Wild Horses Overpopulated in Nevada

[jspradley]

You ate horse ? Good Lord some people will eat anything. i recently learnt that people hunt and eat Possums. WTF

No reason not to other than cultural biases. Meat is meat.

So yeah, we do and don't eat certain things literally because of the location in which our parents had sex and popped us out.

Makes total sense.

 

[hammerguy]

I would eat a horse in a heartbeat. Give me a tag and I'll get a full freezer, a cool hide, and a bunch of weird looks at dinners.

One of my neighbors was appalled at the idea of eating a horse (she owns one). I told her I would eat a dog but not my dog...

Having lived and worked in Europe and Asia, I've eaten both. Horse was way better. Very tasty. Better than kangaroo even.

 

[Newtosavage]

Despite the fact that I've never seen the impact of the feral horses first hand this issue drives me crazy. The fact that they're talked about as being wildlife is enough to make me sick. All these groups that claim to be protecting our true wild resources are going to need to get an board but I don't see that happening. I'd be happy to contribute if someone one start a good campaign to get it under control.

The first problem is everyone wanting to put the "wild" label on them. The proper term is FERAL, not wild. I bet if you polled 1000 people in the U.S., 990 of them would say horses were here when Columbus landed.

 

[jspradley]

The first problem is everyone wanting to put the "wild" label on them. The proper term is FERAL, not wild. I bet if you polled 1000 people in the U.S., 990 of them would say horses were here when Columbus landed.

They were here before that, horses evolved here. So technically they are native but they went extinct for unknown reasons so that's where part of the stickiness of the situation comes from.

But if they are to be treated like native animals they need to be fully treated like native animals and managed as such.

 

[NV HUNTER]

I have seen it in person and it is a very alarming issue. It is sad to see the animals starving. It is sad to see what they have done to the range and water sources. The issue is very real.

 

[Newtosavage]

They were here before that, horses evolved here. So technically they are native but they went extinct for unknown reasons so that's where part of the stickiness of the situation comes from.

Not how it works. Try again.

 

[slick]

At what point I’m history is something native or not Savage?

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Was putting a long round about stalk on some pronghorn yesterday hanging around a spring. Was about a mile into my loop and watched 3 feral horses run them off the hole. Was wishing I had a horse tag at that moment....

 

[jspradley]

Not how it works. Try again.

No, that's exactly how it works.

It's a undisputed fact that horses evolved here, now that doesn't mean that they should have been reintroduced as their extinction was tens of thousands of years ago when the climate was very different BUT like it or not they are here and need to be managed as such.

If they are to be treated as native animals they need to be managed at the state level.

If they are to be treated as feral and invasive then they need to be wiped out or at the very lest their damage kept to a minimum.

To make them untouchable at the federal level because of emotion is the opposite of how the North American model is supposed to work.

 

[Newtosavage]

"It's a undisputed fact that horses evolved here, now that doesn't mean that they should have been reintroduced as their extinction was tens of thousands of years ago when the climate was very different" - you answered your own question.

Therefore, they are not native. They are feral and invasive just like feral pigs. And should be managed as such.

 

[hayesplow]

Okay, so I was talking to this woman today and she told me about an Icelandic pony she had acquired that had lived off eating only fish for about three years. This seems so bizarre and unlikely, I really wanted to put it out there and see if anyone has ever heard of this???

 

[jspradley]

Okay, so I was talking to this woman today and she told me about an Icelandic pony she had acquired that had lived off eating only fish for about three years. This seems so bizarre and unlikely, I really wanted to put it out there and see if anyone has ever heard of this???

Clearly Icelandic witchcraft...

 

[slick]

"It's a undisputed fact that horses evolved here, now that doesn't mean that they should have been reintroduced as their extinction was tens of thousands of years ago when the climate was very different" - you answered your own question.

Therefore, they are not native. They are feral and invasive just like feral pigs. And should be managed as such.

Just because something goes extinct doesn’t mean it’s not native.

To be clear, I go back and forth on this..native vs. non-native debate. Again, Savage at what point in time is something native or not?

 

[MallardSX2]

I'm really surprised people just dont shoot them.

 

[slick]

I'm really surprised people just dont shoot them.

Agreed, surprised you don’t hear more of that happening.

 

[S.Clancy]

For years I have been saying "what people fail to realize is there not wild horses there feral horses. They don't call the feral hogs in the southern US wild so why are we calling these horses wild". Glad to see some articles on this subject not that they will effect the radical bleeding hearts. The bleeding hearts sure like the term wild as it gets the other bleeding hearts more on board when they hear that the wild horses are being killed but there isn't a lot of sympathy of the feral hog. There are still people out there that think horses once roamed the country with the deer and elk long before the white man set foot on the continent and get down right angry when its pointed out that horses were introduced by the white man and not native to the continent.

Technically, at one point there were wild horses here. They went extinct long before the Spanish introduced the current domestic horse however.

 

[Shrek]

One feral horse is overpopulation imo.

 

[cmahoney]

They had a management number when they created the act, but no realistic means of management.


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[jspradley]

I'm really surprised people just dont shoot them.

I for one would hate to be that guy on the news...

 

[cmahoney]

I for one would hate to be that guy on the news...

You would have to move from your house.


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[jspradley]

You would have to move from your house.


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Yeah and I'm way too lazy for that....