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Citizens Call for Immediate Moratorium on Wild Horse Round-UpsCHICAGO, (EWA) – The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA), an umbrella organization comprising over 60 member organizations, announced today it is joining the growing chorus calling for an immediate moratorium on the gathering of wild horses and burros by all government agencies. Already calling for a moratorium are The Cloud Foundation, The Animal Law Coalition and noted expert, wildlife ecologist, Craig Downer and Mustang author Deanne Stillman. On October 7, Ken Salazar, head of the Department of Interior (DOI) and Bob Abbey, head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), publicly admitted the deficiencies in the current management of the Wild Horse and Burro Program in announcing the development of a new plan. “The Salazar plan would simply throw the herds off of their historical Western lands set aside for them in the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act and put them into long term holding facilities which it renames “refuges” explains EWA’s Vicki Tobin. In an August letter to Bob Abbey, Congressmen Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) outlined the deficiencies in the current program over the past several years. To date, none of the deficiencies have been corrected and until range studies can be completed, there is no scientific evidence justifying the removal of wild horses and burros from the land. Following a GAO report in 2008 that found that the BLM did not have adequate funding to support the estimated 37,000 horses they had in holding pens, Congress generously increased their budget. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8719 3 Comments to Citizens Call for Immediate Moratorium on Wild Horse Round-UpsHello. I would like to put a link to your site on my blog roll if you want to do the same for mine. It would be a good way to build up both of our readerships. thank you. What can the BLM be thinking of when they propose spending money they don’t even have to pay contracters to round up all the Wild Horses and Burros in the State of Nevada, pay to have them shipped to the midewestern and eastern areas in the US, pay to buy land to put them on, pay someone to feed them, and pay for the feed………This will certainly save taxpayers a lot of their well-earned money! Why would they even think this will happen, when the Wild Horses and Burros already have existing lands to live on in the 10 western states. With proper management between all concerned, i.e., wild horse, wilderness, environmental, hunting, birding organizations etc., all can share this wonderful open ranges. H. Bonnie Matton, President  AnneAugust 4, 2010 Yeah I agreee; to transport Mustangs to the East when there is no open land space out here instead of keeping them on the vast west plains is counterproductive and quite frankly? “idiotic Leave a comment |
October 31, 2009