Jogeephus
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Did anyone see the clip about the wild horses on the news. Seems there are 30,000 in captivity and we are spending $22 million to feed them each year. T Boone Pickens' wife says she is going to buy them all.
skyline":lx3exjuy said:http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/19/wife-of-billionaire-t-boone-pickens-plots-to-save-wild-horses-from-slaughter/
Sounds like a good plan to me. I'd much rather use Pickens' money to feed them than my tax dollars.
larryshoat":gma9iyji said:That comes to $730 a head . I don't know anything about horses, but that seems kinda high ?
Larry
I luv herfrds":1nnc41vi said:What you didn't hear is they want to buy up as much ranch land as they can in the west and turn them all loose. Then after getting a big horse preserve going turn around and "donate" it to the government.
OT (I think) was talking about it on ranchers.net
LoveMoo11":1rw6hqfg said:Why do we euthanize stray cats and dogs but let horses-who are so much bigger and eat so much more run around loose? I really don't see why people think horses need to be "saved" from the slaughterhouse-they are livestock. I don't see them as any more special than cattle-and I think cattle make better companions if you get down to it.
LoveMoo11":3hcgoovx said:The horse fad is absolutely ridiculous..i understand that there are people who like to ride/show and of course people who have working horses-working horses I don't have a problem with. But up here there are people who can barely feed their kids who are buying horses and trying to keep them-without adequate pasture, fencing, feed, and care...its not good for the horses or the people.
Lammie":2p1ig116 said:LoveMoo11":2p1ig116 said:Why do we euthanize stray cats and dogs but let horses-who are so much bigger and eat so much more run around loose? I really don't see why people think horses need to be "saved" from the slaughterhouse-they are livestock. I don't see them as any more special than cattle-and I think cattle make better companions if you get down to it.
Because people have a soft spot in their heads for horses. Especially people who have never been around them. Zoos feed their meat eaters primarily on horse meat. I don't know where they are going to get it if this horse mania thing keeps up. Now, if zoos raised them to use as meat, that would make more sense. I don't see anyone complaining that the zoos raise rodents to feed their snakes...
Since you can't kill a horse, I guess you put it in the cages live and let nature do the rest. :clap: ;-)Lammie":1swgexsu said:...Zoos feed their meat eaters primarily on horse meat. I don't know where they are going to get it if this horse mania thing keeps up. Now, if zoos raised them to use as meat, that would make more sense. I don't see anyone complaining that the zoos raise rodents to feed their snakes...
Dave":30pov2og said:I've eaten horse. Although I wouldn't want a steady diet of it, it is not half bad.