Documentary ‘Disappointment Valley’ explores the plight of wild horses

I found this information from R.T Fitch’s blog at http://rtfitch.wordpress.com when I was trying to find what the outcome was from the protest discussion with the BLM on Monday. I still haven’t run across all of the details, but I will post as soon as I do. The below are excerpts from the post written by SABINA DANA PLASSE:

The American West’s wild horse saga will not end without a good fight from lovers of the land and the animals.

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker James Kleinert has been documenting the struggle of the wild horse and its disappearance from the West for the last six years. Kleinert has been gathering footage and commentary from wild horse lovers and at roundups.

“The wild horse will be annihilated as an American symbol,” Kleinert said. “The Bureau of Land Management is pitting horse advocates against ranchers, but there is a greater issue.”

The larger issue is the mining of public land, he said. Read more …

Kleinert said he does not oppose the management of horses, just the reasoning for and degree to which it is done.

Reblogged from http://rtfitch.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/the-managed-extinction-of-an-icon/

Watch YouTube video: Disappointment Valley… A Modern Day Western – Trailer

 1) Call President Obama (202-456-1111) and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (202-208-3100). Demand a Congressional investigation into the Bureau of Land Management. Ask for independent studies on statistics of the wild horses and do NOT rely on the BLM statistics. They are flawed and misrepresent the truth.

 To contact your congressman, visit: www.house.gov

2) The R.O.A.M. Act is currently siting in the Senate Committee of Energy & Natural Resources as S. 1579.

Please contact the Senators on the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and ask that they support the R.O.A.M Act (S. 1579). www.senate.gov

3) Share this video and information with friends and family. Most people don’t know wild horses still roam the west, let alone they are being rounded up and slaughtered. The public has fought to support these horses in the past. We can do it again! The more people who become aware of the issue, the better chance they have for survival. www.theamericanwildhorse.com

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Find even more information by clicking on the category for Wild Horses-Mustangs or Equine Welfare in this blog, e.g., http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/?cat=468

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