He is the son of Marcie G. Burros and Nelson J. Burros of Manhattan.
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Our wild horses and burros are at a critical juncture.
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Ms. Burros, who is now retired, is still making the torte.
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There are only 16,200 burros living in the western United States.
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"A regular Jim or Jane that has hostility towards burros," she says.
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At one point, our car was besieged by a herd of burros.
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There were no droppings of wild burros, so that ruled them out.
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"I love that something so simple took off," the author, Marian Burros, said.
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"It seems like the burros were scapegoated because of cattle impacts," she says.
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When motionless, burros are hard to spot and impossible to drive into ambush.
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Burros, as the Spanish call them, walk at about a human's foot speed.
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Kuhn says the 42 burros that were killed came from a herd of 120.
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Also because: That tenderloin recipe, from Marian Burros, is really, really simple to make.
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The agency estimates there are 6900,2628 horses and burros on public lands, mostly in Nevada.
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Managing those 45,000 horses and burros drains the agency of about $50 million per year.
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Our public lands are being overgrazed to the point that horses and burros are starving.
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It's time to help them rein in the excess wild horses and burros in the West.
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About 73,000 wild horses and burros roam freely across already-deteriorating lands, according to the Washington Post.
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The bureau spends nearly $50 million a year in upkeep for captured horses and burros, Gorey said.
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The residents refer to the people who carry over backpacks full of drugs as burros, or donkeys.
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The fences haven't stopped the burros, who use either ropes or their bare hands to scale them.
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"I love that something so simple took off," Ms. Burros said when asked about the recipe's enduring popularity.
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Jill Morgan Weiskopf and Jesse Michael Burros were married March 25 at the St. Regis hotel in Manhattan.
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About 27,000 wild horses and burros, or small donkeys, can sustainably live on public land designated for wildlife.
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Animal rights groups have raised eyebrows about the sport but organizers stress the humane treatment of the burros.
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Another 46,015 horses and burros (the vast majority are horses) are rounded up in dozens of government holding facilities.
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Overpopulation brings ecological destruction, and with ecological destruction comes the starvation of some of those wild horses and burros.
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One approach is to reduce the number of horses and burros on the range, as the BLM has suggested.
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Federal authorities are looking for the culprits responsible for the deaths of more than 40 wild burros in California.
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This summer, the House Appropriations Committee voted for the first time to authorize killing healthy wild horses and burros.
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"He'd been invited to cross with some burros who carry marijuana, then he was going to stay there," he said.
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At The Washington Star, Marian Burros, a future Times food reporter, created a successful home version under Mr. Haller's guidance.
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This week the House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment that would eliminate longstanding restrictions on killing wild horses and burros.
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But witnessing our nation's wild horses and burros starve to death and overrun the range must compel us to act.
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The nonprofit has rescued 20183,000 donkeys and burros to date and has expanded to two additional ranches in Virginia and Arizona.
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The nonprofit has rescued 13,000 donkeys and burros to date and has expanded to two additional ranches in Virginia and Arizona.
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Here's Kim Severson, writing with the great Marian Burros, on the search for a Trump doctrine in the White House kitchen.
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He was too sick to run, but had to drive up anyway because he'd promised to haul burros for two friends.
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Kuhn suspects that the person responsible is most likely a hunter or a property owner annoyed by burros foraging on their property.
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Then I'll daub the fillet with this terrific "Creolaise" sauce Marian Burros brought to The Times in 1983 and life'll be grand.
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Under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the BLM is responsible for the protection and management of these animals.
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The BLM spent nearly half the program's entire budget, $49 million, caring for the wild horses and burros it took off the land.
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More than 210,241 wild horses and about 15,000 burros roam on about 26 million acres in 10 states, the bureau's latest data shows.
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Last year, more than 103,000 horses and burros were removed from public lands, the most in nearly a decade, the bureau figures show.
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The vote marks a major reversal in government policy, which has prevented the killing of wild horses and burros through various rules and regulations.
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The federal agency houses more than 45,000 horses and burros in corrals, pastures or sanctuaries at a cost of more than $49 million annually.
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It'd be just as pleasurable to make the recipe for Jordan Marsh's blueberry muffins, which Marian Burros brought to The Times back in 1987.
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There are now about 0003,000 wild horses and burros on public lands — more than at any time since the days of the Old West.
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And when burros overpopulate and damage areas of the western United States, they are rounded up and sent to corrals to manage their numbers.
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At the same time, according to the BLM, the number of horses and burros on the range has more than doubled since 2628-28500.
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Mr. Burros, 33, is a vice president for investment banking in Manhattan at BMO Capital Markets, a global investment and corporate bank in Toronto.
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Instead, horses and burros are gathered up, removed from the range, and either adopted for a minimum of $125 or placed in government holding facilities.
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Another approach the BLM should consider is to find market-based ways to increase the space available to wild horses and burros on the range.
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The Bureau of Land Management says that the nearly 230 million acres it manages for wild horses and burros can sustain only about 22010,22000 animals.
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Suzanne Roy is executive director of the American Wild Horse Campaign, an advocacy organization dedicated to preserving wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds.
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The group claims that the project violates a number of laws, including the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
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And the burros, in addition to getting a clean bill of health from a vet, need the old timey mining equipment and added weight to carry.
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We've had the recipe for the Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins in our files for years, since Marian Burros reported on them for The Times back in 1987.
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To prevent them from overgrazing, these wild horses and burros were initially rounded up off the western rangeland owned by the government and used by beef farms.
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Before I joined the Times, I'd never made the Marian Burros plum torte, and it felt like some kind of dark secret that I was carrying around.
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Details about the crimes are slim, but BLM officials told the Los Angeles Times a few of the burros were killed while drinking water from nearby springs.
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A few Colorado miners in the 1940s began racing their burros from Leadville to Fairplay along mountain trails that were 13,000 feet high and 30 miles long.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) scheme for managing protected wild horses and burros has never worked well, and has collapsed completely in the last 21625 years.
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The Bureau of Land Management has decided against euthanizing the 45,000 wild horses and burros it currently has in its custody, after a public outcry protesting the decision.
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Even after decades of round-ups of wild horses and burros, 67,000 of these animals roam the United States, mostly in Nevada and California, according to government estimates.
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According to the Bureau of Land Management, the government agency in charge of taking care of the wild animals, a record 73,000 horses and burros roam the range.
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In the 1950s, both burros and wild horses were hunted by ranchers whose vegetation they munched on, and their populations dipped, according to the American Wild Horse Campaign.
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Two parcels that were opposed for leasing by the American Wild Horse Campaign because wild horses and burros live on the land were also among those that sold.
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Given this, lawmakers should question why the bureau is so eager to strip these protections from the wild horses and burros Congress acted unanimously to protect in 1971.
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Right now, about 82,000 wild horses and burros are living on that land, according to Tara Thissell, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Land Management's Burns, Oregon office.
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In 2018, the bureau removed nearly 11,500 wild horses and burros from public lands, in part through adoptions and sales, a major increase from the 4,200 removed in 2017.
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In 2018, the bureau removed nearly 11,500 wild horses and burros from public lands, in part through adoptions and sales, a major increase from the 4,200 removed in 2017.
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U.S. rangeland managed by the Bureau of Land Management is meant to support around 27,000 wild horses and burros, and the current population is approaching three times that size.
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Improving the training of wild horses and burros before they are adopted, such as through methods like prison inmate training programs, would make them more appealing to potential adopters.
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What we don't want is the perception that we're a dusty border town with burros and carts, AK-47s being fired every 30 minutes and Molotov cocktails being thrown.
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Almost 12,000 wild burros roam ranges in the United States, and about another 1,000 are kept in corrals, according to the Bureau of Land Management, which is responsible for them.
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Violating the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act can result in a fine up to $2,000 or up to one year in prison, or both, for each count charged.
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Burros are a beloved symbol of the Old West The dependable donkey was a popular pack animal during the Gold Rush, but they have a testy history with local ranchers.
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The panel's recommendation created an uproar among animal rights activists and highlighted the challenges ahead for the U.S. government as it seeks to control the population of wild horses and burros.
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The U.S. tries to mitigate part of the problem by putting horses and burros up for adoption, but only around 2,500 are taken each year while around another 10,000 are born.
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The current population has tripled the designated "appropriate management level" of 27,000 set by the BLM, which considers wild horse and burros impacts on rangeland, water, wildlife habitat, and human uses.
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More than three decades ago, Congress unanimously passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 to great public acclaim, reinforcing the status and value of these national symbols.
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That's a problem because, according to the federal government, ranges in western states should only support about 26,000 wild horses and burros — nearly three times fewer than are currently roaming the land.
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It was followed by the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 2000, which ordered the animals protected as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West".
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The proposals have been met with ardent opposition from horse advocacy groups who claim it will lead to the virtual eradication of free-roaming horses and burros on the West's public lands.
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It is time to thoughtfully consider a range of options, which the recent BLM report outlines, that can protect the environment, conserve wildlife, and secure the future of wild horses and burros.
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" Lange continued, "Animals raised and slaughtered by the meat industry vastly outnumber wild horses and burros, consume an exponentially greater amount of feed and water, and destroy the environment in the process.
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The Bureau of Land Management said the burros, which are from the Clark Mountain Herd Area in San Bernardino County, were shot and discovered dead in the Mojave Desert between Halloran Springs, Calif.
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U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials said they struggle to find people to adopt the growing number of wild horses and burros, which costs the agency millions annually to maintain in corrals and pasturelands.
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The strong language outlining a framework centered on implementation of fertility control also includes the first congressional directive that the BLM strictly adhere to its Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program when handling horses or burros.
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For an agency that routinely warns lawmakers and the public that it lacks sufficient resources and funding to effectively manage wild horses and burros, the idea of bankrolling mass surgical sterilizations doesn't make fiscal sense.
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The burros were not native to the Black Hills: Their ancestors had been brought to the region as pack animals, then set loose, so these creatures were a result of many generations of acquired wildness.
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It's one of the ways the Bureau of Land Management is dealing with a population of mustangs and wild burros in the Western states that, after the 2017 foal crop, could be as high as 86,000.
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Rather than implement a one-size-kills-all solution, the department should scientifically study how many wild horses and burros should roam the range, firmly keeping in mind that the American public wants them on public lands.
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In response to the problem, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a report last month that examines new ways to reduce the number of wild horses and burros to a sustainable level and save our western rangelands.
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Behind the dusty orange edifice of St. Mary's, which began as a small tamale and tortilla business in 1978, were some of the best burros (or burritos, as you may know them) and tamales I've had in ages.
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Unfortunately, there are now too many animals roaming the land and the plight of wild horses and burros continues to grow more dire as federal authorities in southern Nevada prepare for an emergency roundup of hundreds of starving animals.
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The bureau has struggled to limit wild horse populations since Congress passed a law in 1971 protecting the wild horses and burros that roam patches of public land in 10 Western states, and whose numbers increase naturally every year.
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Those who did may now be having flashbacks to a rustic-chic Tuscan-esque restaurant, Coco Pazzo, which got a three-star Times review from Marian Burros in 1991, and to its three New York siblings, all long gone.
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Her advocacy was credited with encouraging Congress to pass legislation in 29 protecting the populations of wild horses and burros in the West; their numbers had dwindled to an estimated 2000,22004 in 1970 from a peak of two million.
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Securing an on-range focused approach – one that prevents rather than reacts – is the only way to ensure that wild horses and burros will not be killed, sold for their meat, or treated in ways unconscionable to the American public.
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Our erstwhile colleague Marian Burros was in the office the other day, greeting old friends and doling out advice and wisdom, and it got me thinking about her terrific recipe for rosemary pork tenderloin, which she makes on a stovetop grill.
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The Trump administration is estimating that it will cost nearly $22019 billion over the next 15 years to shrink the country's population of wild horses and burros by more than two-thirds to a number officials say is sustainable for the herd.
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When Marian Burros, a longtime food reporter for The New York Times, first wrote about the plum torte in September 1983, no one expected it to become the most requested recipe, and among the most beloved, in the history of the newspaper.
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An unpalatable and indefensible initiative that cannot end well," by David Horowitz in Front Page Magazine: "It's a massive power grab by the beef lobby, which would prefer to cull wild horses and burros so public lands can be devoted to livestock-grazing.
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On a conference call with reporters, U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acting Director William Perry Pendley said the 88,000 wild horses and burros on federal lands were destroying rangelands, encroaching on the habitats of other species and costing taxpayers $81 million a year to manage.
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On a conference call with reporters, U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acting Director William Perry Pendley said the 88,000 wild horses and burros on federal lands were destroying rangelands, encroaching on the habitats of other species and costing taxpayers $81 million a year to manage.
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According to The Verge, the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently recommended that 45,000 wild horses and burros be sold and/or killed by a range management group currently holding the animals in government-run holding facilities.
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By envisioning a humane path forward that retains federal protections for wild horses and burros and manages their populations through fertility control on the range, this unusual proposal offers Congress and the BLM a tangible way to protect our nation's herds now and in the future.
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Two years ago, a small coalition of animal welfare groups submitted a proposal to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) outlining a framework to humanely and sustainably manage wild horses and burros on public lands, opening up a dialogue they hoped might save our herds from wholesale slaughter.
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Last month, Congress took unprecedented steps to assure the protection of our herds through funding for the modern version of this proposal, now supported by an unlikely coalition of Western interests standing alongside those humane organizations in a collective effort to create a new future for America's wild horses and burros.
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Breaking the stalemate that has stymied progress on the wild horse and burro issue for decades unleashes a real opportunity to manage our federally protected herds as envisioned in the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act – but only if the BLM has the will to take the reins.
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" The American Wild Horse Campaign called last week's vote a "death sentence," and Sheila Schwadel, of the Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates, said "we are disturbed to hear that our representatives are right now engaging in back room deals to destroy wild horses and burros while lying to the public saying they oppose 'slaughter.
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" Marian Burros, a food reporter for The New York Times, wrote that "these gleaming new supermarkets — 13,000 to 27,22008 square feet of floor space — bear about as much resemblance to the grungy, 276s fern-bedecked natural food co-op, with its shriveled produce and flour stored in trash cans, as McDonald's does to Lutèce.
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To reduce the number of gathers and the flow of animals into holding, improve the health of the range long-term and find its way out of its perpetual wild horse crisis, the BLM must develop and put into practice locally tailored long-term plans to manage wild horses and burros with fertility control.
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Also, while some of these are still being contested and none are yet final, the 115th Congress has so far maintained prohibitions on the slaughter of American horses, directed a more humane management plan for wild horses and burros, retained protections for endangered populations of gray wolves, and showed a record level of bipartisan support for funding to enforce and implement key animal welfare programs.
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The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 had declared wild horses, "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West, which continue to contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people," but it hadn't laid out any plan to take care of these horses, which were being starved out by frequent droughts and extreme habitat loss.
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Ricardo's is the only Mexican restaurant I have been to at this point in my life, Mexican restaurants being nowhere near as commonplace then as they are now, so I have no point of comparison, but decades later, living in California, I will come to understand that Ricardo's was a Mexican restaurant of the old school: half-elegant, red Naugahyde and dark wood trimmed in wrought iron, a throwback even then to an era when white people thought of Mexico as an exotic land inhabited by cacti, burros, men in sombreros, and Lupe Vélez.
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