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Articles

A Humane Way To Manage Wild Horses Already Exists. Why Isn’t It Being Used

Wild horses are possibly the greatest of all American native species.

Our ranges and forests are declining because they have too few animals to deliver the animal impact they need to be healthy. Horses can fill the gap, and excess populations can be harvested for human use, as they have been for millions of years.

The war on wild horses, which includes chemical sterilization touted below, is the most unnatural - and stupid - of our many wildlife ‘management’ perversions.

Conservation Isn’t a Land Use — It’s a Responsibility

The author of this piece has it right when he says, "You can’t save nature by removing humanity. You save it by aligning human needs with ecological health. That’s the foundation of sustainable use. That’s what Roosevelt meant by “wise use” and what Leopold called the “land ethic.

Videos

“Utterly Spectacular”: Incredibly Rare 'Pack Ice' Killer Whale Filmed Swimming in Antarctic Snow

“Studying a species with exceptional intellect, watching them problem solve to successfully capture their prey and all within the backdrop of the Antarctic ecosystem is utterly spectacular,”

Sandhill Cranes Talking Near Cascade Idaho

Sandhill Cranes have been around for between 2.8 and 10-million years: That makes them one of the oldest living birds. They migrate thousands of miles from northern summer breeding grounds. Some have made it as far as Europe and even China.

This group of Sandhill Cranes were vocalizing in a meadow near Cascade Reservoir in Idaho.

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