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Action Alert: Equine Advocates Needed at Wild Horse & Burro Appeal Hearing

Posted by on August 15, 2013

 

Action Alert: Equine Advocates Needed at Wild Horse & Burro Appeal Hearing

 

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The 2010 Twin Peaks roundup resulted in the permanent removal of more than 1,500 wild horses and 160 burros from the range…

Twin Peaks Hearing

For the first time in the history of the Wild Horse Act, an Appeals Court will determine whether the BLM‘s interpretation of the Act is consistent with Congress’s intent to protect these living symbols of the West over 40 years ago.

Twin Peaks Horses prior to Helicopter Stampede ~ photo by Terry Fitch

Twin Peaks Horses prior to Helicopter Stampede  of 2010~ photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation

Attorney Rachel Fazio has donated her time for years to FIGHT for the Voiceless wild horses and burros in the Twin Peaks case. She stayed on when other pro-bono lawyers couldn’t give any more time. She is a most devoted and a humble hero for the wild ones.

The 2010 Twin Peaks roundup resulted in the permanent removal of more than 1,500 wild horses and 160 burros from the range. Fifteen more were killed and 54 mares were injected with immunocontraceptives before being released. As of August 2012, 977 of the wild horses removed from the range are still incarcerated and 158 more have died.

The BLM failed to consider current data regarding ecological resources in the herd management area (HMA), and also illegally harassed and captured horses that were not even considered “excess” by their own inappropriate standards.

Witness this important hearing – please fill the courtroom and show your support for the Twin Peaks wild horses and burros and all the others as this would be a LANDMARK case..

If you are able to be in Southern California in late August, please help plaintiffs IDA and Dream Catcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary FILL THE COURTROOM to show your support for America’s wild horses and burros!

The appeal hearing on the groundbreaking Twin Peaks wild horse lawsuit is scheduled for August 29th at 2 p.m. at the Ninth Circuit Courthouse in Pasadena, California.

What: Appeal Hearing for the Twin Peaks Wild Horses and Burros aka In Defense of Animals vs. US Department of Interior, case No. 12-17804 in Courtroom 1

When: Thursday, August 29, 2 pm – please arrive no later than 1:30 pm

Where: Ninth Circuit Courthouse, 125 South Grand Ave., Pasadena, CA

No recording devices, cameras, cell phones or electronic devices are allowed in the courtroom. We suggest not bringing any such devices into the courthouse. Photo identification is required to get into the courthouse.

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