Editor:

The solution to the problem of too many "wild," oops, I meant feral, horses on public ranges is a no-brainer.

If Ms. Matton and her cohorts in the Wild Horse Preservation League were each to adopt a "wild" horse, if Ms. Buckley of the American Society for the Prevention or Cruelty to Animals and her cohorts were each to adopt a "wild" horse, if each PETA member in the United States would each adopt a "wild" horse, and so on, then the ranges would be cleared of the excess numbers by next week!

If these horse-hugging members live in a condo in the middle of New York City, so what? Every city has boarding stables somewhere and these horses could live out their 20-plus years in bored bliss, kicking out their box stalls on a weekly basis.

As many could live longer than their adoptive owners, they could even become part of the deceased person's estate to be taxed as personal property by the IRS.

I assume that Ms. Matton and Ms. Buckley have figured out from their personal experiences that the horses they have surely already adopted are only useful for some vague intrinsic value, perhaps to gaze wonderingly upon their flashing hooves and fluttering manes and tails from a distance, but which are not at all pleasant to try to get close enough to to pet their noses or saddle up to let their grandchildren ride.

For anyone who thinks clearing the public ranges of livestock to pasture these horses is the answer, think again, as eventually their high birth rate would eat up the range, anyway. Then what? You ain't giving them to me! I think it's time for folks to accept that the biotic factor is a staple of life.

ROSE KREMERS, Lusk