New Report Slams BLM’S Wild Horse and Burro Program
by Nicole MeyerAsk Sec. Jewell to carefully consider NAS recommendations and immediately stop all roundups.
Ask Sec. Jewell to carefully consider NAS recommendations and immediately stop all roundups.
“Wild But Not Free” exposes the failure of the Bureau of Land Management to effectively and humanely manage wild horse and burro populations.
Tell New U.S. Interior Secretary To Protect Wild Horses And Burros
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to remove 80 percent of the wild burros living in one of the few remaining habitat areas in Nevada.
Contact your state legislators to ask them to support the SAFE Act.
The Bureau of Land Management needs to hear from you on a plan to manage wild horses during drought.
Coalition calls for protections of wild horses in the development of the proposed Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Project in Wyoming.
The plight of horses is worsening. Some blame the economy; others say banning horse slaughter in the U.S. meant “owners” who couldn’t sell their horses let them starve. I say it’s both selfishness and ignorance. Horses are being overbred just like other companion animals. Those who think they can make a buck breed and then find out there [...]
Of all the useless arguments I’ve heard to defend the carriage horse industry, none is more maddening than the argument of “tradition.” How can anyone think that honoring a tradition can be more important than basic compassion? Don’t get me wrong. Traditions are important. They give us a feeling of security and connect us to [...]
Despite tremendous public opposition and legal actions the Department of Interior is moving forward with the ill-conceived plan to remove more than 6,000 wild horses and burros from our public lands by October 2010. The Obama Administration’s policy has proven to be both deadly and devastating for wild horses. The Calico Complex roundup, which IDA [...]