Bureau of Land Management Breaks Rule of Law Making Extinction All But Inevitable for Wild Horses and Burros
July 27, 2017The Last BLM Tour of the Wild Horses in Long Term Holding Facilities
August 14, 2017Please Comment on BLM’s Plans to Destroy and Slaughter Three Herds of Wild Horses in the Wyoming Checkerboard
It is a very familiar and unwelcome feeling that I have, writing about the BLM’s plans to roundup and remove over 55% of the wild horses in the Wyoming Checkerboard. It seems like just yesterday I was writing about this plan that affects wild horses on 2.4 million acres in Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin. The last roundup was in 2014 when 1263 wild horses were removed from their homes and lands. 14 died during the roundup and over 100 died in short term holding facilities in the four months following the roundup.
This time, however, the situation facing the wild horses in Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Greek Divide Basin is much more dire. The consequences of being rounded up and removed from public lands could not be more serious because right now the BLM is asking Congress to lift the restrictions on killing and slaughtering wild horses, and every one of the 1560 wild horses that the BLM is planning to remove is facing imminent death. The BLM does not consider in its Environmental Assessments what will happen to the wild horses that are removed according to their Proposed Actions. They do not care about the suffering, illnesses and deaths of the horses and they do not care about you and I, the taxpayers, funding a lifetime of each horse being kept in pens, in captivity. It is a wasteful, cruel and insane policy that favors overwhelmingly corrupt livestock interests who get to graze and overgraze their private livestock on our lands, losing millions of dollars on this program each year.
In this Proposed Action, the BLM is pandering to the Rock Springs Grazing Association, which only has 24 members, and whose grazing rights on public land are a privilege, not a right – but they don’t see it that way. Land swaps could have easily solved the problem of the checkerboard of public and private lands, but it is not in their interests to cooperate. They want to control all the land. And they want the horses gone at any cost. But 70% of the land, of the 2.4 million acres in Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin is public land. It should not be managed as if it were all private land, but it is. We stopped the 2016 Checkerboard Roundup because we won an appeal which said that the BLM cannot manage all these lands as if they were private.
This time, we need your help to speak up, write the BLM and demand that they select Alternative C – no roundup or removal.
The BLM should not be allowed to move forward with this roundup only on the basis of an Environmental Assessment.
This is an excellent explanation of why by American Wild Horse Campaign. Please feel free to use this information below in your comments.
“Due to the controversial and litigious history of the BLM’s wild horse management plan for these HMAs in the Wyoming Checkerboard as well as the myriad of environmental, economic, legal, cultural, and social issues that the Proposed Action raises, the BLM must prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). An Environmental Assessment (EA) is not sufficient. The EIS on this Proposed Action must address the following impacts and concerns:
- A real analysis of alternatives to the proposed action as required by the NEPA, instead of justification of a foregone conclusion;
- Impacts to taxpayers – the full costs of this action to American taxpayers, including the costs of the roundup itself and the long-term costs of lifetime warehousing of horses removed in the roundup;
- Impacts to captured wild horses – a detailed analysis including the impacts of the BLM’s budget request to Congress to lift the ban on destroying healthy horses and burros and selling them for slaughter. NEPA requires that BLM analyze all foreseeable activities that will affect horses so this lethal strategy that would have devastating effects on horses removed must be fully detailed and analyzed in the EIS.
- Impacts to wild horses who remain on the range, including the effect of the removal on the genetic viability of the wild horse populations in the three HMAs. All genetic analysis reports should be included in the EA’s appendix.”
Alternative C is the correct choice, no roundup or removal. Their alternatives were not explored in any meaningful way, but they should include lands swaps to create contiguous protected habitat for the horses, suspension or reduction of livestock grazing on public lands, and a real plan for managing and maintaining the population on the range that does not include sterilization.
Wild horses should remain a part of our public lands, and should not be treated as pests or vermin, to be captured and slaughtered on the behest of a single interest group. These horses belong to me, belong to the American people and deserve to be treated and managed humanely and with respect, as a treasured part of our heritage and our lands.
Here is the link to all the documents: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/projectSummary.do?methodName=renderDefaultProjectSummary&projectId=74247
Please send your comments by August 10, in your own words.
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Leave the Wild horses and burros FREE!!!
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Dont do anything horrible to these besutiful horses snd burros. Be glad that they exist and why is it that eveything besutiful
Has to be destroyed in nature ?
Leave thhem they enrich the landscape.
This is wrong to slaughter wild horses. STOP THIS PRESIDENT FROM HARMING ANY ANIMALS.
These roundups need to stop! These are American Icons and cause no harm to the lands, in fact help the lands. There are better alternatives then to round these horses up and send to slaughter!! These are our horses!! Please stop the roundups, separating families!! They do not deserve this!!
pls comment ON the pg to comment on fb comments arent seen by this rogue agency and its not how fb works see above big letters comment to them not to US! ty it doesnt hel p to say stop it here!!!!! get on the pg and make yr voices heard! should know by now that fb threads are not the blm. do what is ked if u want to really really help!! PLS!
Of Course the crocked GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO PAY TO SLAUGHTER INNOCENT HORSES I WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS EVIL ACT. THERE MUST BE OIL HUH TRUMP ? THR DIRTIEST FORM OF WHAT YOU CALL ENERGY THAT STUFF THAT IS CAUSING ALL OF THE CLIMATE CHANGR. EVER COUNTRY ON THIS EARTH IS LAUGHING AT USA MOST LIKELY DISCUSSED.
AS WE ARE. THESE HORSE ARE IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING ?
WILD HORSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF USA. AND THE HORRIBLE PLANS THEY GOVERNMENT HAVE FOR THEM IS EVIL. ONCE AGAIN THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR THE MOST DISCUSTING ACT OF BRUTALLY KILLING THEM ALL. IT MAKES ME ILL.
These roundups are terrorizing and inhumane. The horses are not overpopulated. The BLM agency are LIARS. Work for ranchers with cattle that want all the public land. Please stop unnecessary roundups which lead to slaughtering of our wild horses.
NO NO NO NO AND NO. WE WILL FIGHT YOU TOLL THE BITTER END OR UNTIL THE LAST HORSE! LEAVE THE HORSES ALONE YOU HEARTLESS SONS A BITCHES!
What we do to these beautiful horses…we do to ourselves. This is soul murder for the american conciousness and literally murder of the most precious innocents….our wild horses. This is insane. Put away the political egos and find a way around the barriers to making the profit. It doea not have to be an either / or. Surely we, as a people, and our people in government are smart enough to work this out? Imagine. Imagine…all of you in positions of decision making capacity…How WONDERFUL YOU WOULD FEEL….to be able to say YOU helped develope the win/ win solution…and saved the heritage of these horses for your own progeny for years to come. Thank You for taking the time to do this and the Horses thank you..they really do. God Bless You for Stepping UP!!!
Please save them…find a win/ win solution for everyone. The Horses thank you and so will the children of our generations to come. Thank You for Stepping up and chamging the way this is done. We are AMERICANS…we can do the BEST and MOST KIND GENEROUS WAY?
Let these animals live in the name of Jusus!!
Please do not roundup these wild horses. They deserve to be free. Slaughter should never be an option, it is horrendous and barbaric. These horses belong to the public. We want them free and to remain on public lands. Keep them free.
These animals must live so don’t kill them……………let them live in the name of Jesus!! so we can all injoy them & our kids as well………..
It’s time the American people understand exactly what is going on. It’s not the sizes of the herds, it’s the land they live on that the U.S. Forest Service wants. Why because they want to turn that land over for private livestock grazing interest. It’s our tax dollars and it’s time we stand up and fight for our wild horses and burros. Damn private livestock!!
I’ve sent comments twice – once for AWHC and once for WHF. Actually, may do it again since they seem to get a little longer every time – hopefully stronger, too.
We the American peoples do not approve of the helicopter roundups of our wild horses & burrows that roam our public free lands. We do not give you permission to use our tax dollars to send them to slaughter. We want land set aside for them to live out there lives.We are suppose to be the care takers of Gods animals and I don’t believe that senseless slaughter is taking care of our beautiful wild horse and burrow populations. Let them live wild and Free.
cant say it here or theyd be free with all the fb posts omg sto it etc it just doesnt work read instructions go to the blm pg and make that comment there! ty
Don’t need to kill them
It is sickening, the BLM is the NAZIS of Our Country. The way, they roundup the Wild (Our) Wild Horses. They put them in Pens (Camps),they brake up their famillies, and send many off to the Slaughter Houses. The BLM, the NAZIS!! The BLM, the BLACK MARK, their SHAME to Our Country,
As a concerned citizen of the United States, I am opposed to the use of taxpayer money to remove the wild horses and burrows from our public lands. These animals should be free to roam their homelands and remain with their families. Stop the round ups and killing of these American treasures!!
Dear BLM,
I am asking you to stop the round ups and release any captive horses and burros you have currently. They should and could be left on PUBLIC lands free and wild as nature intended. Why spend money keeping any wild animal like the majestic horse in a pen when they should be kept free to grase the open plains. There are millions of acres of public lands for them. You allow for a wasteful, cruel and insane policy that favors corrupt livestock interest to overgraze the lands. Oh and in case you have forgotten OUR lands. These are public lands and the majority of Americans want to keep the wild horses wild and free. Stop this madness before its too late. Leave the wild horses alone. If the cattle are allowed to take over the public lands it’s the same as subsidizing the cattle industry and me and millions of Americans oppose cattle industry subsidy. The cattle industry needs to feed their cattle not allow to grase on public lands period. They are making millions off the cattle they can spend the money to feed them. Not take the sacred wild lands away from the wild horses. I don’t understand this myth of over population and I do not believe it exist. There are millions of acres of land and plenty of space for the horses. Stop this madness now.
Thank you,
Concerned citizen
Deborah Hall,
Dear BLM is the email I just sent to them
The BLM was given the responsibility of protecting and managing the wild horses. I don’t see the protection but I do see the managing according to the wishes of ranchers and others who do not bother to understand how the wild horses help the environment. The ranchers and others don’t bother with the scientific research they just want the cheap Public lands for grazing. True some have grandfathers rights to do so but others just want to be given whatever they want. These horses have been here since before the civil war and did fine as there were enough predators to keep the count down. But with hunting of predators such as wolves, cougars, etc. and the mis management of the BLM the herds grew out of proportion. It is not right to kill them because the BLM can not do its job correctly. For the same costs they can be moved to sanctuaries or to other wild areas and birth control used to help keep the populations down. These are public lands – they don’t belong to the BLM or the ranchers or hunters. We all should have a say as to how this is handled.
Stop the round ups ,leave the wild horses wild ,no horse slaughter
Please stop the round ups and save the wild horses.
Please, let these magnificent icons of our Country remain free, there is plenty of room for them an no need to harm anymore horses. This is what the people are asking, they are our heritage and history of America and need to be protected and free.
Please we beg you do not allow the killing of our horses. They are our legacy and as sinful as any killing
Please, leave the WILD HORSES & BURROS WILD and FREE!!! It’s totally crazy to destroy them. What will be left to show our future generations of children. Stop with helping the rancher’s with their life stock on the WILD HORSES & BURROS land.
We as taxpayers seem to have NO SAY in the bills and laws that congress and the senate bulldoze through. Why do we elect people who don’t listen to us? We don’t want the extinction of our wildlife!!!! We want our children and grandchildren to be able to see these magnificent animals, not read that our country has successfully killed all of them off! It will take you and me and everyone we know to contact the BLM and our elected officials to let them KNOW that we WANT THE ROUNDUPS STOPPED!!!! If you don’t care about the horses, what about your childs education or possibly someone in your family losing their home and living on the street, eating only when someone feels sorry for them or they eat garbage out of a dumpster? It is not hard to send a letter or an email. Just copy and paste and put in an email or better yet, do both, email and send a letter. We need to stop this! These animals are protected by law – yet – the BLM is ABOVE THAT LAW!
This whole roundup and remove is a travesty by it’s self. Add slaughter to it and you gave the most horrific thing that anyone can do to a horse. They were born Wild and Free; and should remain so. They belong to us, the public and live on our public lands.
please let these beautiful horses live in peace.They are so much a part of your American heritage,wild and free.Obviously this is probably all about making money,but please someone who can do something,can’t you let these wonderful creatures into your heart and soul and act for their safety.please be kind in a cruel and harsh world.Save the wild horses.
I just can’t believe that people have the gal to be bullies and think these beautiful horses are a treat. They are more in tune with life then we gonna are. Their life is a testament to life itself and they are not destroying anything, man is with his greed and that all there is to it.
I am just a retired school teacher in a small town in Ohio,but it’s time to stop this. There are to many areas in our country the money could be used . This sounds like just another “the rich get rich and the poor get poorer”. The horses are the poor and the cattlemen are the rich. Do something to save these horses.
We have been able to control our horse populations on the East Coast without round-ups. There are humane ways to control these herds. Cattle are destroying public lands, not the horses. This has to stop. We will protect our wild horses and their family bands at all costs. We will not give up the fight.
Man has taken over every inch of Americas wildlife and greed has killed way too many of our wildlife. When will we learn that that we can’t eat money? STOP killing our icons of wildlife for greed. There are other options to killing animals. These animals deserve to live out their lives. STOP the killing please.
The Bureau of Land MISMANAGEMENT is a corrupt system. It us time that we, the citizens take our research, evidence and facts to ciyrt, once and for all. Some if us know exactly what’s going on and time is coming to put things in check and in valance, so that there is equality among us. The politics and corruption are outstanding. Removing wild horses from the range is all about money and politics, not law, ethics, or facts. Please stop rounding up our wild horses and burros. Nature gas a way of taking its own ciurse, and BLM gas been messing with this way too long, inky making things worse, to kine their own pickets. Enough is enough.
Please don’t do this to our wild horses. They deserve to live freely. If I had a lot of land I would rescue as many as I could, held the studs and allow people to see the mustangs. They are part of our heritage and history.
In the End , all will compelled to give account of their life in truth . Each of us needs to be able to say that he helps end cruelty wherever it exists .
This is cruelty against sentient creation on multiple levels .
Victims will sit with God in no more pain and anxiety while all connected with this are turned away into an Eternity of it .
U have no place among decent faithful .
True government functions within authentic nurturing good stewardship and will never be more important than Kingdom . . You should heed .
We the American peoples do not approve of the helicopter roundups of our wild horses & burrows that roam our public free lands. We do not give you permission to use our tax dollars to send them to slaughter. We want land set aside for them to live out there lives.We are suppose to be the care takers of Gods animals and I don’t believe that senseless slaughter is taking care of our beautiful wild horse and burrow populations. Let them live wild and Free
These Roundups HAVE TO STOP ! These Horses Have the RIGHT to Remain On These
Public Lands, Whereas the CATTLE DO NOT ! THEY SHOULD GRAZE ON PRIVATE LANDS
ONLY !
Please Please be merciful & do not murder these amazing creatures of God!!
These are our partners in building this nation. No murder of The American Mustang, PERIOD
From what I have read about the history of this “problem” it seems like a colossal mismanagement of public land and native species. While the horses are not really a native species to the area, they are most certainly part of our heritage and have lived and thrived there far longer than the cattle. We most also take into account how climate change is affecting the habitat. It is so distressing to see these majestic animals penned and held captive with no real plan for their future care. Nobody wants to see them starve and nobody wants them to be euthanized so they live in a man made pergatory.
This is all un-called for. Leave our American Heritage alone. These horses ? have done nothing wrong. LET THEM ALONE AND LIVING FREE.
The email address you provided is incorrect for comments.
I can not find a link to voice my opposition to the round up and destruction of our amazingly beautiful wild horses. So, I am placing it here. Do not destroy our wild horses.Do not use their range land for other uses. I am vehemently opposed to other uses of their range land. Leave the alone!
Please don’t kill these beautiful horses leave them alone quit playing God he created them. Allow people to go in and take the horses instead of killing them this is senseless to kill them.
Not with my tax money! The BLM has fumbled again!Leave our wildlife alone befor u screw up this world,you obviously don’t know what u ar doing so leave,I will do this job and no horses or babies will die because of stupid!! We ar gona take u down!
No roundups an no more killings of our iconic wild horses. Enough slaughter is going on. Isn’t enough going on in our country that needs the governments attention? Animals don’t have to die..stop the greed. An this is what it’s based on. Thank you
Our founding fathers would be ashamed.. These horses were long before us it is our obligation to not harm them.. Roosevelt said how a nation treats its anals speaks to there character and morals
I think enough damage has been done to our wild horse’s. They should NOT be rounded Up by helecoptor. Running these horses over rough terrain and running them until exhaustion and even death. What kind of people would.do such a horrendous act of cruelty to animals and think that it’s ok. There are humane means of keeping the herd count down and not ripping family bands apart with these and taking foals from there mothers and crying out to one another…this is shear madness. It is disterbing and disgusting to me . Please save our wild horse’s from the slaughter abd unnessesary cruel roundups.
Wild horses are a part of our history it is absolutely and positively wrong to and their lives for human comfort I am absolutely disgusted with even the idea of it leave nature alone
Please stop this train wreck, it is time for the Greed to stop, and a revamping of the BLM. Please own your mistakes and leave the Horses alone before it’s too late!!!! Remove the Welfare cattle they DO NOT belong on this land.
I don’t know who you think you are,,,,killing,,our wild ones at your will is. Outrages. These wild ones have every right to be on that land.BLM they have more right then you have to DISTROY our natural heritage…We pay for your. Your upkeep…..ranchers must take their livestock off my public lands…..the BAM have no business distorting our public lands…..our horses and burros…should be free to live there lives in Pease ,,,wild and free…YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO ENGER OR FRIGHTEN THEM…SO…..GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND YOUR ASSES OFF MY LAND…..YOUR FIRED..YOU ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM….SO TAKE YOUR B L M. AND GO.. CAROLE MUTH….
How do we stop this!! This is horrible, majestic wild horses are to be worshipped not slaughtered!!! This can not happen!! This makes me sad beyond explanation ??? and more mad than that ? ? ? ? ?!! PLEASE DO NOT KILL THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES!!
The American people love and revere our wild horses! Do not kill them!!! They need to be protected against the livestock that is invading and ruining their land. Ranchers need to be made responsible for the damage their livestock do! Keep the wild lands pristine for the horses and other wildlife. Limit livestock on their ranges. Protect the horses. Your responsibility is to manage and protect them. NOT MIRDER THEM!!
As a tax paying registered voter of this country I do not approve of my tax dollars being used to destroy America’s wild horses and burros. Removal of these horses and burros on PUBLIC land to hand over for PRIVATE use is illegal and wrong. NO to gathering, confining, and killing. NO.
I am requesting your help in standing up for one of our few remaing symbols of freedom: The Wild Horse. Too often, throughout the West, we see the interests of these free roaming animals, bow down to the interests of big business and a few individuals.
It seems the horse loses every time anything threatens the interests of those grazing on Public Land. Regardless of the claim that, “Our family has grazed this land for generations”,the wild horses were here first.
One needs do nothing other than look at the fact most major National Parks, in the West, are having to implement reservation systems for entrance, to see the huge Public Interest in the wild and the animals that live there. Please don’t let the Public down! If you do there will be an eventual backlash that will blow anyone associated from office.
More importantly, I ask that you, as ,hopefully, independent decision makers make the time to get your feet on the ground out where these wild horses live. Experience their environment and interaction, not from a vehicle, or helicopter, but up close where you can smell, hear, and feel the freedom and independence of these animals under your control…….I feel, if you do this, alternative “C” will be your choice.
I am writing to voice my strenuous objection to the plan to round up and remove over 55% of the wild horses in the Wyoming Checkerboard.
There is nothing humane about terrifying wild animals with motorized vehicles and aerial assault, running them to death or being trampled underfoot by other fleeing animals.
These creatures are on public land, my public land. This action must be stopped.
LEAVE THEM ALONE, LET THEM ROAM WILD & FREE. Their needs to be a stop to these roundups. Why not set aside land for them to live out on being free, happy, and cared about.
It will be another assault on real America in the interests of the few. Wild horses are as much a part of America’s natural landscape as the rocks and rivers.
Not only this bit it is cruel and unthinkable to subject these truly majestic creatures to being rounded up penned and removed from their homes.
if that is the ONLY way civilized, educated, knowledgable people can deal with it … then I am ashamed of humans … why are highly payed specialists payed to come up with solutions better fitting to medieval times ?? it is also no solution to “deport” them to Mexico or somewhere else to be slaughtered … but if they decide to continue to do so – then they should NOT speak of an ICON … I am deeply sorry for the horses and that that is the way they are treated after all … SHAME …
jdewart@blm.gov. This is the person listed on the proposal. I emailed my disgust to him, you should, too!
These horses belong to the public and the BML’s job is to serve the public and protect the environment. By rounding up these wild horses and destroying them they/you are destroying public (my) property and interfering with nature. Stop it. Stop it now!!!!!
These beautiful creatures have done nothing wrong except live their lives like they are supposed to do. Leave them alone to be free. You don’t own them. Our people do. We are paying for their upkeep by our taxes. Get rid of the cattle and sheep that are grazing on public lands! I can’t believe how these people could kill innocent animals.
When you destroy these beautiful, innocent creatures, you destroy America.
BLM created this mess by mismanaging the past, keep the horses on their land, the cattle have to go, for export of beef we slaughter our wild American horses, birth control was the answer, soft captures with baiting to cull herd of young, now the easy way out , for profit, I hope to God not
I have 5 adopted Mustangs and visit the red desert regularly.Most of the removal push is coming from greedy cattle owners. Cut back on grazing and leave the horses alone.
Please stop this!! There is enough land for these horses. This is abuse and cruelty. If this keeps up with the wild horses,the grizzly bears and wolves and who knows what’s next,this won’t be America the beautiful,it will be America the barren!!!!.
Your policies are wrong. I feel their removal of the wild horses is to give in to the cattle industry and the grazing associations. The public who is have a right to be heard are ignored by you and your policies. You are supposed to serve all not cave to the ranchers
This is so Scandolous, thease Wild Horses, should be allowed to roam the wild, they were born and bred there, SHAME ON YOU, WHO want TO DISTROY THIS BEAUTIFUL Breed of Horses,,,,, is this the Land we live in NOW??? WHERE Horses CANNOT roam FREE, where Innocent Babies cannot feel safe even in their Mother’s Womb,,,,,,,,,, What kind of a World are we living in ?? I Put it to every one reading this,,, Now , go to Bed, and see if you can SLEEP…..
Avoid Mediocrity… Do the right thing. You know what the right thing is… Celebratre life! Protect these beautiful animals. Hold your head high in stopping the slaughter. Do the right thing. Potically motivated? Be a Hero! Save the Horses
Please stop the killing of these precious horses. So sad!!
nature in the wild is becoming a thing of the past – not sure why humans want to END LIFE instead of giving life to those in need – a need to simply BE for the only reason of BEING – nothing more – just to EXIST and THRIVE – not taking from anyone but simply existing ~ these horses ARE us ~ time to release and let them BE.
These magnificent animals deserve to live. They’re only being taken off the range to make way for ranchers and oil and gas developers who pay pennies on the dollar to use OUR LAND. Not Federal land, land that belongs to the American People. Only we, The People, should decide who gets to use OUR land.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN……AND TO WHOM WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
Please listen to the many voices in this country who fervently believe that the Wild Horses of the United States West have a very special place….in our land….in our country…..in our history…..in our future…..and in our hearts!
We have already lost so much of our history….because of “development”….”improvements”…..”growth”….
Our country is a beautiful country, with so many different landscapes and awe-inspiring mountains and valleys!
But these lands also harbor beautiful animals, who have been there for centuries and have a right to remain!
PROGRESS does not mean DESTROY!
PROGRESS means that for generations to come, all our citizens can respect and enjoy what this country is made of….the land AND the animals!
The great TEDDY ROOSEVELT had a vision….one that we are all so very thankful for….when he protected and proclaimed the National Parks. How many people flock each year to these lands…so proud and so humbled by their beauty.
Other countries may not consider their roots….their history….but certainly Americans DO. We do not want to see herds of horses destroyed, leaving no sense of what came before us and leaving all future children with only pictures in text books to understand the plight of the horse.
Please consider carefully that once something is destroyed….it can never be the same.
Laura J. Morton
920 Duxbury Lane
Schaumburg, Illinois 60193
(and yes…I live in a populous area in Illinois, near Chicago. And traveling through our country is what our family loves the most!)
Have compassion, this land is to be shared by all. Not everyone wants mono culture or land dominated by cattle and moguls. Share out the world and make room for the horses, there’s more than one way to live.
The American people who pay you are saying NO. Besides you really don;t want the instant karma which will come from this..not sure what it will be. But karma does come, it’s real.
we loosing our Daly value and history every day! Government do not give a shit! Everything is running by accountant’s, for profit!who do not have idea on our past and history! Way to stop this have a sniper scout hired! Most of you will be offended with my opinion!
Have we as a nation, truly become savages? This is a tragedy to allow the roundups and slaughter of these beautiful, wild horses. I will not stop until I see an agreement from the BLM, to stop these practices and look at the scientific information that many of us have. There must be some type of agreement to work with the politicians and the people. We cannot destroy a huge part of our American History. It is shameful!
Sent in my letter emphasizing that the land is principally the horses not the 50,000 sheep and 10,000 cattle they have to share with. Emphasized the need to raise the AML. etc.
Funny how 80% of public range livestock belong to only 4 corporations. They say Grazing Association in each state but really that association is ran by one or two mega ranchers. What kind of payoff do these people making policies get? Why are all the BLM so livestock minded, none of them see the horses as wildlife an asset to our natural world.
Job posting probably for BLM, you have to be totally ignorant, from a livestock yard experience or law degree in resource management for profit. Horses also have the threat of minerals, rich land for another one or two companies.
Keep up the good work, love all you give to us.
Is there a Wild Equine Society like the Audubon Society where us thousands of people can record where and what we see in one large database? Citizen Scientists, groups meets, etc?
Just wondering
Another possible option for population control:
Get equine birth control and people who want to practice their stealth and shooting skills on large moving animals and then have people pay to shoot equine birth control into the feral domestic horses.
That way the population control will pay for itself.
The only problem would be that those horses would learn to fear humans and might no longer be able to trust humans enough to get adopted.
As always – there are so many commenting HERE on this blog when they should be using the BLM’s information that is given on the article above! PLEASE PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS – HOPEFULLY YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS – TO THE BLM!
IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE HORSES TO COMMENT HERE!
I see that there are some who have sent letters to the blm but the large number of these people are under the impression that this is the place to make their feelings known.