This is a copy/paste from
Lipizzaner-Kgirl because we need to save the world from
ourselves. Something is going haywire with my journal, it
won't auto-enter and I have to do it manually. I want to do
this but, I don't use facebook so, the next best thing is to
spread the word on my journal.
Learn more about Mustangs and the BLM on my Mustang blog:
www.savethemustanghorses.blogs…
The BLM has denied all motion to stop 800+ horse Mustang roundup in Wyoming checkerboard lands. Once again, we have yet another case of the government blatantly ignoring the requests of its people in order to gain profit.
The BLM plans to completely remove all Mustang herds on Wyoming checkerboard lands. Checkerboard lands are lands that consist of small areas of public land that butt up against small areas of private land. As no one is responsible enough to place fences around their private land, the Mustangs wander onto private lands, thus eating graze that belongs to private ranchers. The BLM's response is to remove all of the horses, not to encourage ranchers to manage their private land properly.
Here's what YOU can do: - Post your discontented, but civil and respectful comments on the Department of Interior's Facebook page, stating your stance on the removal of the Wyoming checkerboard horses.
- Share this on your Facebook page and with all your friends.
- Be sure
to join the conversation with #justice4mustangs on your postings. - Tweet to @ SecretaryJewell @ Interior: Public lands 4 all Americans: Stop WY wild horse wipeout. #justice4mustangs
- Write your US Senators and Representatives.
Thank you for your support!For more information on the roundup and legal action Click Here.
Dear sir or madam of the BLM,
As __________________, I ask you to please reconsider the scheduled removal of the Mustangs herds of the Wyoming checkerboard lands. Congressionally-mandates studies have revealed that there is no scientific reason to remove the Mustangs. They are not overpopulating or causing damage to the rangelands as those studies have shown that even after massive removals (such as this one), the land is not much improved, if it is improved at all. Cattle on public lands number in the millions and cause far more damage than Mustangs ever could have (which number fewer than 40,000 in the wild).
By zeroing out the Mustang herds of the checkerboard lands, you will be zeroing them out of public lands, lands which are designated to be shared by cattle and wildlife (Mustangs included.) This is a clear violation of the Wild Horse and Burro Act which states in Section 1: "It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands."
The removal of Mustangs and not cattle from the Wyoming checkerboard lands also displays an unmistakable partiality to cattle ranchers, something which you claim to be false (according to your "Myths and Facts" page.) If you continue to blatantly lie to us, how do you expect us to trust you? Prove us wrong by cancelling this Mustang removal and instead choose other management methods, such as fertility drugs and the option of fencing off private land in the checkerboard lands.
Thank you for your time.
