As feds remove hundreds of wild horses from Colorado, state leaders decry ‘inhumane’ helicopter roundups
"The current methods being used by your agencies, including helicopter roundups, are inhumane and unnecessary," Gov. Jared Polis and four congressional representatives wrote in a letter this month.
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Horses aren't native to north america. They aren't wild, they're feral. Its not even old Spanish genetics, they're just feral horses. Horses are stupid expensive for just a hobby so they get released all the time. They overgraze extremely hard because their digestive system is not designed for the western US.
MAGAts want this because they want to graze their cattle on what the horses are eating. I want this to restore some order to the entire ecosystem we destroyed. I want millions of wild bison.
There were native equines before the last ice age. They are appropriate for that ecology.
This was in Project 2025.
You will eat wild horses and be happy!
Removing the horses from Colorado was in project 2025?!
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
PDF page 560, or written at the bottom page 528
Wowwwwww
Wtf are they doing?
The cheap meat Donnie promised has to come from somewhere.
If I see any purple meat anywhere I’m not eating it and I’m never going back to that business.
What are we even doing? The horse is a key icon tied to southern and cowboy culture - and they want to just chop them up? Most people here don’t want to eat an animal that’s as close a friend as dogs.
It was more of a joke. The official reason they state is population control I think. But it was announced awfully close to the beef import thing and people just immediately associated them.
It’s very shady timing imo. Especially if they sell the meat outside of the US for processing, then it makes its way back in via being mixed in with other meat sources.
Or cheap glue
Feeding the peasants