National Wild Horse Adoption Day

Wild horse and humane animal advocacy groups from across the nation are joining forces to encourage the American public to consider and act on the adoption of a wild horse or burro. A goal of 1,000 adoptions has been set for the first National Wild Horse Adoption Day to be held September 26, 2009.

The current system of relying on a flat adoption market to sustain BLM mustang removal programs is an increasing drain on federal resources, (what, is it taking too much money away from bailing out mismanaged, failing insurance companies!?) according to BLM spokesperson Jerry Reynoldson, who appears to be a pretty good wild horse advocate

The goal of 1,000 horses adopted through a National Adoption Day program could create a savings of more than $1,500,000 for the BLM (and probably mean a hefty bonus for some top BLM executives!)

This seems like an admirable idea, but I don't think adopting and then domesticating a wild horse or burro is the same as going down to the local pound and adopting a stray dog or cat, which many people also tend to mess-up and under estimate the time and commitment involved. Both noble endeavors, but Joe Public needs to educate himself first to what he's getting in for, or the horse/burro (dog/cat) will just end up neglected, abused, back at the shelter/slaughter house and worse....