trueCOWBOYmagazine Lela Reynolds 2014 | Page 44

from page 25 ~ 20A ~ RT Fitch 8A tCm: Who’s paying the cost of all the lawsuits? My wife and I have sold off a lot of our stock and equities to hire lawyers to help us stop the BLM. We are not rich by far but we feel its something we must do as regular working people and American citizens. It’s a sad statement that we have to spend our money to fight our government. We do accept donations as we are a 501(c) 3 and there are some individuals who also help fund our efforts. 9A tCm: Wouldn’t the horses migrate naturally if one area was corrupted, the land pillaged and water poisoned from fraking and drilling? RT: I am not a scientist, but in observing how horses behave in the wild, I would say yes. They move constantly and do not overgraze. If the water if no good, they move on. Like I said, I am not a scientist, but an observer. Horses are going to go where there is the least resistance. These roundups are completely unnecessary. In removing the wild horses, the BLM is removing a motive for the public to be on the public land to see and photograph the wild ones horses for recreation allowing the Government to lease the land out to corporations and with way less transparency.