Richard, I have to say get rid of the horses. They aren't native here. Carl
Richard wrote: > > Dear Friends of Wild Horses, > > > Attached is a press release and below are actions that you can take to > save America's wild > horses from slaughter. > > The following site will give you access to your Congressional members in > your state. > > > http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html > > > What the current rider to the Appropriations law will do: > > Wild horses over the age of ten will automatically be sent to slaughter > Wild horses aged ten and under will go to slaughter is they are not > adopted in three > adoptions > BLM does not have to advertise adoptions > Horses will be sold to the highest bidder ("killer buyers") > Selling wild horses to slaughter will no longer be considered a crime. > > Facts about Wild Horses: > > In 1971, there were 303 herd areas designated for wild horses and burros > Today there are only 186 herd areas left > In 1974, there were 60,000 wild horses and burros on public lands > Today there are less than 35,000 wild horses and burros on public lands > according to BLM > statistics > BLM plans to bring the population down to 20,000 wild horses and burros > At above levels, 70% of the herd areas will have less than 100 animals - > meaning that > populations will not be genetically viable with reduced levels. > Currently, wild horses are far more genetically diverse compared to any > breed of domestic > horse in the US. This means that wild horses are healthier and have > little to no inbreeding > in the herds. > No age of wild horse is unadoptable. Time and patience allows for a > bonding between > human and horse regardless of age. > Because of nature's breeding program, wild horses have nearly perfect > conformations and > are extremely healthy and survival oriented. They are by nature curious > and form lasting > human-animal bonds. > Many of the herds have ancestry dating back to the Spanish Conquistadors. > > What will happen: > > Approximately 14,000 wild horses will go to slaughter immediately. > The door is open for thousands of more horses to go to slaughter > The great genetic diversity of wild horses will be diminished as BLM > reduces populations > to below viable levels. > > Why is this happening: > > Wild horses have had to fight for every blade of grass since the turn of > the 20th century. > Wild horses were driven out of plush ranges and survived in locations > uninhabitable my > cattle - hence the birth of public lands. > Many public lands ranchers would like to see wild horses eliminated on > public lands. > Only 2% of the beef eatin in the US comes from public lands ranching. > More than 50% of leased public lands is leased by 3% of the permittees > who comprise large > corporations such as mining, oil, banks etc. > Public lands ranching costs the taxpayers approximately 1/2 billion > dollars per year while > the Wild Horse and Burro program costs the taxpayers 11 million per year. > Ranchers pay the BLM $1.43 per cow plus a calf per month (AUM) to graze > on public > lands. Imagine feeding a 2,000 pound animal (cow and calf) for $1.43 > per month. It is > unlikely that you could raise a hamster for that amount of money per month. > According to the GAO report in 1990, wild horses were NOT the cause of > declining > rangelands but it was attributed to overgrazing by cattle. > Private ranchers must pay at least $35.00 per month for their cows and > must compete > against public lands ranching while most of the beef eaten in the US > comes from our > private ranchers. > Most wild horse herd areas have cattle grazing in the herd areas. > There are millions of acres where there are no horses and cattle graze. > There is a complacency amongst the American people who think wild horses > are being > protected because of the Wild Horse and Burro Act. Few people know that > we have less > horses now than when the act passed in 1971. > BLM has never really had a marketing plan or training program for staff > and a business > cannot produce without either. > BLM originally was a grazing agency and were mandated by law to manage > the wild > horses. Therefore, the wild horse and burro program never really had a > fighting chance > during those early years when the program was in its infancy because > those who wanted > to rid the public lands of wild horses were in charge of the program. > BLM is under the false impression that wild horses over the age of ten > are unadoptable.. > Not true. > This really could be the "White Hat" program of the BLM if they desired. > > What to do: > > Call your Representative and ask them to remove the Rider #142 from the > Appropriation > Bill. House is due to meet on 12/6/04 > Call Senator Conrad Burns of Montana and ask him to remove the rider > from the > Appropriation Bill. 202-224-2644 or 1-800-344-1513. > Call the President's comment line and tell him that you protest the > slaughter of America's > wild horses. 202-456-2461 > Call Senator Reid of Nevada and ask him to remove the rider from the > Appropriation Bill > 202-224-3542. > E-mail this letter to as many people as possible > > For further questions: > > Call the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros > - 605-964-6866 > or 605-365-6991 > > Future Plans: > > A delegation of Native American presidents, chiefs, and spiritual > leaders will go to > Washington to speak with the President and Secretary Norton of the > Interior. A press > conference will be held in Washington. Our goal is to ask that the wild > horses not be > slaughtered and offer a solution to take excess wild horses to different > tribal lands to > protect the horses on those lands. > Introduce legislation to amend the Wild Horse and Burro Act to > reinstitute protections in > 109th Congress. > > Current Situation: > > ISPMB is the oldest wild horse and burro organization in the US and > responsible for the > passage of the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act that protected wild horses > from slaughter. > ISPMB is the only organization in the US that manages wild horse herds. > ISPMB already manages three wild horse herds on the Cheyenne River > Reservation. The > Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe manages a fourth herd given to them by ISPMB. > Plans are underway to give a fifth herd to the Osage Indians in OK. > www.ispmb.org or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for helping our wild horses > > Karen Sussman > > President ISPMB > > > > PO Box 55 > > Lantry, SD 57636 > > > > 605-964-6866 > > 605-365-6991 > > > > > > UPDATE: > > > Please stay in touch with ISPMB as we have the most current information > on the legislation > that will kill thousands of wild horses. > > > Correction - hot line for the White House (202)456-1111 > > > Please flood your Representative's lines asking that they remove Rider > #142 from the > Appropriations Bill HR 4818. > > Tell them that you will not stand by while our wild horses are > slaughtered. The wild > horses represent what our country stands for and that is FREEDOM. > > > Below is the Bill. IT HAS NOT PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. > They meet on > Monday at 2PM and work through Wednesday. There is time to STOP THIS!!! > > > > Here is the link to the H.Rpt. 108-792 Conference Report to Accompany > H.R. 4818 - > Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Click on Division E which covers > appropriations > language for DOI, either the text version or the PDF version, whichever > you prefer. The > amendment is under Sec. 142. The text is as follows: > > SEC. 142. SALE OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS. (a) IN > GENERAL.--Section 3 > of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1333) is amended-- > (1) in subsection (d)(5), by striking ``this section'' and all that > follows through the period > at the end and inserting ``this section.''; and > (2) by adding at the end the following: > ``(e) SALE OF EXCESS ANIMALS.-- > ``(1) IN GENERAL.--Any excess animal or the remains of an excess animal > shall be sold > if-- ``(A) the excess animal is more than 10 years of age; or > ``(B) the excess animal > has been offered unsuccessfully for adoption at least 3 times. > ``(2) METHOD OF SALE.--An excess animal that meets either of the > criteria in paragraph > (1) shall be made available for sale without limitation, including > through auction to the > highest bidder, at local sale yards or other convenient livestock > selling facilities, until such > time as-- ``(A) all excess animals offered for sale are sold; or > ``(B) the appropriate > management level, as determined by the Secretary, is attained in all > areas occupied by wild > free-roaming horses and burros. > ``(3) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.--Funds generated from the sale of excess > animals under > this subsection shall be-- ``(A) credited as an offsetting collection > to the Management > of Lands and Resources appropriation for the Bureau of Land Management; > and ``(B) > used for the costs relating to the adoption of wild free-roaming horses > and burros, > including the costs of marketing such adoption. > '`(4) EFFECT OF SALE.--Any excess animal sold under this provision shall > no longer be > considered to be a wild free-roaming horse or burro for purposes of this > Act.''. > > Sorry this took so long -- I've been swamped, needless to say. Even > though it is highly > unlikely that we can get this amendment pulled before the President > signs it, we are > working Nancy Pelosi's office just in case, if at the very least she can > make a statement on > the House floor on Monday so it can be recorded in the Congressional > Record. > > > > Below is how to access your Representatives and Senators. Call and e-mail. > > > > http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html > > > > Call these numbers and e-mail > > > > President Bush - 202-456-1111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > VP Cheney - 202-456-2461 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Senator Harry Reid - 202-224-3542 > > Senator Conrad Burns 1-800-344-1513 or 202-224-2644 > > > > For more information please contact ISPMB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thankyou for your help! > > > > Karen A. 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