Wolf killing mother fucker

OUR Public lands ruined by people like BUNDY Rancher for many YEARS under Salazar, he did nothing about it at all.

Clinton needs to pick someone else, Salazar has some connections that make him totally unworthy for any position of trust.

I remember he threatened a Journalist over the very horrible 'issue'. An 'issue' which still shows up in google search today and was never investigated (He 'resigned' and issue was dropped) This issue will be grabbed by republican party and used against the D party & Clinton Admin. big time. Clinton may not be aware, it took a while for Obama to notice and Biden may be most aware. Clinton should speak with Biden and Obama about this 'choice'.

Here's the search.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=&authuser=0&q=salazar+horse+slaughter&oq=salazar+horse+slaughter&gs_l=news-cc.1.1.43j43i53.4175.12543.0.14166.23.7.0.16.16.0.151.897.0j7.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.AZkBXU8JSSo

I just read an article in the LA Times, and the efforts of his successor to make sure this never happens again were also not nearly enough to satisfy the wild horse protectionists (4 adoptions in 6 mos is the limit). "Boarding" wild horses and burros for life has become an industry out there now that costs a huge portion of the bureau's annual budget for its horse and burro program and growing, leaving less and less for other necessary protections for wild horses.

And then, yes, there are the interests of meat eaters and ranchers to balance in this too. I think we can assume there will always be outraged complaints that not enough or too much is done, depending on which direction they come from.

Oh, btw, when we get outraged about something under 1800 wild horses slaughtered for food, and yes this shouldn't have happened under the regulations, let's consider that back in 2000 over 162 MILLION cows, calves, sheep and hogs were slaughtered in the U.S. The number will be well above that now, of course.

One standard for all these creatures. Cows don't want to die either, and certainly not in slaughterhouses. The goal is to maintain healthy, sustainable numbers of wild horses and burros, not to give ourselves warm fuzzies for keeping them alive while we gnaw on chicken wings and grill hamburgers.

These are not really "wild" horses; they are the descendants of domesticated horses turned loose to fend for themselves. They do NOT live a great life. Coyotes, mountain lions and other predators kill the old, infirm, and young. They can die of hunger, thirst, and exposure. If you can't keep up with the herd, you die. If you are injured, no one cares for you. You get no vaccinations against West Nile, tetanus, influenza, and other diseases. Fillies (young mares) as young as one year old are bred by mature stallions. Stallions fight for territories and suffer bites and crippling kicks. Mares are bred over and over again, without time between foals.

We humans have a tendency to romanticize the horse, running wild and free, but it's a tough life out there. There is limited truth to that romantic vision.

at all romantic about it.

I think I read it's something like 31,000 not being boarded. That'd be a lot of adoption. I have little tolerance for foolishly one-sided views, but some advocates are calling for birth control. I know nothing about the practical issues involved in that, but it sounds like a relatively happy approach. Speaking of, what's happening to the populations of all those we're paying a fortune to ranchers to "board"? Is this a growth industry?

Worries me!

but Salazar's strong support for the TPP is more of a red flag to me.