More Fun with Feral Horses

[brockel]

What does a feral horse live to? Not uncommon to have a horse live 30 years.

I think your burros can push 40 just not sure in the wild

 

[406dn]

You’re veering off into the left field. Shiny rocks and beads used to have quite a bit of value in the settling of the west but we don’t use them anymore either. And we don’t have government funded programs to keep them around and in use. Do you support a government funded program to bring back transportation by covered wagons?

I couldn't help but to smile when you call out a veering into left field, then follow up with your own veer into left field. What do covered wagons have to do with the thread?

Feral horses will never be totally culled from the landscape. That is a political non starter. It will be a heavy lift to even get any level of lethal removal enacted.

 

[Rhcuam]

He brought up their historical significance. That’s why I brought up shiny rocks and beads and covered wagons they have about the same historical significance to settling in the west. And have little to no value in modern day society.

 

[Irrelevant]

Resolution calls for gathering, slaughter of wild horses for meat - WyoFile

Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis) rode horseback into the Red Desert to see some new country last year. An outfitter and rancher, Winter was

wyofile.com

 

[Zach]

Resolution calls for gathering, slaughter of wild horses for meat - WyoFile

Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis) rode horseback into the Red Desert to see some new country last year. An outfitter and rancher, Winter was

wyofile.com

and in CO~ https://openstates.org/co/bills/2023A/SB23-038/

 

[Zach]

What does a feral horse live to? Not uncommon to have a horse live 30 years.

I think your burros can push 40 just not sure in the wild

20+ years easy. Obviously depends on forage, but I've seen several documented in CO over 20