“Wild Horse Fire Brigade” concept under US Dept of Interior review
Concept could make a very important contribution to saving US forests and related natural resources.
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Author: William E. Simpson
The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act: No panacea for wild horses
The key to success seems to be obtained by providing Sec. Zinke with a logical alternative path to slaughter or euthanasia (that doesn’t create a conflict of interest with other stakeholders like the cattle industry) as the BLM’s solution to the fiscal crises related to maintaining the wild horses in the pens.
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Can the Wild Horse Fire Brigade really work?
Wherever a species of large herbivore has its population depleted, vegetation becomes excessive, allowing catastrophic wildfires to take over.
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The politicization of the plight of wild horses and burros in America
Some of the most important intentions of the 1971 Wild Burro & Horse Protection Act were stated with these words: “wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death”.
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Wild horses have potential to stem killer toxins on American rangelands
Wild horses’ immunity to prions – the toxins causing Chronic Wasting Disease – gives them a unique place on the range lands.
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Fighting wildfires with wild horses – an untapped equine fire brigade
Wild horses can prevent catastrophic fires because they are able to consume dry, fire-prone vegetation over vast areas of the west.
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Wild horses: An indicator of our human condition
The vast majority of humans living on the planet today are disconnected from the planet, each other, and the discrete dialog that exists between the planet and the multitude of species that inhabit it.
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Gone too soon: Life lessons from a newborn foal
Tiny filly Star faced her short life with the courage of a great warrior and a glad heart.
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I, Symbiont: Why wild horses truly belong on the American ranges
In light of the symbiosis between rangeland grasses and wild horses, it makes sense that wild horses would be a native species on the range, and cattle would be the invasive species in largely ‘parasitic relationship’ role on the range.
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