Activist Groups Slam Proposal To Kill More Than 44,000 Wild Horses

[moonbladem]

“They have a commitment to these animals... they took them off the range.”

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[mhfromnh]

I was confused as to why black lives matter was killing horses for a hot second.

[ioplokon]

omg me too. talk about acronym dissonance.

[stainedfeathers]

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/wild-horses-euthanasia/ This is a pretty good article on the situation as well. People just hear "Euthanasia" and knee jerk into the "OMG no don't kill the horses, these people are evil assholes!" mode or "They're in the pocket of cattle ranchers, that's why they're killing them!" instead of actually trying to understand the situation. I'm a huge animal lover and do animal rescue myself but I also understand animal management and wildlife ecology. When you have a HUGE population of animals that has vastly outgrown their area it can be devastating to the ecosystem and animals themselves. When there are so many they overgraze the area, then they're going to starve and also starve other species as well