tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post1127606142280382463..comments2023-04-12T08:07:05.388-04:00Comments on Argo's Journey: Circle of LifeSkyBar Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18259491221540240852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-47339877736720774842008-12-29T17:28:00.000-05:002008-12-29T17:28:00.000-05:00The government tends to screw up most things it tr...The government tends to screw up most things it tries. *sigh*CastoCreationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634631986152757174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-60046136567956038242008-12-21T10:26:00.000-05:002008-12-21T10:26:00.000-05:00Mikey~ I always amazed at what the goverment manag...Mikey~ I always amazed at what the goverment manages to get their hands into and then ultimately screws up. As to the music, yes we enjoy Spirit, I tear up as well.<BR/><BR/>Linda~ I totally agree with letting the strongest survive. I am not against gathering every few years from each HMA and adopting out the youngest, but there is no ryhme or reason to how the BLM does it.<BR/><BR/>Tracey~ I enjoy you emmensely and your thoughts, but I will think we will have to agree to disagree on some points. As far as them starving it is like the ecomomy, if the goverment would keep there hands out of it, it would self correct itself. As far as the PZP, I only know of two herds in Nevada they have tested on, if there is more they have done it with great. As far as gelding, I hope they are not gelding and then releasing them back into the wild. That would be a death sentence to the gelding. Fill me in on what you meant there.<BR/><BR/>Gray Horse Matters~ I agree with you 100% The cattle lobbyists have a huge vested interest in this. which is most of my argument. If there is enough grazing land for the millions of cattle, then why is there not enough for 27,000 mustangs?SkyBar Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259491221540240852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-19580884262015130102008-12-19T18:09:00.000-05:002008-12-19T18:09:00.000-05:00Leave it to the government to screw things up. The...Leave it to the government to screw things up. They should just leave them be, and not round up anymore horses, nature will take its course. Unfortunately, the cattle lobbyists are very powerful and need grazing land, so that's why there is so much concern about the 'poor horses' plight.In my opinion the horses suffer with all this concern for them, I'm sure they would rather not be starving in metal corals, but taking their chances on the range running free.<BR/>I'm sure the folks out west disagree with me, but that's the way I see it.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-43663019940916624812008-12-17T09:54:00.000-05:002008-12-17T09:54:00.000-05:00Doesn't make me angry, but I do disagree.Because t...Doesn't make me angry, but I do disagree.<BR/><BR/>Because the horses aren't truly wild (as in native), they aren't a part of our ecosystem. There aren't enough natural predators out there, which is one of the reasons we have an over abundance of horses to begin with. The horses just plain multiply too quickly, and they damage the rangeland for other native species.<BR/><BR/>So here we sit, you're right, with unwanted horses. But it's in an effort to keep herd levels healthy, ranges healthy, and leave enough forage for native species enough to winter over.<BR/><BR/>I've got a backyard of mustangs, and I'll take on more. I'd rather they be gathered than left to starve.<BR/><BR/>Good news is that they've begun gelding at gathers as well as administering PZP to the mares in an effort to reduce offspring over the upcoming years. Cross your fingers that it works!Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369244473889348601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-43278497931431333042008-12-16T13:47:00.000-05:002008-12-16T13:47:00.000-05:00I agree! You need to let nature cull Mustangs--th...I agree! You need to let nature cull Mustangs--the strongest survive and we get a hearty horse. These round ups are a crappy excuse to get them off the range for cattle. <BR/><BR/>I think people have the idea that because we love Mustangs and want to "protect" them, it means we want to never see them suffer--and while it would be great that no animal ever suffer--it's not reality. We just want Mustangs left alone.<BR/><BR/>But, of course, Mustangs will survive, prosper, and increase in number and they know it.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4959739577246288527.post-35813338185154423932008-12-16T12:22:00.000-05:002008-12-16T12:22:00.000-05:00Amen to that. The government screws it all up. Wha...Amen to that. The government screws it all up. What are they thinking? It's nature! But they get in there and mess with it, then wonder why they have all these horses in holding pens and they can't feed them either!! Burns me, I tell ya. <BR/>Also loved the music here, love that first song. Watch Spirit of the Cimarron much, lol? We watch that movie at least once a week in this house... and I still tear up.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574914465998507310noreply@blogger.com