Please sign!! BLM to start killing our mustangs instead of adopting out
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/266046279?z00m=15684762
BLM: Don't Kill Our Wild Horses
Target: Director James Caswell, Bureau of Land Management
Sponsored by: Care2.com
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced plans to kill America's wild horses rather than effectively manage our wild natural heritage.
BLM claims it can no longer afford to round up wild horses and confine them until it finds people to adopt them, and the agency wants to euthanize these majestic wild beauties or sell them to the highest bidder "without limitation" - meaning sell them to anyone, even if the bidder also plans to kill these horses.
Why does BLM need to round up wild horses and send them to slaughter? The BLM claims that the agency can't "allow horses to multiply unchecked on the range without causing an environmental disaster." But there are less than 30,000 wild horses on the range versus at least 3 million grazing cows. So rather than address the environmental damage caused by cattle overgrazing and expanding oil and gas exploration on our public lands, the BLM would rather placate corporate cattle ranchers who view mustangs as competition for forage, and drive wild horses - our country's symbol of freedom and independent spirit - to extinction.
This plan is simply outrageous. Stand up for our wild horses and send a comment to BLM today. Urge our government to abide by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971 and effectively manage the land to preserve wild horses rather than kill them!
i signed this earlier.
i justsigned this and looked around on the petition site...i ended up signing like 30 other petitions, there's a lot for animal welfare...do ti!
My sister adopted a mustang a couple of years ago. She has 42 acres in southwestern VA....lucky her! She is a "foster parent" for rescued horses (she has 5) and boxers (she has 6). Now if she'd only go vegetarian.
I signed this. I've been reading about this lately. It's disgusting. Another reason not to eat meat (the cattle ranchers wanting to get rid of the horses on 'their' leased land). >:(
Actually I'm against feral horses in the environment. They force out native species such as bighorn sheep and really aren't well adapted for the environment they're in. The only reason they've managed to do well is because people have managed to kill or drive off any predator of any size. Of course, I'm also against cattle destroying the environment too, although if I ate cattle I'd rather buy "free range" cattle than factory farmed/overcrowded/diseased meat. I think people need to stop saying "oh we must take care of these animals because they're so pretty" while ignoring the fact that they DO NOT BELONG. They are all descended from domesticated animals, not a single one of them is "wild". They need to be removed to allow native species to flourish.
Actually I'm against feral horses in the environment. They force out native species such as bighorn sheep and really aren't well adapted for the environment they're in. The only reason they've managed to do well is because people have managed to kill or drive off any predator of any size. Of course, I'm also against cattle destroying the environment too, although if I ate cattle I'd rather buy "free range" cattle than factory farmed/overcrowded/diseased meat. I think people need to stop saying "oh we must take care of these animals because they're so pretty" while ignoring the fact that they DO NOT BELONG. They are all descended from domesticated animals, not a single one of them is "wild". They need to be removed to allow native species to flourish.
They may be descended from domesticated animals, but they are certainly not domesticated now. Like dingos in Australia, they have become part of the ecosystem. Besides that, what damage the horses do is nothing compared to the damage done by cattle farming - free-range meat actually requires more resources than factory farming.