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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:01 PM Original message |
Interior Dept plans to slaughter 33,000 wild horses |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sell your Elmers Glue stock NOW!!! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought T.Boone Pickens's wife was adopting them |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It looks like that is the plan... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess I'm confused by the proposed solution |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. My mum adopted two wild horses on death row about 20 years ago. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wouldn't it be cheaper to round up the males and geld them before it gets to this?n/t |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. kind of hard to geld mares. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Not mares, males |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
49. oops sorry. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. That's effectively what's being suggested |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can't they sell them? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. People are giving up horses left & right, which are often euthanized, because of the economy. n/t |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. "compensatory reproduction" |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Now we know why Palin quit, rev up the helicopter |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Horrific!!!! Where the hell is anyone to stop this madness!! |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. There are organizations that take donations and use them to try to help the horses.n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Current poll results - 3% are with Salazar. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Damn shame, I love |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. More lack-of-change to disbelieve in. Salazar is shaping up as one of the prime disasters |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Lack-of-change to disbelieve in? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. well, yeah, it is, but hopefully the main point comes through... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. It may fail to not be a double-negative |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. +1 |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Then again, if one starts to "disbelieve," as a result of repeated lack-of-change policies |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Population control is necessary. There just may be other ways (gelding?). Failing to control |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. This makes me sick to my stomach. Should be ALL OVER the news. Enough |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Donate to the organizations that advocate for the horses. If they had adequate funds, they might be |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Just did... thanks ! |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. This serves me as a reminder on why I would hate to be president |
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solstice (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Poor poor poor Obama. Helpless witness to horse slaughter.. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. He's not helpless. That's the point. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. You're not helpless either. Donate to organizations which have alt. approaches to pop. control. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Actually, starvation in the wild seems to be |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. How is starvation ecologically appropriate? |
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solstice (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Whast a vile piece of shit. Another typical Obama appointment. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. See #41. You might see this predates Jan. 20, 2009 Start with this: |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. That meat could feed a lot of homeless people |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. poor people dont crte about getting deadly Parasites |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. The ones eating out of dumpsters apperently don't |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. There isn't a lack of food in the US. Reduce waste &improve distribution -better ways than slaughter |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Who's behind this? Ranchers? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Of course |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Unbelievable |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. "naturally" |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. ANY animal can be very damaging in large enough numbers |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. This nicely sums it up: |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Fox... henhouse... etc |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. This story screams for questions. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Almost looks like a scam? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Because it's probably BS. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Information here: story & links to an org. to save them. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. I hate the human race today. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I spend most of my days hating on humans |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. Send them to France |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
51. Too bad we can't dispose of Salazar the same way. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Horses aren't a native species |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. The fact that they're non-native doesn't mean they don't suffer |
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