Posted on Aug 26, 2016
This Is What Will Happen To 700 Feral Horses At Fort Polk
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Never saw any of these while I was there. All I saw was sand, Pine Trees, mud, and crazy DI's. Anyway, this article makes a lot of horse sense. I hope they continue looking for better places to send them, and not kill them.
Fort Polk has a massive population of feral horses that needs to be removed from the garrison. But they don’t plan on killing them.
Fort Polk, home of the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, is overrun with more than 700 feral horses. Herds roam freely around the garrison and interfere with flight training, vehicle training, and live fire exercises, which has put soldiers and the horses themselves in danger.
Fort Polk has a massive population of feral horses that needs to be removed from the garrison. But they don’t plan on killing them.
Fort Polk, home of the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, is overrun with more than 700 feral horses. Herds roam freely around the garrison and interfere with flight training, vehicle training, and live fire exercises, which has put soldiers and the horses themselves in danger.
This Is What Will Happen To 700 Feral Horses At Fort Polk
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I saw some of them. They were on Tiger DZ. We didn't know they were there until we heard the thundering of hooves. Scared the Hell out of me
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Awesome SSG Michael Hartsfield. I was in Tiger Land but never saw any horses. I saw a couple of jack ass DI's. Lol
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Maj John Bell
Federal and State laws curtailing or restricting the slaughter of horses for meat for export has resulted in a flooded market. Well-trained amateur competitive grade horses often have trouble getting more than $2500-$3500. 25 years ago similar quality horse could easily command $5000-$15,000. Barring some history of winning history in competition, sound "grade" (unregistered) horses, well-trained and very rider friendly horses sell at far less per pound than hamburger. You can get a good kid safe horse for $300-$500. Sometimes with tack included. Last time I checked BLM horses were going for $150-$225 per horse. You'll pay a guy like me far more to tame and get your wild horse saddle safe.
About 5% of wild horses are never safe to be on the same side of the fence with and about 50% are "untrainable" to the average Joe. I've tamed and finished to saddle for junior competitors 17 BLM horses in 22 years (not counting six as a kid growing up). Shortest time 5 weeks. Longest time 21 weeks. I get $175 a week. I recommend getting them strictly as non-riding pasture pals and breeding stock (for people that no how to breed for herd improvement)
About 5% of wild horses are never safe to be on the same side of the fence with and about 50% are "untrainable" to the average Joe. I've tamed and finished to saddle for junior competitors 17 BLM horses in 22 years (not counting six as a kid growing up). Shortest time 5 weeks. Longest time 21 weeks. I get $175 a week. I recommend getting them strictly as non-riding pasture pals and breeding stock (for people that no how to breed for herd improvement)
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