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Our Mission: To Protect All Horses and Burros from Slaughter
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Senate Votes to Stop Slaughter of Wild Horses and Burros! The Senate also prohibited BLM from using funds to kill healthy unadopted wild horses and burros! Update Sept. 25, 2009: The Senate has voted to pass H.R. 2996, an appropriations bill for 2010 for the Dept. of Interior including the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"). BLM manages the nation's wild horses and burros. In the bill the Senate made clear to the BLM: Appropriations ... made [in this bill]shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its contractors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruction for processing into commercial products. This mandate was proposed by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). This provision must still be approved by the U.S. House. Also at Sen. Landrieu's urging, the Senate Appropriations Committee found "the costs for gathering and holding equines to control populations on public lands have risen beyond sustainable levels. The Committee directs the Bureau to (1) consider private proposals for long-term care of wild horses and burros; (2) create a bidding process among such proposals, and (3) prepare and publish a new comprehensive long-term plan and policy for management of wild horses and burros that involves consideration and development of proposals by non-governmental entities, by September 30, 2010." The Committee "encourage[d] all Federal agencies that need and use horses to fulfill their responsibilities to first seek to acquire a wild horse from the Bureau of Land Management, and, prior to seeking another supplier for usable horses, document why the Bureau cannot meet the needs of the inquiring Federal agency." The Committee "encouraged" BLM "to develop an expedited process for providing wild horses to local and State police forces." -> More from Advisory Board Member Laura Allen |
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U.S. House Passes Bill to Save Wild Horses & Burros! The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday, July 17 on the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act (H.R. 1018). This critically important federal animal welfare bill restores protections for wild horses and burros, and prevents commercial sale and wholesale slaughter of these American icons. HISTORY: Congress originally passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act in 1971 to protect our wild horses, but in 2004 this protection was gutted in a midnight maneuver by then-Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). Then the federal Bureau of Land Management said it would consider killing more than 30,000 horses in holding pens. H.R. 1018 helps to save tax dollars by keeping our mustangs on the range and using innovative and humane management tools, such as fertility control. Your help is needed to restore vital protections for the majestic and beautiful symbol of the American West -- our mustangs. H.R. 1018 is sponsored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall Chairman Rahall's ROAM Act responsibly restoreS many of the guaranteed protections originally established in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. These same protections have been gutted by stealth riders and the (BLM)'s, Bureau of Land Management's wanton mismanage-ment of these magnificent animals for decades. At a time when there are nearly as many wild horses in captivity as on the range this legislation is urgently needed. Concerned citizens contacted their US Representatives and urged them to support Chairman Rahall and vote "YES" on H.R. 1018. This proves that calls and efforts by humanitarians really do work! Actual Roll Call Vote: |
On Tuesday, July 14th, horse advocates came together and called Capitol Hill asking Congress to stop the grisly transport of America’s horses for torturous slaughter in other countries. You can still join this important effort and help pass the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R.503/S. 727) with a simple phone call. Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your U.S. Representative’s and two U.S. Senators’ offices. Just ask them to “please co-sponsor H.R. 503 and S. 727 to protect horses from slaughter.” America’s horses are still depending on you.
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