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hlthe2b

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3. Thank you for your reply...
Thu Dec 7, 2023, 04:19 PM
Dec 2023

I think I will refrain, but your sincere response is appreciated.

BTW, the horse/cow stepping in a burrow and breaking their leg is an old canard as old as the West. Unless cattle are being stampeded that is not going to happen--they merely walk around-- and horses likewise watch where they place their hooves. They do however risk such trauma from rocky, mountainous terrain and lose soil from migrating tree stumps--something that they can't anticipate--especially if being irresponsibly ridden. But, it has been an excuse repeated over and over and over to justify eradicating prairie dogs for as long as I (or my grandparents/relatives) have lived in the West so I'm not surprised it was once again repeated on the video.

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