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President’s 2017 Budget Puts Wild Horses At Risk of Slaughter

Posted by on February 18, 2016

February 18, 2016

President’s 2017 Budget Puts Wild Horses At Risk of Slaughter

In a stunning reversal, the President’s Proposed 2017 Budget seeks to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to turn over captured wild horses to state agencies and strip these animals of the legal status that currently protects them from slaughter. If approved by Congress, the amendment would allow the BLM to place unlimited numbers of wild horses directly into the hands of state and local governments that have vocally lobbied for mass removals and slaughter of these iconic animals. The proposed appropriations language also calls for sterilization of wild horses and burros in the wild. This is a grave threat to our remaining wild horse and burro herds. If ever there was a time to show united and strong opposition to the BLM’s anti-wild horse and burro policies, this is it! Please take action below and share widely. Thank you!

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-of-representatives-congress-stop-sterilization-slaughter-of-50-000-wild-horses

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