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I live in a nature reserve next to a medium large western European town. There are "wild" horses and "wild" cows there. Wild, in quotes because they are managed
by berkes 6y ago
I live in a nature reserve next to a medium large western European town. There are "wild" horses and "wild" cows there. Wild, in quotes because they are managed and monitored. I sometimes help as volunteer; e.g. when they are severely wounded, or sick, they'll be slaughtered. Otherwise the're left alone.
There are beaches here, where the horses love to come (esp. when it's hot); and where in summer thousands of citizens have parties, BBQs, Picnicks, familidays and whatnots.
Each year, some horses get cocky and steal food. Wild (untrained) horses are dangerous when they've overcome their fear for humans, they will damage cars, bikes, etc. and sometimes theyu will hurt humans or dogs (which technically aren't allowed to roam unleashed there, but we all know how it is when you take a dog for a day swimming...)
The solution is as simple as it is elegant: they move the horses to another area. As far as the other side of Europe in some cases, or simply a few KM away - across some fences. No need to kill them. And apparently, after some years, they either die, or forgot about humans enough that their instinctive fear for humans return enough not to attack humans and take their lunch.