Save the horses on our nation’s land

Liberty
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This is truly not a problem. Auctions still transport horses to slaughter houses outside the US every day, and they did so even when the few (3) American slaughter houses shut down.

70-80% of the American public oppose horse slaughter. We don’t eat horses and we don’t eat our dogs, cats, or even our guinea pigs, and we don’t want them sent to other countries to be eaten. Horse consumption is dropping in other countries. Horse slaughter is 100% predatory business in the US, a business of opportunity and deception. Once horse is taken off the table, so to speak, what then? Horse kill buyers will have to shift their business model to selling horses ALIVE to people who want them. Some already do that as they can actually get more for a live horse, especially one that is trained, than one destined for slaughter, but they have to be willing to take the time to do it. (Most horses that are slaughtered are healthy, sound, young, and have some handling - except all the young, healthy mustangs being dumped once people who adopted them get their incentive check.)

And actually I have spent QUITE a lot of my own person money as well as donations saving perfectly good horses from the slaughter pipeline. Over 70 and counting, and not a single one had any problems.

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It’s obvious that you’re not gonna change my mind and I’m not gonna change your mind. I’m of the opinion that tax payer funds are needed for more important priorities. I’m a 100% fine with having no intervention at all with the wild horse population, but no helping them either. If they’re allotted lands go through severe drought and there is massive losses in the herd, so be it! Lets handle them naturally and go on to bigger priorities. And I don’t care how much BLM land is allotted for horses, more, less, whatever. As long as they don’t infringe on private property rights.

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It’s been going on for so long and I just found out about it a couple of years ago. They’re rounding up horses this week and it’s so incredibly cruel.
(American Wild Horse Conservation on Instagram: "These mustangs roamed the vast wilderness of the American West, living intuitively as they were meant to. They were wild. They were free. Then the helicopters came. Their homes were left behind, their families torn apart, and their futures confined to cramped holding pens. These pictures tell the story of the "before" and "after" for Wyoming’s White Mountain wild horses, reflecting the abrupt upheaval that turns every captured mustang's world upside down. Join the movement to #KeepWildHorsesWild. Photos by @Nenah_DM #Wildhorses #beforeandafter #Wyoming #jointhemovement #before #after #wild #freedom")

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This is very important. The slaughter industry is horrendous & inhumane. These animals need to be protected. They would have plenty of forage if the cattle farmers would help maintain the lands & did not overpopulate. There has to be a humane & practical fix other than horrible inhumane round ups & slaughter. For the amount of wasteful spending, our tax dollars sent to other countries as exposed by DOGE, we can afford to care for these animals humanely.