Curtailing A Little Dog’s Big Appetite And Moving A Cat To A New State
http://wamuanimalhouse.org/shows/2012-10-13/curtailing-little-dog%E2%80%99s-big-appetite-and-moving-cat-new-state
Dr. Gary Weitzman and noted animal behaviorist Dr. Nicholas Dodman offer advice to a man who is worried about his 17-year-old dachshund’s eating habits. Dodman has written a book on the subject of aging canines called "Good Old Dog." Meanwhile, a woman wants to know if her adopted alley cat can be moved to a new state.
Music: “Road Dogs” by Acoustic Alchemy; “Die Fledermaus” – Johann Strauss II
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I apologize for this comment going into Dr. Gary Weitzman's segment, but you didn't allow us to comment on the segment for shooting horses with birth control in the west.
The person doing the shooting made the comment that horses have an impact on grasses and birds, rodents, on the ecology. But this is only a partial truth.
The impact of the wild horse was not to the scope it is now considered to be, until the ranching community complained about the wild horses eating the grasses cows would otherwise consume. The ratio of cattle to horses is 50:1 on our public lands, yet nothing is mentioned about that. Horses also have the habit of moving across the landscape, to escape their enemies, never staying in one location for long enough to create an easily reached, sedate community of horses. Nor is their impact completely noticeable on the landscape, as much as the herds of cattle are.
Cattle and sheep will trample the roots of trees, eat the grasses to the roots, and stay in one spot until all the grazing is down to an unsustainable level, before they move, or are moved by the ranchers.
While I am for the darting program if it will save the horses in some areas, I'd really like to see some sense put into play with the ranching community. They are the ones who seem to control our government, and our public lands. There must be room for the wild horses, in this country, at least. After all, without the horse, I wonder what we as a nation would look like?