The Albuquerque Journal pre-maturely starts the drum roll against the Placitas horses on Christmas Day attempting to threaten citizens on their own private property.
While WHOA is not for feeding per-say, if feeding is totally banned, then the BLM and the state of NM have their excuse to get rid of the Placitas Horses against the will of the people. An independent environmental report paid for by the BLM in 2007 after the 2006 drought, showed no damage from the horses. Moreover, the BLM itself at times, feeds wild horses and WHOA has in no way exhausted legal remedies.
Feeding wildlife could bite you in wallet by Mr. Cole
WHOA’s comment on Mr. Cole’s article below. Also posted on Face Book at: New Mexico Against Horse Slaughter https://www.facebook.com/NewMexicoAgainstHorseSlaughter/posts/466286176810565
**Mr. Cole, (Mr. Cold) The Grinch that stole Christmas**
Mr. Cole, your animosity and bias against wild horses is well documented. The Albuquerque Journal is pro-horse slaughter and anti-anything wild, wild horse included, right along with Sandoval County, which has twice now legislated from the county seat to discriminate against wild horses (beyond their authority). Their animal ordinance will not stand in court against anyone.
Ask Attorney Dave Reynolds if it is legal for Sandoval County to legislate. Ask Mr. Reynolds if the County can legislate in direct opposition to the state and federal codes in order to harass private citizens at that! In Sandoval County now, any vertebrate “at large” is an estray! Wow! That includes mice, rabbits, birds, and deer. That means that the New Mexico Livestock Board now has jurisdiction over RODENTS and GAME animals! HA HA HA!!! Don’t tell Fish and Game.. shhh! All the way to court they go to harass private citizens on their own property!
Sandoval County and the Albuquerque Journal are pro-development and would like to turn Placitas into a flow through tea bag of traffic with an I40 bypass, (20,000 trips per day!) along with de-jour mining.
The wild horses are protecting the rural mountain community of Placitas. Every single survey starting with the one done by the local newspaper in 2002, and many more since then, show Placitans 35 to 1 wanting the wild horses to remain roaming the hills of Placitas. That ratio has never changed, no matter the wild life hating swill put out by NM’s special interest media, with you yourself and the Albuquerque Journal at the lead! Good job on consistency! No matter Mr. Cole, Placitans have not given up and never will.
Take a look at the wild life murals on the recycle center wall, first building on the left as you drive up the hill from I25 at exit 242 east toward Placitas. I dare you! Your colleagues at Channel 13 dared not let New Mexican’s see this AMAZING group of life sized GLASS and TILE murals showing all the beautiful flora and fauna of the area. Pull in and park and see this amazing testament to the area wild life (including the wild horses) in Placitas by hundreds of wild life loving community members. Drink it in my friend, it is just one example of the resistance with a capitol R to your wild life hating, coyote killing, horse slaughtering, bear cub killing, mountain lion and wolf hating ways, Mr. Cole for hire!
If anyone is sued, by one of the less than 10 wild life haters out of 6000 Placitans, WHOA’s staff attorney will very likely have a field day in court and collect attorney’s fees as well defending those who defend wildlife. Hate on Mr. Cole! I agree that is your right, and your getting paid to do it! No reason to stop then! Merry Christmas Mr. Grinch! Deer are hit in the road in Placitas as well. Whomever has a grass lawn is the problem aren’t they? Who will the tiniest minority of grinches, with the loudest mouth piece (NM Media) sue about that? Jesus Christ on his birthday? Seems you, Sandoval County, and the Albuquerque Journal, are harassing private citizens, myself included, on their own private property, on Christmas, doesn’t it? Gonna sue the bird feeders too? With fake statutes? See you in court, if you like. I have property rights Mr. Cole. Patience O’Dowd President WHOA, whoanm.org, Wild Horse Observers Association, A public 501 c3 non-profit corp. PO Box 932, Placitas NM