Leroy N. Soetoro
2013-03-05 04:10:09 UTC
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-nevada-wild-horses-
20130302,0,4352968.story
LAS VEGAS -- Federal officials say they have finished rounding up 11
problem wild mustangs in northern Nevada and that the horses will now be
offered for adoption.
The last of a band that once numbered 50 mustangs were enticed into a trap
last week, as concerned residents of the Carson City neighborhood watched
in dismay, questioning why the Bureau of Land Management insisted on
removing animals that had peacefully coexisted with surrounding homeowners
for years.
In a news release Friday, the day the last horse was lured into a trap
with offerings of alfalfa and barley, the BLM repeated past claims that
people had complained about the animals crossing busy roadways and
damaging property to graze in a small public park.
The horses had routinely crossed the Carson River into River View City
Park, and officials have received several complaints from people feeling
threatened by the wild horses, according to a BLM statement.
We have successfully gathered the horses, and hope the community will
feel safe knowing theres not a potential of hitting them on the road, or
confronting them in public areas, said Leon Thomas, a BLM manager in
Carson City. We know the community loves and appreciates these horses, so
we hope some of the residents will be able to give them a home in the area
they're accustomed to.
Activists say the animals were gentle and often allowed visitors to pet
them.
The debate over wild horses has raged across 11 Western states. BLM
officials say the horses overgraze and damage public lands. Animal
advocates and others say BLM officials are intent on removing as many wild
horses as possible without considering such alternatives as birth control.
A committee of 24 residents worked for months hoping to reach a compromise
with federal officials, offering to provide fencing and additional road
signs at their own expense. But the residents said their suggestions were
brushed aside by BLM officials.
Last week, advocates and residents were warned not to intervene with the
collection, which involved BLM wranglers walking slowly in front of the
free-range horses with a bag of grain, leading them into a hastily
constructed traps. The gate was slammed shut once the animals were inside.
Residents have questioned the timing of the roundup, claiming that the
last complaint against the animals was years ago.
The BLM has not responded to requests for a response to the criticism.
What those horses meant to people is just impossible to describe, said
Sally Summers, the founder of Horse Power, a Nevada nonprofit that free-
range mustang and burros. Their campaign includes a license plate that
shows a mustange and burro with the words: Wild and Free.
I got an email this week from a person in Mexico who used to live near
the park, Summers said. Theyve lived there for 45 years, all the time
watching those horses. They were just sick that the mustangs were gone.
Everyone asking the same question: 'Why?'
A video of the roundup by mustang advocate Laura Leigh, founder of the
nonprofit Wild Horse Education, included comments from neighbors who
watched as one by one the last half-dozen horses were captured.
Ive been in Nevada for close to 20 years and one of the things that drew
me to Reno and kept me here was the fact that I could go out and shoot
photos of wild horses within a five-minute walk from where I lived, said
Shane Carlson, a photographer.
In its release, the BLM acknowledged the communitys concern for the
animals.
The BLM recognizes that these horses have been part of the community for
many years; however, it is responsible for keeping wild horses from
creating a safety hazard or threatening the well-being of the community
and its animals, the agency said. In the past two years, four horses
have been struck and killed by vehicles, and community complaints
submitted to the BLM have ranged from concern for the safety of residents
children, to stallions fighting with domestic horses through fences. In
all complaints, there were safety concerns and property damage."
The agency said 11 horses gathered in the roundup will be offered for
adoption at a public event March 23 at Silver Saddle Ranch in Carson City.
Horse advocates say the problems that led to complaints had been mitigated
and that traffic had slowed on the road near the park.
The say the horses, now that they have been captured, are in greater
danger: The BLM acknowledges that a federal probe is investigating whether
hundreds of captured mustangs that could not find adopters were sold to a
middleman who took the animals to Mexico, where they were presumably
slaughtered.
The federal government also says that it might allow the opening of a
domestic horse slaughterhouse in New Mexico, six years after all domestic
kill factories were closed.
Theres nothing theyve been able to provide in terms of information for
the community of why they're chasing this particular herd at this
particular time, Carlson said of the Carson City roundup. It doesnt
make any sense to anybody.
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Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest and most fearful people in the
history of the United States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America after known mentally
disturbed liberal Adam Peter Lanza killed 20 school children and 6 adults
in Sandy Hook Connecticut on December 14, 2012. Every single liberal
inspired and authored gun control law in existence failed to prevent this
tragedy.
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20130302,0,4352968.story
LAS VEGAS -- Federal officials say they have finished rounding up 11
problem wild mustangs in northern Nevada and that the horses will now be
offered for adoption.
The last of a band that once numbered 50 mustangs were enticed into a trap
last week, as concerned residents of the Carson City neighborhood watched
in dismay, questioning why the Bureau of Land Management insisted on
removing animals that had peacefully coexisted with surrounding homeowners
for years.
In a news release Friday, the day the last horse was lured into a trap
with offerings of alfalfa and barley, the BLM repeated past claims that
people had complained about the animals crossing busy roadways and
damaging property to graze in a small public park.
The horses had routinely crossed the Carson River into River View City
Park, and officials have received several complaints from people feeling
threatened by the wild horses, according to a BLM statement.
We have successfully gathered the horses, and hope the community will
feel safe knowing theres not a potential of hitting them on the road, or
confronting them in public areas, said Leon Thomas, a BLM manager in
Carson City. We know the community loves and appreciates these horses, so
we hope some of the residents will be able to give them a home in the area
they're accustomed to.
Activists say the animals were gentle and often allowed visitors to pet
them.
The debate over wild horses has raged across 11 Western states. BLM
officials say the horses overgraze and damage public lands. Animal
advocates and others say BLM officials are intent on removing as many wild
horses as possible without considering such alternatives as birth control.
A committee of 24 residents worked for months hoping to reach a compromise
with federal officials, offering to provide fencing and additional road
signs at their own expense. But the residents said their suggestions were
brushed aside by BLM officials.
Last week, advocates and residents were warned not to intervene with the
collection, which involved BLM wranglers walking slowly in front of the
free-range horses with a bag of grain, leading them into a hastily
constructed traps. The gate was slammed shut once the animals were inside.
Residents have questioned the timing of the roundup, claiming that the
last complaint against the animals was years ago.
The BLM has not responded to requests for a response to the criticism.
What those horses meant to people is just impossible to describe, said
Sally Summers, the founder of Horse Power, a Nevada nonprofit that free-
range mustang and burros. Their campaign includes a license plate that
shows a mustange and burro with the words: Wild and Free.
I got an email this week from a person in Mexico who used to live near
the park, Summers said. Theyve lived there for 45 years, all the time
watching those horses. They were just sick that the mustangs were gone.
Everyone asking the same question: 'Why?'
A video of the roundup by mustang advocate Laura Leigh, founder of the
nonprofit Wild Horse Education, included comments from neighbors who
watched as one by one the last half-dozen horses were captured.
Ive been in Nevada for close to 20 years and one of the things that drew
me to Reno and kept me here was the fact that I could go out and shoot
photos of wild horses within a five-minute walk from where I lived, said
Shane Carlson, a photographer.
In its release, the BLM acknowledged the communitys concern for the
animals.
The BLM recognizes that these horses have been part of the community for
many years; however, it is responsible for keeping wild horses from
creating a safety hazard or threatening the well-being of the community
and its animals, the agency said. In the past two years, four horses
have been struck and killed by vehicles, and community complaints
submitted to the BLM have ranged from concern for the safety of residents
children, to stallions fighting with domestic horses through fences. In
all complaints, there were safety concerns and property damage."
The agency said 11 horses gathered in the roundup will be offered for
adoption at a public event March 23 at Silver Saddle Ranch in Carson City.
Horse advocates say the problems that led to complaints had been mitigated
and that traffic had slowed on the road near the park.
The say the horses, now that they have been captured, are in greater
danger: The BLM acknowledges that a federal probe is investigating whether
hundreds of captured mustangs that could not find adopters were sold to a
middleman who took the animals to Mexico, where they were presumably
slaughtered.
The federal government also says that it might allow the opening of a
domestic horse slaughterhouse in New Mexico, six years after all domestic
kill factories were closed.
Theres nothing theyve been able to provide in terms of information for
the community of why they're chasing this particular herd at this
particular time, Carlson said of the Carson City roundup. It doesnt
make any sense to anybody.
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest and most fearful people in the
history of the United States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America after known mentally
disturbed liberal Adam Peter Lanza killed 20 school children and 6 adults
in Sandy Hook Connecticut on December 14, 2012. Every single liberal
inspired and authored gun control law in existence failed to prevent this
tragedy.
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