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From: AWHPC
To: info DeleteThis @wildhorsepreservation.com
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: AWHPC Action Alert
Dear wild horse supporters:
While we ALL keep pushing for and await passage of the
House/Senate bills, H.R. 297/S. 576, we need to urge the
BLM/Dept. of Interior to implement some formal rules
regulating the sale of the horses now subject to the Burns
Amendment.
We are part of a coalition that filed a formal petition for
rulemaking for just this purpose about three weeks ago.
We did this because the horses ARE being sold. While
we hope to stop this, and pass the bills, we need these
rules as part of our practical plan to help the horses being
sold now. Regulations would set specific standards on
how to accurately determine a horse's age, what constitutes
"offered for adoption three times," how the sales and
transportation should take place, and other rules to ensure
humane treatment of the Burns horses, all contained in the
petition for rulemaking.
The agency contacts are below. We need your short letters
urging that the regulations be promulgated to go out as soon
as possible (with a copy to your U.S. Representative/Senators).
For more suggestions on how to help, please visit the Take
Action page on
www.wildhorsepreservation.com.
Gale Norton, Secretary of Interior
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240
Phone: 202-208-3100
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Kathleen Clarke, Director of the BLM
Office of Public Affairs
1849 C Street, Room 406-LS
Washington, DC 20240
Phone: (202) 452-5125
Fax: (202) 452-5124
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Jeff Rawson
Director of the Wild Horse and Burro Program in D.C.
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On behalf of the horses, thank you for your support.
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.com
'An aggressive wild horse removal campaign is currently under
way by the U.S. government, at the cost of millions of taxpayer
dollars. The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) removal
policy is contrary to the spirit of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming
Horse and Burro Act. The Act was the result of an unprecedented
public outcry and unquestionably reflects the will of the American
people; its intent was to preserve wild horses and burros as part
of our national heritage.
Over the past 30 years, under pressure from special interest
groups and in blatant disregard of the public's wishes, the BLM
has systematically favored subsidized livestock grazing on public
lands to the detriment of wild horse populations. The Burns
Amendment was the last nail in the coffin of federal wild horse
protection, opening the door to the slaughter of thousands of
these living symbols of our Nation's spirit.
We are calling for a Congressional review of the government's
wild horse management policies and coordinating a grassroots
campaign in support of H.R. 297 and S. 576, which would
restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of
wild horses and burros.
In addition to supporting H.R. 297 and S. 576, our goal is to obtain:
*the review of scientific findings that contradict BLM's claims of
wild horse overpopulation and negative impact on the range;
*a moratorium on round-ups until actual numbers of wild horses
and burros on public lands have been independently assessed; and
*implementation of in-the-wild management, which would save
millions of tax-dollars.
Please take action now.
www.wildhorsepreservation.com
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