Very good point.
The velcro strap is a better option. Probably other ideas as well.
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Yes, I think I’m totally resigning myself to carrying a feed bag with me that this mare will need to wear in order to have hauling privileges on my rig so she can’t wrap her lips around anything. (Of course, whether that will inspire her to find new ways of destroying things, I cannot really say…) I didn’t really expect that there would be a “magic bullet” to cure her, but I figured if there were any chance there was one, then this group would know about it! But your initial response and emoticons completely match this mare to a “T”!! 
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Horses stand there while people are looking, with such a still calm face, large brown eyes staring at you, or off into the distance … and people who don’t know horses can’t imagine that a horse would ever get into anything.
But inside every horse is a giant puppy who wants to grab, chew, pull on, and eat anything they can reach. If they can break it, so much more fun. If they can chew it up with those massive molars and even swallow it, that seems like such a great idea.
I’ll bet the mare ate some of the weather stripping when no one was looking. Don’t know that, of course. But bet she did. 
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Of course!!!
My horse was on one side and my friend’s was on the other, everything was perfect before the trail ride while we groomed, tacked up, visited with some friends at a neighboring trailer, etc. My friend had to come on my side numerous times (i.e., out of sight of her mare) to get her stuff out of the tack room. Same thing in reverse after the trail ride. But… it was only when my friend left the vicinity of the trailer to use the rest room (and I was of course still on the other side with my horse) that she did the dastardly deed!! 
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Oops… I should clarify: that is when she pulled it off. Luckily I must have discovered it early since I had decided to walk a bucket of water over to her and that’s when I saw it on the ground. And my friend actually did manage (with help from hubbie’s strong fingers for getting the corners done) to reinstall it (since it was new - having been replaced <1 year ago from the last time she did it, lol!) and so I know that she did not actually eat any of it. But wow… I hadn’t even thought of that scenario! Yikes!!!
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Are you familiar w CribOx? I’ll try to find some and post it. It is sticky- if you use it, use rubber gloves to get it off.
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It works well… but it’s messy. I hope this is helpful.
Spray the weather stripping with RapLast. Do NOT breathe it in. It is nasty.
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