FOLKS THIS IS A MUST READ: THE EPA IS LISTING WILD HORSES AS PESTS ... AND THE REASON THEY CAN GO AROUND BLM RULES FEDERAL LAW: POST AND SHARE PLEASE WITH COMMENTS ... PLEASE READ THIS ... THIS GROUP IS TRYING TO SAVE 37 WILD HORSES ROUNDED UP IN WY AND SOLD TO A SLUGHTER HOUSE IN CANADA WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE US PUBLIC ABOUT IT ... THE EPA HAS LISTED WILD HORSES AS PESTS ... OUR HERDS ARE NOT SAFE FROM THE BLM ... SHARE! ~ BREAKING NEWS: Sons of Anarchy’s Bobby Elvis wants to save 37 iconic wild horses from being butchered Horse advocates will protest roundups at the BLM Advisory Board meeting April 14th in Sacramento Los Angeles, Ca. (April 2, 2014)–Mark Boone Junior, who plays Bobby Elvis in Sons of Anarchy, is working with Anne Novak at Protect Mustangs, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, to buy 37 Wyoming wild horses including 2 colts from a Canadian slaughterhouse before they are butchered for human consumption abroad. “We hope we can get them before they slaughter them,” explains Boone. “Wild horses are a national treasure and we want them back.” The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not notify wild horse groups about the helicopter roundup. Instead they handed over 41 free-roaming wild horses, including 6 youngsters, to the Wyoming Livestock Board who quickly sold these living icons of freedom at auction. 4 foals were purchased a Montana buyer to save them. 37 wild horses including 2 youngsters were purchased by the slaughterhouse Bouvry Export from Fort Mcload in Alberta, Canada. “If we had known what was going on, we would have bought the wild horses directly from the Wyoming livestock board and put them in a safe place,” explains Anne Novak, executive director of Protect Mustangs. “Why didn’t the BLM notify horse protection groups that the free-roaming wild horses were going to be rounded up and sold?” The Wyoming 41 were a small herd roaming east of US 310 between Lovell and Greybull, Wyoming. They were likely descendants of the Foster Gulch/Dry Creek Herd Area that was zeroed out in 1987 to make room for other uses. In 1971 there were 339 wild herds in the West, but today there are only 179 left in all 10 western states combined. Despite spin created by the BLM and industrial interests who don’t want to share the land with federally protected wild horses, the truth is that they are gravely underpopulated. The National Academy of Sciences reported there is no evidence of overpopulation in 2013. Therefore, Secretary Jewell’s push to control population is unnecessary. Independent estimates report only 21,354 wild horses are left in the wild while there are approximately 240,000-480,000 heads of livestock in wild horse and burro areas. As a result of roundups more than 48,000 wild horses are warehoused in captivity at taxpayer expense. Native wild horses should be returned to the original herd management areas established in 1971. A 13-year study of wild herds done by the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros working with Princeton University shows wild horse herds with functional social structures contribute to low herd growth compared to BLM-managed herds. In the wild, the majority of herds need to recover from recurring roundups so they can self-regulate. Protect Mustangs is calling for a 10 year moratorium on roundups for recovery and scientific studies. Their Change.org petition to Secretary Jewell is here: change.org/petitions/sally-jewell-urgent-grant-a-10-year-moratorium-on-wild-horse-roundups-for-recovery-and-scientific-studies Since the EPA categorized native wild horses as pests in 2012, to pass the restricted use pesticide and immunocontraceptive known as PZP, the BLM doesn’t care to notify the public about roundups on public land outside of herd management areas. These horses are sent off to auction and are purchased for probable slaughter. READ more here: ProtectMustangs.org We will need donations to help if we can get the horses out! We will keep you posted. Like our page for updates https://facebook/ProtectMustangs
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:59:57 +0000
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