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[RC] [RC] Legislation to reverse Burns Amendment - mustang bill - - Nat NelsonWhile I'm all for wild horse roaming free on our public lands, I am also 100% all for the Burns Amendment. Let me explain why. The horses that the Burns Amendment refers to are the ones that have been culled off of the public lands to keep the numbers down. The culled horses are offered for public adoption, however not all of them find adoptive homes. The unadopted horses are then put onto feed lots where they live the rest of their days - penned, no longer free. These horses can not be re-released back into the wild as it would defeat the purpose why they were culled in the first place...To lower the numbers so the land can support them. Nature has it's balances, if the numbers are high the horses face stravation. There are literally THOUSANDS of mustangs on feed lots no longer free. Just imagine the feed bill - which by the way US tax payers pay millions of dollars per year. The mustangs heritage is not in danger - there will always be wild horses running free on public lands. The surplus horses are adopted out and unadoptable horses (which many get several chances in the adoption pen) go the feed lots. Those are the only horses that the Burns Admendment are talking about. I feel that the goverment should have the option of selling them. If folks want to save the mustang, I say go adopt one! ~Nat~ Buckeye, AZ <<Legislation has been introduced (1/25/05) to reverse the Burns Amendment to the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act. As you know, the Burns Amendment opens the door to the slaughter of thousands of our wild horses.>> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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