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Well, there is one thing Loren has right -- feral horses are having a huge negative impact on the public lands of SE oregon.  The ban on horse slaughter in the US has indirectly made it very difficult for BLM to control the numbers of horses, and they are eating the range to dust. Spring areas south of the Malheur on BLM will have not a sprig of vegetation within 300 feet of the spring. It ain't cattle -- it's horses. I think it is time that ODFW established a seaon on feral horses in the state. What a concept! Increased revenue for tags, good meat for "sportsmen", and cheap horse control for BLM and the USFS. It's a no-brainer, everyone wins, except those club-headed feral beasts.

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