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Save Wild USA Horses from Slaughter
By BornFreeMovies on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/bornfreemovies)
View Invisible Mustangs Short Movie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kLkH-_tQ64
The USA Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agency is supposed to protect and manage wild horses that still roam the American West. BLM rounds up thousands of wild horses each year to keep populations stable. But by March 2012, government pens and pastures were nearly full with no more space to be found. Horse adoption rates were down, leaving the agency facing a gridlock that would invite lawsuits and potentially cause long-term damage to the range.
So the BLM increased its sales to a little-known Colorado livestock hauler named T. Davis who was willing to buy hundreds of horses at a time, sight unseen, for $10 a head. The BLM has sold Davis at least 1,700 wild horses and burros since 2009, 70 percent of the animals purchased through its sale program.
Like all buyers, Davis signs contracts promising that animals bought from the program will not be slaughtered and insists he finds them good homes. But Davis is a longtime advocate of horse slaughter and admitted he has ducked Colorado law to move animals across state lines and will not divulge their destinations. He continues to buy wild horses for slaughter from Indian reservations, which are not protected by the same laws. And since 2010, he has been seeking investors for his own slaughterhouse.
Animal welfare advocates fear that horses bought by Davis are being sent to the killing floor. Wild horse welfare advocates have warned that the policy of capturing and storing horses is unsustainable and have pushed for the BLM to use fertility controls, introduce predators or expand wild horse territories, but the agency has made little progress toward these goals.
Please sign this petition and urge BLM to STOP rounding up and selling wild horses to slaughter. The wild horses, a symbol of American freedom, deserve to live free, the way they were born to be.
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October 14, 2012
I have spent the last few nights reading through your stories about the mustangs you have seen in the wild and the heartbreak you feel for their future. It is clear that we are all united by the sight of these animals running free and the horror of knowing where they might actually end up. I am pushing hard to get the names on this list in front of the people responsible for these decisions.
October 14, 2012
Seeing this level of support for these Mustangs brings me to tears because I remember the first time I looked into their eyes in those holding pens. This momentum proves that people are finally waking up to the reality of what happens to these icons of the West. My heart is full knowing we are fighting this battle together.
Reached 100 supporters
October 14, 2012
9 Comments
STOP THIS! FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL! INHUMANE SLAUGHTER, OF OUR WILD HORSE HERITAGE! I AM SO SAD THAT OUR GREAT COUNTRY WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC!!
Davis should be FINED and prosecuted for fraud. The contract spells out what is expected. He violated the terms of the contract. He should be made to repay all the money he made to BLM. "Purchasers" should be pre-screened. Wild Horses are or should be an endangered species. Laws need to be enforced. Hard to believe there were no other options at $10/head to move these horses to other federal lands. This is profiteering at its worst!
Wild horses deserve to live free. Humans do not rule over the wild creatures of this planet. The more we wipe out God's creatures the sooner we wipe out ourselves.
STOP THE SLAUGHTER. These horses are symbols of our freedom and they are being sold to be butchered. Disgusting!!!
How can our own government let this happen? It is absolutely sick what they are doing to these beautiful animals for a few measly dollars. Shame on the BLM for looking the other way!
Save these animals they are a vital part of America's history.
The BLM is a misnomer save our National Treasures now before it's too late
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Save Wild USA Horses from Slaughter
By BornFreeMovies on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/bornfreemovies)
View Invisible Mustangs Short Movie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kLkH-_tQ64
The USA Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agency is supposed to protect and manage wild horses that still roam the American West. BLM rounds up thousands of wild horses each year to keep populations stable. But by March 2012, government pens and pastures were nearly full with no more space to be found. Horse adoption rates were down, leaving the agency facing a gridlock that would invite lawsuits and potentially cause long-term damage to the range.
So the BLM increased its sales to a little-known Colorado livestock hauler named T. Davis who was willing to buy hundreds of horses at a time, sight unseen, for $10 a head. The BLM has sold Davis at least 1,700 wild horses and burros since 2009, 70 percent of the animals purchased through its sale program.
Like all buyers, Davis signs contracts promising that animals bought from the program will not be slaughtered and insists he finds them good homes. But Davis is a longtime advocate of horse slaughter and admitted he has ducked Colorado law to move animals across state lines and will not divulge their destinations. He continues to buy wild horses for slaughter from Indian reservations, which are not protected by the same laws. And since 2010, he has been seeking investors for his own slaughterhouse.
Animal welfare advocates fear that horses bought by Davis are being sent to the killing floor. Wild horse welfare advocates have warned that the policy of capturing and storing horses is unsustainable and have pushed for the BLM to use fertility controls, introduce predators or expand wild horse territories, but the agency has made little progress toward these goals.
Please sign this petition and urge BLM to STOP rounding up and selling wild horses to slaughter. The wild horses, a symbol of American freedom, deserve to live free, the way they were born to be.
Updates
October 14, 2012
I have spent the last few nights reading through your stories about the mustangs you have seen in the wild and the heartbreak you feel for their future. It is clear that we are all united by the sight of these animals running free and the horror of knowing where they might actually end up. I am pushing hard to get the names on this list in front of the people responsible for these decisions.
October 14, 2012
Seeing this level of support for these Mustangs brings me to tears because I remember the first time I looked into their eyes in those holding pens. This momentum proves that people are finally waking up to the reality of what happens to these icons of the West. My heart is full knowing we are fighting this battle together.
Reached 100 supporters
October 14, 2012
9 Comments
Quit murdering animals! They have right to be here. Don't let your greed get the best of you for the land or any other reason.
STOP THIS! FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL! INHUMANE SLAUGHTER, OF OUR WILD HORSE HERITAGE! I AM SO SAD THAT OUR GREAT COUNTRY WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC!!
Davis should be FINED and prosecuted for fraud. The contract spells out what is expected. He violated the terms of the contract. He should be made to repay all the money he made to BLM. "Purchasers" should be pre-screened. Wild Horses are or should be an endangered species. Laws need to be enforced. Hard to believe there were no other options at $10/head to move these horses to other federal lands. This is profiteering at its worst!
Wild horses deserve to live free. Humans do not rule over the wild creatures of this planet. The more we wipe out God's creatures the sooner we wipe out ourselves.
STOP THE SLAUGHTER. These horses are symbols of our freedom and they are being sold to be butchered. Disgusting!!!
How can our own government let this happen? It is absolutely sick what they are doing to these beautiful animals for a few measly dollars. Shame on the BLM for looking the other way!
Save these animals they are a vital part of America's history.
The BLM is a misnomer save our National Treasures now before it's too late
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Quit murdering animals! They have right to be here. Don't let your greed get the best of you for the land or any other reason.