The end of the American legend? Bashny.Net

1. Mustangs ... Incarnation of freedom and adventure ...





2. ... the romance of the Wild West ...



3. ... the history of the United States ...



4. ... car brands ...



5. ... the brand of aircraft ...



6. ... and even jeans!



7. Mustangs - "dikozhivuschie" horses of North America.



8. wild horses can not take them as they come home from horses ...



9. ... brought back in the XVI century by the Spanish conquistadors in the New World ...



10. ... and brutalized.



11. Despite the fact that the Indians and cowboys catching mustangs ...



12 ... domesticated ...



... 13 rounds ...



14. ... and used as draft horses and race ...
(Group migrants Photo 1890)



15. ... the number of the beginning of XX century was estimated at about 1 million head.



16. Modern methods of trapping, the struggle for living space and the interests of the economy have led to the reduction of livestock mustang.



17. Today, they number only about 33 000.



18. But the organization «US-Bureau of Land Mangement» considers these figures to be too high,



19. ... for planning the murder of approximately 6,000 Mustangs,



20. ... despite the need to protect the species from extinction.



21. Allegedly,



22. ... that the mustangs are a hindrance to agriculture country,



23. ... because the need of large spaces ...



24. ... in order to survive.



25. This causes discontent farmers. proivodstva engaged in beef and dairy products.



26. At the same Mustang there are 150 cows, according to the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros



27. Such a scheduled destruction of mustangs conservationists called "euthanasia program».



28. Mustangs face extermination.



29. Efforts to catch and sell for $ 125 mustang horse lovers were unsuccessful.



30. catch the horse must now care of the state, he was. of course, profitable



31. "foster parents" are in no hurry to announce ...



32. ... because fewer people can afford to have their own horse.



33. In September, the topic will be discussed in the Congress.



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