It's been a crazy political year.  So let's talk about the wild burros of Arizona: In 1971, Congress declared wild burros “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.” It lamented that the ambling pack animals were “fast disappearing from the scene.” What a difference 45 years makes. Today, some people in Arizona are describing burros using language typically reserved for invasive species or criminals. They are now “non-native” and “feral.” They are causing many “burro-vehicle collisons” on highways. To the horror of equine rights groups, one local official even proposed hunting them. “Many states have a wild horse problem,” Steve Moss, the Mohave County supervisor who suggested hunting -- not seriously, he says -- said in an interview. “Arizona has a wild burro problem.” That problem -- a booming population of...(Read Full Post)