BLM Back to Work Killing Wild Horses

Straight from the Horse's Heart

by Maureen Harmony ~ Equine Advocacy Examiner

Silver King wild horse roundup claims its first victims

Captive Palomino at BLM's Palomino Concentration Camp ~ Photo by Terry Fitch

Here we go again.  It’s only three days into the controversial Silver King roundup, south of Ely, Nevada, and the BLM has already killed four perfectly healthy wild horses out of the 177 they’ve taken into custody.
Why were these horses “euthanized” (i.e., “shot”)?  According to the BLM’s report from the roundup:  “Three of the horses were blind in one eye from previous injuries.  The fourth horse suffered with a severe sway back.”
This is getting to be too much to bear.  One-eyed horses can function perfectly well under a variety of conditions, as can sway-backed horses, and it’s difficult to imagine how these killings can possibly be justified, unless, of course, the eye injuries actually occurred during the entrapment process, and were not “pre-existing.”
Observers in the field have noted that a magnificent white stallion is among those whom the BLM’s contractor, Cattoor, has trapped since Saturday.  You can see a photo of him on Laura Leigh’s blog.

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