@Peter1469They "returned" horses to North America where they first originated. It's amazing isn't it. Conservative President Richard Nixon understood it. Never undermine a man who was much greater than the worst. He is who desired and signed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 into law as private profit has worked to undermine it. Wild horses eat a highly flammable non-native plant species called cheatgrass before it seeds, as introduced cattle spread it.Europeans brought horses to the Americas.
More than 1,700 wild horses were removed from an area in Nevada to a huge fire broke out. That's not the only example there is as the Bureau of Land Management has been living off taxpayers' money to spread their disasters. They have misled Congress and the public as they scapegoat the wild horse and burro but are responsible for deaths, property loss, public lands destroyed. That costs way more than wild horses and burros left to eat what burns.
Breaking! Miller Fire Hits Eagle Complex (Update: Mahogany Fire Hits Cold Creek)
BY LAURA LEIGHON JUNE 28, 2020
https://wildhorseeducation.org/2020/...eagle-complex/
Myth: Wild horses and burros are an exotic or a feral species and must be removed to protect native wildlife.
Fact: Not so. The paleontological record shows that the cradle of equine evolution occurred in North America, beginning more than 60 million years ago. Conventional theories postulate that horses introduced by the Spanish more than 500 years ago were a different species than those horses who existed in North America prior to their mysterious disappearance approximately 10,000 years ago. However, mitochondrial DNA analysis of fossil remains indicates that E. caballus, the “modern” horse, is genetically identical to E. lambei, the most recent equine species to evolve in North America more than 1.7 million years ago. Hence, it can plausibly be argued that the Spanish actually “reintroduced” a native species, one which evolved on this continent and which has adapted and flourished both biologically and ecologically since its reintroduction. Interestingly, some scientists question the theory that all horses became extinct 10,000 years ago. They are only now beginning to analyze fossil remains that may eventually support this hypothesis.
Moreover, simply because horses were domesticated before being released is biologically inconsequential. Observing horses in the wild demonstrates just how quickly domesticated behavioral and morphological traits fall off. According to Dr. Patricia Fazio, “The key element in describing an animal as a native species is (1) where it originated; and (2) whether or not it co-evolved with its habitat.” By virtue of their evolutionary history, biology and behavior, these animals are native wildlife. In addition, the 1971 WFHBA rightfully recognized them as an “integral part of the natural system of the public lands.”
Wild Horses as Native North American Wildlife - Compiled by Jay F. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. and Patricia M. Fazio, Ph.D.
https://awionline.org/content/myths-...ses-and-burros