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Congress: Stop Sterilization & Slaughter of America’s Wild Horses

Posted by on March 17, 2016

Congress: Stop Sterilization & Slaughter of America’s Wild Horses

http://act.wildhorsepreservation.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=22526

Warning: Some of this footage may be difficult to watch.

America’s cherished wild horses are under grave threat of sterilization and slaughter, thanks to the President’s proposed 2017 Budget, which asks Congress to give the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) authority to:

  • Sterilize wild free-roaming horses on the range through barbaric surgical methods to remove the ovaries of female horses (mares) and by castrating stallions while they are forced to remain still and standing in a squeeze shoot. These life-threatening actions will destroy the very essence of what makes these animals wild and threaten their future existence in the West.
  • Slaughter captured wild horses by stripping them of their protected legal status and turning them over to state and local governments, many of whom advocate for mass mustang removals and slaughter.

With 50,000 captured wild horses and burros stockpiled in government holding facilities and just over 50,000 remaining in the wild, the threat to these iconic animals could not be more serious.

Three out of four Americans support wild horse protection and 80 percent opposing horse slaughter… It’s time to make the voice of “We the People” heard!

Please sign and share the petition below! 

Please take action to protect America’s cherished wild horses and burros by blocking the Bureau of Land Management’s request, contained in the President’s 2017 Budget, for appropriations language that would authorize the sterilization and slaughter of these beloved national icons.Surveys indicate that three out of four Americans (75 percent) support protecting wild horses on our public lands and 80 percent flat-out oppose horse slaughter. Therefore, “We the People” urge you to:

· Oppose efforts to amend and subvert the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act via 2017 appropriations legislation that would allow the BLM to strip captured wild horses of their protected legal status and turn them over to local and state authorities, many of whom want them removed and slaughtered — actions that are strongly opposed by the majority of American citizens.

· Prohibit the surgical sterilization of wild free-roaming horses on the range, which was recommended against by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) due to its inherent and life-threatening surgical risks and impacts to natural behaviors. Instead please encourage the BLM to implement humane alternatives for in-the-wild population management such as the use of PZP fertility control vaccination, which was recommended by NAS.

Federally protected wild horses and burros are present on only 12% of federal rangelands — a tiny fraction of our public lands. Please use your common sense and leadership positions to seek humane and publicly acceptable solutions to conflicts that do not involve mass roundups, removals, dangerous sterilization methods and slaughter.

TAKE ACTION
http://act.wildhorsepreservation.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=22526

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