Wild horses rounded up by helicopter in program sparking controversy

[@leannbrower3152]

As Americans we should be ashamed of our actions and policies regarding the wild horse herds.

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Yeah we should of cut them in half back when they were smaller to keep from all this starvation of them

[@shirleypettey4984]

This is horrible! Horse being chased by helicopters running away, have been known to break there legs and naturally die, there is more wild horses being heald in adoption agencies and ranches for horses, than there is in the wild, and it is just a disgrace. These horses deserve to live a happy life, on THEIR territory without people trying to wrangle them for the wellbeing and sake of livestock to graze.

[@thepotato946]

I do believe that the process is brutal and separating mares from their foals is extremely damaging to the horses and I also don't support slaughtering them, but even if you don't like this method we still have to do something about the population of mustangs. Horses are basically an invasive species and have almost no natural predators, so their population will grow and grow. When the population of horses continues to expand they will graze until their is nothing left and this will disrupt the ecosystem. The horses will starve, then the deers and other herbivores, and then the predators like wolves. Of course this would not be easy, but I believe that mustangs should be rounded up in the most humane way, given proper living conditions, not separated from their foals, and people who are up for the challenge should adopt them and tame them. You may think that it is better for them to be in the wild but horses have been domesticated for thousands of years and with the right effort and love these beautiful horses could become great companions and live a happy life. I have noticed a few people mentioning just moving the to Texas and of course some herds could live well over there but what will we do when they start to overpopulate there? I love horses with my heart and soul and have cried because of my love for them but we must think logically about how they can affect other creatures because I'm sure a lot of you horse lovers also love other animals and we also need to protect them.

[@arieschick1]

The most invasive species is the human being.

[@ccccampbell1738]

Cattle ranchers paradise, that is why the buffalo and bison herds were removed, now its thw wild mustangs whose desecendants brought the pioneers in, were used in wars by armies

[@stephaniebriggs2609]

LEAVE WILD HORSES ALONE

[@wildnevadakid9216]

So they can starve to death?

[@ning_dungie]

Wild Nevada Kid they eat grass-

[@alinareybey3263]

@@ning_dungie if you’ve been to Nevada... we have anything but grass. It’s a fucking desert. They eat everything they can til there’s nothing left.

[@MT-iw6sl]

@@ning_dungieBro they eat all the grass, what little there is, because there’s no predators. Release a few bears or wolves in the area and you can have horses, sure, but then you run the risk of those same predators hunting domestic horses and cattle.

[@carama3590]

Separating moms from their babies. These are sick demonic cowards!

[@isabellamartucci2329]

LEAVE THEM ALONE they belong in the wild!!!!!

[@isabellamartucci2329]

@paul orta haha i did adopt one

[@isabellamartucci2329]

@Anon Ymous instead of rounding all of them up they should instead have population control like rounding up herds and only keep the stallions and letting the rest go and that might not be affective but the at least won't be killing and keeping them in small pens.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

@@isabellamartucci2329 You are correct that it wouldn't be effective because one stallion can breed dozens of mares. Plus, those mares you want to turn loose again would probably be knocked up and would have foals the following spring, after which they would get bred by the stallions that weren't caught. So your bright idea solves nothing. And what are they going to do with those testosterone-poisoned studs in this perfect world of yours? Shoot them?

[@isabellamartucci2329]

@@DoubleDogDare54 that's why I seid it probably won't be affective ot was a suggestion

[@marlyjung4102]

@Anon YmousThe US created a law in 1971 in which they gave our wild horses the WILD horse term and said they are not to be called feral but be always considered what they are... Wild. ... Feral only fits for a few generations or those specie that never successfully return to wild. they were successful and some have always been wild. ... Horses used to dominate the US landscape for millions of years until the Siberian Bison migrated to our more mild climates 120,000 years ago and slowly overpopulated, thus pushing horses into more separated, warmer and more remote areas. By the time Cortez came he wrote he saw herds in the ten thousands, as far as the eye could see. By the 1800's pioneers said they saw bison in the millions (est. 60M. ) Our horse story has been slow to be recognized but is very rich and interesting. Way more complex than just a few dozen that came with the Spaniards. == in the 1400 Spanish ships could only carry 16 horses at a time. Ottoman ships 50 at the most. So how could Cortez see so many by the early 1500's if only a few were brought over. Even, 1500 Ottoman history talks of the Rare new world, strong, smart horse they would capture and gift the Sultan.

[@caseywoodbury3412]

I can’t believe this garbage is allowed. It’s a tragedy.

[@ilovejclove7516]

God please help them.

[@laurastarling2510]

The horses are NOT wild. They are feral. MEANING, they were once domesticated and turned out. Yes they've lived out on the open land for a long time and adapted but they are indeed NOT wild. Leaving them alone would cause the land to be demolished because they'd eat EVERYTHING. So you've got one of two options here. Let the BLM do their thing, or there will have to be a hunting season for the horses just as we have for deer or other creatures that are over populated. I'd rather there not be the option 2. I'm thankful for the BLM and what they do. If you really want to help the horses, get educated on horses in general and specially on how to handle a Mustang. Adopt one, care, love them until the day they die of being old. That's how you help them. Stop saying "leave them alone" and crap like that. If we do that, they will die a slow death of starvation and become more aggressive for resources.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Yes. This. Thank fucking god someone has some sense. The funny thing is, 9/10 of the people who complain about things on KZbin have no idea of the subject matter of which they speak on. As in, I can almost guarantee that the majority of commenters have never taken care of a horse/horses let alone know anything on equine care in general.

[@geministrial950]

Ah yes, lets kill animals whose ancestors were domesticated.. So that livestock ranchers can put their cattle on this land and destroy it either way. Brilliant.

[@lynndellcox7078]

My question is why are there not people who will fight for the freedom of certian wild horse herds,yet they won't fight for all of the wild horses? The Onaqui horses are not the only horses here in Utah , look into the welfare of other herds through this state and others . I love the wild horses and believe there is always two sides to a story some times even more sides.

[@alicecuriosityoftenleadsto6288]

Why not every animal while you're at it? Just because a subject it being looked at doesn't mean it takes away from others. There will always be a 'well what about this problem though' argument, but all that does is give people an excuse to ignore the issue in front of them right now. Its called a red herring.

[@cindywines2126]

They deserve their freedom. No horses no cows!!

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Yeah well when you actually have to see that there ant enough food for em on the grazing land and they all starving youll change your mind

[@luistafolla1701]

That’s sad let them live there life

[@honglee6100]

if u eat cow u can eat horse ...just saying ..i love beef gimme it medium

[@TheHamadanners]

I like it rare

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

Free all wild horses. And give your home horses companion animals or other horses.

[@lincolnobrien6854]

Don’t kill the horses

[@catlovingartist3756]

they are acually catching them as pets for people to ride

[@keithjodie1026]

Natives can break it in with bear back

[@lindsaymann5383]

what's "it" - the cat's mother?

[@Jakap-c8q]

Please No more slaughtering.

[@kathleendebeau5629]

Exactly how crowded does the land look from the Wild Horses.?? Cows rip out the grass when they eat it. Horses nibble on it, without damage!!

[@Sunshine-cd8bm]

If you really know wild horses you know their hearts are broken when removed from the wild

[@ilovejclove7516]

They stole the foul, this is utterly disgraceful.

[@joyceperez5505]

We NEED TO BUY THEM AND HAVE SOME TO HELP OUR LAND MANAGEMENT FOR WORKING HOTRSES.

[@axesandrabbits2642]

I'm hoping to adopt at least two mustangs from places like this.

[@roycollison8841]

Me too!! The most Rewarding thing you’ll ever do is to train a wild mustang!!!

[@cindypatterson7887]

There's more open land in Texas than those horses could ever eat down

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Bull they’d double in a couple years and we’d have an even bigger problem

[@MT-iw6sl]

But nothing eats them. They have no predators. Texas isn’t crawling with bears or wolves willing to hunt them. Give it 10-20 years, wild horses would be an epidemic. Clueless.

[@thegroupformallyknownasbre7866]

It cost about 60 cents per tax payer each year to keep these horses in pens.

[@TheVir1177]

Leave the horses wild. Just provide vets. The horses are slaughtered. The horses should be free and wild, that is the USA. BLM shouldn't mismanage the land and the horses. The BLM should be brought to justice.

[@thommydb]

ELM (equine lives matter)... The BLM should understand that.

[@whydowecare9396]

....I can't tell if you think BLM stands for Black Lives Matter or not ...

[@lindseyl6689]

This is incredibly one-sided. Beautiful creatures though

[@aryannatirado8841]

They're used for working and they also use to be riding and training nuts and slaughtering something that's so mean

[@d6wave]

exactly !!

[@keithjodie1026]

It's not best for them

[@jascam1]

Wild Horses have far exceeded their numbers, we can legally hunt deers, bears, alligators and others but horses are off limit. Americas special interest is driving this country into the ground.

[@marklastrina2487]

It's just cruel

[@arieschick1]

0:44 mustang in great distress, maybe lost a mare/stallion/foal when separated from family. Helicopter roundups are vicious cruel enterprises. Wondering if the pilots are sadists at heart. Concentration camps like Cañon City break the spirit of these horses, not to mention how many fall ill or get shipped to dinner tables in foreign countries. Thank the Bureau of Land misManagement for this mess.

[@chadluczkowski2422]

This is ridiculous... no different than any other animal, these numbers are nothing compared to the number of wild deer, elk, bear, moose or any other game hunted in the U.S. all of those animal population would be out of control if we didnt hunt but these people care if we control our mustang population. Let alone the fortune we are paying in taxes to feed and board the mustangs. All these animal rights activists are clueless about how out of control the wild animal population would get if we didn't eliminate some of them, until they start complaining about how many they are hitting with their cars or how they are destroying property!

[@thewildmanmorton5444]

Why the hell is there a limit on a horses you're going to sit here and tell me that there's not enough grasslands for more than 150 wild horses

[@ardykaloka4724]

n my opinion, don't do extermination, there are still many who want to own, raise horses but not enough money ..it's more just to make it a business until people who are less able to become jobs from the booming population of wild kids ... thanks

[@AdelWilliams-sz7nt]

Still now total loss of our mustang along with farmers and ranchers taking our resourses for other countries

[@blufire8178]

Stop complaining about horses they are invasive species

[@No-uq5jt]

That’s true it’s the way they round them up that’s the problem it’s incredibly abusive

[@Sunrise-fr9jb]

We are invasive species also

[@capuzzo63]

strong graceful animals intelligent and charismatic

[@delailacrank9]

People should stop round ups

[@psed6020]

oh my god what kind of people do this we would never do this in the old days what have humans turned into, my mind is eksploding

[@d6wave]

3:15 wants the "best" (the agency wants the "best" .... keeping horses in concentration camps tortured deprived of freedom and abused-traumatized with helicopters etc. wtf !?). it's their land too, and not only the land of human animals (pieceashits parts of humanity) simply taken for building and breeding sufferings in concentration camps infernos of ranchers forcefully breeding "cows" being similar sentients as horses or zebraz or elephants dogs etc.

[@capuzzo63]

protect the horses

[@keithjodie1026]

They are healthy its native horses

[@capuzzo63]

disgraceful...when I watched the news ab=out this I was so disturbed that I scream so loud😣... and my decision to also become vegan was not a question anymore....live all animals alone and free...

[@cathyholt1035]

You know this is bullcrap the livestock could coexist with the wild horses and two men who are greedy and don't want the wild horses eating what are countries leasing whatever land they don't own that land and they don't own Nails horses let them be free

[@georgiadailyr3448]

The horses are starving to death they need to be taken they are live stock not deer live stock wild but still live stock.

[@earthairfirewater1]

All these men need to be ashamed of themselves

[@zophierobbo8574]

NO DON'T KILL THEM!!!!!!!!

[@SlimeRating]

Hi, researcher here! This video is not what it is said to be. First off, the BLM actually rounds up the horses for a reason. See, they can very easily become overpopulated and imagine how horrible it would be to find all the dead bodies of starved horses who couldn't find food! The BLM helps by darting the horses (not to kill or injure them of course, just to make them unfertile so they can't reproducemonitor

[@StarreLabell]

That's just major bull. BLM needs to limit how many cattle and sheep are allowed to graze. Matter of fact, the ranchers who pay very very little here, can reduce their herds or graze them somewhere else. There needs to be equilibrium between the amount of horses, cattle and sheep on these lands. Americans don't eat horsemeat, yet our government is now selling them for slaughter.

[@lindalemieux4524]

Horses are migrating animals, just like Elk, bison and Caribou. The free roaming act of 1971 doesn't allow for the horses to be free roaming, they are managed on parcels of land called HMAs

[@arealhauntedhouse4171]

And most of those HORSES are dead TODAY.🖤💔 Cuz they were sold to a 🚩 $laughterhouse. 🚩 👎 4💰

[@marvinmcneil2876]

And they were here before ranchers decided to put cattle on the range they have 1st choice This is God's creation they should not be slaughtered

[@SlimeRating]

This is so one sided. did you interview the BLM? No. I have adopted mustangs previously and what would happen if the BLM didn't round them up eh? they would eat all the grass and starve. but if that is your solution, then great.

[@cathyholt1035]

Show the money oh no s*** it's about money leave the wild horses alone I swear to God I don't care I'll spend a couple days until I just leave the horses alone if somebody like me loud adopt a few of them so I can little more running loose on my property

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Yeah it’s not about money they are starving to death and wiping out the native plants

[@byrne1385]

Put the horse back

[@byrne1385]

Wi

[@AG-bf4cu]

Let them be free!

[@xfaithcooper]

The horses want to be wild and not with people that might slaughter them and if u do u won’t even know how mad I’d be and I might do something about it

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Horses are out there not enough food slowly starving to death look it up it’s a big deal. And if you rather a horse starve to death than live in captivity you don’t need horses

[@justinridenour4689]

Why not just geld the stallions? Easy fix to what some view as a problem. No stallions=no breeding=no new foals.

[@No-uq5jt]

Exactly

[@LisaBerruti]

I pray not

[@alfonsosolorio1317]

Those horses were not here before my ancestors, learn your history.

[@trinidadrodriquez876]

Some of them were with native Americans. I am half Native American.

[@ndn2589]

How about you leave them alone thats the best thing for them

[@lmtheatre7624]

OMG wheres that fouls mother? She better not have died if so thats all your foult

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Ohh all the lack of food out there is why they are rounded up more than likely she starved to death

[@franklock123]

Such bias in this video. The land looks huge, but its not. Its a desert with very limited food and water. It can only hold/sustain like 20,000 horses. There is over 100,000 horses on the property and they double every yr. Of course we want to keep them all. But there is not enough land to keep them all. Sterile injections isnt a 1 time thing. The horses need multiple doses every yr. And theres not a guarantee that it will even work. I dont support in the killing of horses, but i support some cities being torn down and some people(white people included) being shipped back to their country to create more horse habbitat.

[@keithjodie1026]

You basketly stealing

[@joifashion8355]

Eat some and keep some

[@keithjodie1026]

They belong to mother earth

[@gw1652]

Uhh horses are an invasive species. Get over it.

[@OfficialMuffiin]

So are humans and 90% of all species.

[@Sunrise-fr9jb]

You’re an invasive human. You’re not special

[@gw1652]

@@Sunrise-fr9jb That’s not what the Bible says.

[@Sunrise-fr9jb]

@@gw1652 I’m starting to think you are trolling some. Just because you believe in a book doesn’t make it real

[@adamtorres667]

Just goes to show how people live in the Clouds!! I love horses!! And i own wild mustang hosrse! You have never seen a horse Die if thirst or hunge, then you dont know! Euthanizing him slaughtering them whatever you wanna call it is the best way to go

[@babyjez5370]

YES what's BEST 4 THE ANIMALS IS that what it sounds like 2 u... If it does ur just as HEARTLESS n cruel as they r

[@keithjodie1026]

Dont want to see this video

[@lindakirkley5736]

What would we have done with out the horses they maid the way for us let them stay on open range just there God s doing PEOPLE that do they don't like ANIMAL really they dont like them self😊

[@georgiadailyr3448]

They are starving to death there’s way to many to leave alone they won’t all live if we don’t take some out

[@keithjodie1026]

Missed up

[@renatakuchinsky7496]

Shame

[@lmtheatre7624]

I am a hater

[@lmtheatre7624]

What beutys let them be

[@lmtheatre7624]

Those poor horses,I live at a wild horse sancutary and rounding horses up is bad. It was there home before us. It would be like you getting taken out of your house away from family but you did nothing . Did you know at my place I have fouls who have injuries from roundups and lost there mothers to them. I have 600 rescued wild horses that now have a huge area to roam on my land we also have some mothers who lost there foul to being trampled on. I will agree horses help us alot but those are the bred ones the ones ment for work. These need the land. You do not.

[@georgiadailyr3448]

Actually no it wasn’t we were here then we brought them here

[@lmtheatre7624]

No,what i said is they rounded the horses to make room for more HUMAN land. Even though all those horses are innocent and did nothing they still are rounded.

[@asulfurique9694]

Assassins de chevaux !!!

[@asulfurique9694]

Horror !!!! Pra tire cruel

[@gailjezik2400]

This is abuse I am horrified that this can happen

[@gabsalot4386]

this is so sad! Those poor horses! It would be more humane to round them up with horses like the cowboys did back then using helicopters.

[@laurastarling2510]

They use to do that, it was harder work and more stressful on the mustangs as well as the horses that were being used. The Helicopter is a better choice because it's faster and more efficient. The pilots do all they can not to stress the horses too much. They keep them at a nice trot or canter pace when heading back.

[@gabsalot4386]

Oh, okay. Thanks for letting me know. :)

[@alexascia2543]

They should be left alone....they aren't harming anything...cattle & sheep do more harm to the land. Do you agree with slaughter houses in Canada, Mecixo, China..not only are they removing these families they are sterilizing them..... we are supposed to protect Mother Earth and all Creatures not kill it or them...I live on open land & love seeing them when we can... no threat to anyone

[@alexascia2543]

@@laurastarling2510 .... NOT TRUE about pilots doing all they can...if you see it for yourself you will see fence lines put up & horses running into them.. they run them crazy for miles where horses get hurt, are separated from their fouls... it's crazy to see this live.... what you see is what they want to show the public NOT what really happens...

[@xfaithcooper]

LEAVE THEM ALONE STOP THIS the horses belong in the wild not with people that are going to hurt them and not take care of them

[@iphone3412]

Take them to Missouri

[@unleash-hell6666]

Suhailah Farah ..lol...yea so they could get shot...by crooked cops over there!..lol...good one.

[@iphone3412]

Unleash- Hell haha really funny it’s like it’s better over where you live we care for animals in Lee’s Summit ok

[@thejack9178]

This horrible, leave the horses alone and just stop ranching, it is just destroying the environment and wildlife anyway

[@morganjarden8461]

mmmm

[@redriverrider]

💔🐴😥🤬🇺🇸

[@cindypatterson7887]

It's a very simple solution there are acres upon Acres upon Acres open land in Texas. Simply all the horses down there or hell due an amazing giant trail ride and run those horses to Texas

[@ardykaloka4724]

n my opinion, don't do extermination, there are still many who want to own, raise horses but not enough money ..it's more just to make it a business until people who are less able to become jobs from the booming population of wild kids ... thanks