Please note: “shooting donkeys” is not a metaphor. They mean literal shooting of literal – not metaphorical – donkeys.
PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) — Unofficially, the state of Texas celebrates donkeys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the American West.
Officially? The policy on wild burros out here is shoot to kill.
What! Those poor donkeys! Why would they do that?
The state’s stance: wild donkeys wandering over from Mexico simply don’t belong. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department considers an estimated 300 burros in Big Bend to be destructive intruders, hogging forage and lapping up precious water in the drought-starved mountains — thereby threatening the survival of hundreds of native species.
Ah, they’re an invasive species. And please note: this is not a metaphor for illegal aliens. This is all completely literal.
Naturally, there’s opposition. They say the donkeys are a part of Texas’ historical heritage, and besides, the donkey-killers are just trying to protect the environment for the bighorn sheep that rich people like to hunt.
One more thing that caught my eye:
Among those trying to stop the shootings include a Wisconsin woman who’s bombarded the state with open records requests…
Huh. I wonder who that is. The story doesn’t say.
At any rate, I apologize on behalf of my fellow Wisconsinite. Tell you what, we’ll go shoot some wolves or something. Maybe that’ll distract her.
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Who cares as long as we get to shoot SOMEthing