Mustangs Still need us To Stand Strong

There have been scores of equine advocates that have been fighting for our national herd, the Wild Mustangs. Worldwide they are considered a. American breed, a foundation line of our cow horses, (American Quarter Horses), our painted and spotted breeds have lineage that can be traced to the Spanish stock that is now the American Mustang. The destruction of the Mustang is politically and fiscally driven so cattle, sheep, and other grazer ranchers can claim what little scrub land that is left for their herds.Let's do the numbers, 4-6 million grazing stock compared to about 37,000 horses. Who do you think is doing the damage to the grass lands and affecting wild game? The Mustang has been persecuted and used as a scapegoat for the ranchers for over half a century. If the succeed and eliminate the remaining herds of mustangs who will they blame for their mismanagement of lands? Elk, Deer, moose, or other true wild native grazers? Will they be the next target that must be brought down within "safe" populations? How long before our BLM allows hunting from helicopters and gives free rein to big game hunters to hunt all year long? Think about the money the BLM will be making off those annual licenses while our native grazers are bleeding in the snow.The Wild Mustang is just the beginning, they are the gate keepers, saving them means keeping the ranchers from a free for all on all the animals. We need to protect this American Icon, the descendants of the horses that helped tame the west and make this country strong and prosperous.