Rita Noble — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:43:28 +0000

HANDS OFF THE WILD HORSES… THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB…. JUST ANOTHER GOVERNMENT JOB THAT IS WORTHLESS. LEave them in the wild where they belong….

By: Rita Noble

Rita Noble — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:42:42 +0000

Leave all the wild horses alone,,, your job is not to capture and dispose of them… HANDS OFF…

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:26:03 +0000

Leave those animals alone. God put them on this earth for a reason. Horses are beautiful animals. If I had enough property I would bring them here and keep them.

By: Sharyn Shubert

Sharyn Shubert — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:04:06 +0000

Please stop the roundup of wild horses. Let us stop being so cruel and mean. Let us let God’s creatures live as he meant them to live. Not for us to kill.

By: Laura C.

Laura C. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:50:22 +0000

We must keep helping IDA protect these horses. The government’s ideas of rounding them up because there are too many?….are a way of giving government grazing land to their friends the cattle ranchers. I guess the cattlemen have good lobbyists in Washington.
The poor horses have no one to speak for them except us! Please keep helping! These horses are a national heritage. Their ancestors were here before we were!!!!! Helicoptor roundups KILL. The animals run fast and scared….the pregnant, the babies, and the weak…..and many die in pain and helpless!!!!!