Friday, October 5, 2012

Wild Horses Get People's Attention


      Kim Miller argues that there have been too many unnecessary horse deaths.  Wild horse supporters blame the Bureau of Land Management for these deaths due to not handling the horses properly.  She claims that the lack of public awareness is one of the reasons not many people have stood up against the round ups.  Miller develops this claim by first investigating wild horse advocate groups, which include celebrities like Viggo Mortensen and Sheryl Crow.  The groups feel that the horses are being treated unfairly and inhumanely.  Miller informs us according to the Bureau of Land Management, there are an estimated 37,000 wild horses roaming on public land.  They feel that this number is 10,000 horses over the acceptable herd size.  Lastly, the author hopes that with additional public awareness, there will be more postponements of scheduled round ups.  Kim Miller’s purpose is to bring this issue to the public in order to save the last part of America’s wild west. This work is significant because it creates a public awareness of what the Bureau of Land Management is doing to these horses and that if we do not speak up against it, they will continue to reduce the wild population until they are extinct.

 
"Wild Horses Get Public's Attention." Practical Horseman 38.4 (2010): 85. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 10 Sept. 2012

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