BLM Wild Horse Roundups Must Stop

Help Stop Another Proposed Wild Horse Roundup

ACT by Friday, April 2!

I received the below email from In Defense of Animals today. I don't have time tonight to add to it, but I know it's important to get this out:

Government proposes removal of more than 1,000 horses in Wyoming, claiming 1.7 million acres can only support 1,165 horses

Please send the e-mail at this page by April 2 to submit comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM is continuing its business-as-usual roundup of wild horses. The latest proposal is to remove more than half of the 1,950 wild horses on 1.7 million acres of Herd Management Areas in southcental Wyoming.

This is the beginning of the BLM’s process to remove wild horses in the Adobe Town and Salt Wells Herd Management Areas in Wyoming. It’s important that we submit our comments now to oppose this newest proposed assault on wild horses.

The BLM claims that the Adobe Town Herd Management Area encompassing more than 472,000 acres can only have 610 to 800 wild horses and the Salt Wells Herd Management Area comprised of nearly 1.2 million acres can only sustain 251 to 365 wild horses.

Please submit your comments today with the form at this page. Protest against another massive Obama Administration wild horse roundup. Public comments must be submitted by April 2, 2010.

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On March 18, the House Appropriations Subcommittee heard testimony from Ken Salazar on his proposed 2011 budget.  Call the Subcommittee members listed below to let them know you want:

• A moratorium on all roundups
• Cattle grazing allotments converted to wild horse allotments
• The BLM to be required to focus resources towards on-the-range improvements
• The BLM to address the importance of natural selection (AKA survival of the fittest)
• Full public access allowed at holding facilities (and roundups if they continue)
  

Democratic House Subcommittee Members
Norman D. Dicks (WA) (Chair), 202-225-5916
James P. Moran (VA), 202-225-4376
Alan B. Mollohan (WV), 202-225-4172
Ben Chandler (KY), 202-225-4706
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY), 202-225-6335
John W. Olver (MA), 202-225-5335
Ed Pastor (AZ), 202-225-4065
David E. Price (NC), 202-225-1784
David R. Obey (WI) (Ex Officio), 202-225-3365

Republican House Subcommittee Members
Michael Simpson (ID) (Ranking), 202-225-5531
Ken Calvert (CA), 202-225-1986
Steven C. LaTourette (OH), 202-225-5731
Tom Cole (OK), 202-225-6165
Jerry Lewis (CA) (Ex Officio), 202-225-5861

March for Mustangs, a protest march and rally is being held in Washington, DC this Thursday, March 25, 2010.

Image from TheCloudFoundation.org and provided byVivian Grant of International Fund for Horses.

• Date:  Thursday, March 25, 2010
• Time:  1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Where:  16 Street and H Street, NW (Lafayette Park) directly across from the White House.
• Press Conference:  1:30 p.m., with speakers including Filmmaker Ginger Kathrens, In Defense of Animals President Dr. Elliot Katz and many more.
• Action: Around 3 p.m. protesters will march with signs to the BLM office at 1849 'C' Street.

The next morning, Friday March 26, 2010, attendees will be briefed and ready for meetings with their Representatives to urge action to save the mustangs.

Make an appointment with your Representatives now so that you will be able to meet with him/her will in Washington, DC.

The evening before the rally, on Wednesday March 24, 2010, a special screening of James Kleinert's new wild horse documentary Disappointment Valley... A Modern Day Western, will be held from 6:00-8:00pm at BusBoys and Poets.

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...and more information on the March for Mustangs in Washington D.C.

This is another great TV news story by the KLAS I-Team in Nevada.  They aired a primetime, one-hour, special news story regarding the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program.  This is another must watch.  This segment includes an interview with Craig Downer, a former DOI employee, as well as some roundup footage.  I am still looking for Segment 2.  Yes, they have advertising in the segment, but they are a TV station and that's how they make money.

Watch this video and you will understand why the roundups must stop!

We can't allow this to continue.