Wild horses account for In 70% of the remaining According to the USGS,
less than 0.5% of large herd areas, BLM’s popula- $7.7 million could be saved
grazing animals on public tion targets are set at levels annually through the use
lands. that will not ensure genetic of contraceptive measures
viability. alone.
horse expert, Ray Fields. Fields immediately came to Meduna’s aid and
when the “poison” theory fell flat Fields concocted the “‘mysterious ill-
ness” lie which to this very day, he flashes about on his website. While
Meduna was in trial, Fields hid under a rock and threw pebbles at the good
folks telling them that it was the fault of the BLM, HSUS and professional
rescues for causing all of the problems. To this day, ole Fields is tempting
a law suit with such ridicules accusations. But where was he, besides hid-
ing, doesn’t he deserve to take a sound thrashing for promoting the death
and mistreatment of these wild horses?
And how about the biggest Boggy Man under the bed, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM)? If not for their continued, unjustified decimation
of our wild horse herds the horses would have never been in this prison
hellhole in the first place. Why are their policies and procedures not under
scrutiny? Why are they not being prosecuted for failure to inspect/per-
form and where were they after all of this broke open? Should they have
not taken a lead role as it was their program that had failed? Why was it
left up to volunteers to do all of the work, to take all of the financial risk
and pay all the bills? They created the problems so why were they allowed
to turn their collective backs and shrug off accountability, again?
I don’t know about you, but I am pleased as punch to know that the horses
finally won one and that the cries from across the bridge were heard by an
astute jury. But somewhere, somehow there is still that nagging concern
and feeling of frustration that the entire issue was not confronted and by
not being resolved and made right, there will be other horses to suffer at
the hands of those who got away and slipped off into the darkness.
Although the horses won a victory; it appears that there are a lot more
questions left unanswered than answered surrounding the case of
3-Strikes Ranch, Jason Meduna and the wild mustangs that died while
others watched. In hindsight, it makes my blood run cold.
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