komet. - 2015-08-06 1:46 PM
Jenbabe - 2015-08-06 1:31 PM
komet. - 2015-08-06 12:48 PM
BS Hauler - 2015-08-05 10:40 AM
I think that I read somewhere that the Gov is spending like 25 million a quarter on feeding BLM horses in feedlots. They are also renting ranches to put horses on untill they can do something with them. The problem also comes from some kid in LA or Chicago that went to college and got a degree and now has a job with the BLM and thinks that they are an expert. If these horses were managed by local government people that grew up these areas they would understand more what is going on. The BLM wants to quit paying the feed bills on these horse and they can't slaughter them so they are going to just let them starve to death and call it nature.
I question this. Stop and think..... How many horses could you feed and water with $100,000,000 a year? Even after you hire a whole crew.... Someone needs to do some bargain shopping for hay and stop paying whatever they are paying. I smell a pack of rats making a fortune
Actually, I think those numbers are accurate. It's been awhile since I read the report so I can't remember the specifics. However, I believe that a few years ago they were paying $1.35 per head per day in pasture rent. That totals out to $492.75 per head per year. If there are 100,000 head that have been captured and being cared for privately that totals to $49,275,000 just in pasture rent expenses
(if I did my math right!
). I honestly don't know how many are in holding facilities or turned out on private pasture, so this is not an actual number. But that cost doesn't factor in the expense of gelding, gathering, hauling, salaries, etc.
Edited to add - Hay prices had been very high the past few years, so anything that was quality enough for horses even if it wasn't top quality was still going to cost quite a bit.
) wild horses and burros maintained in holding facilities is nearly 47,500, as of July 2015.
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