New Year's Resolutions: On and Off Topic

On 1/7/09 10:06 AM, "Joan E." wrote:

On Jan 6, 7:24*pm, Jangchub wrote:

That breaks my heart. *Wild horse and wild horse auction implies to me
they are not so free. *

It shouldn't! And they *are* free! No one's caring for them except
themselves and they're not fenced in. Can't get much freer than
that! There's only so much open range land for them to be on and if
the herds got too big, there'd be mass starvation...amongst the horses
as well as the other free-roaming animals (bison, deer, antelope,
etc., whose herds are also controlled). Would you rather have them
rounded up and adopted to good homes or have them starve or die from
other illnesses due to unhealthy conditions? I know which answer I'd
pick.

Joan

Ditto - reality check for you, Vic. People who purchase the wild horses
from the auctions are vetted - it's more like rescuing cats/ dogs from a
shelter - just bigger! And much better than the old days of culling the
herds for other far less humane purposes.

Ellice