Don't fund the bloody wild horse roundups!
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As your constituent, I urge you to reject increasing the budget for the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and burro program. In addition, I urge you to join the House in cutting the budget by $2 million to "send a very strong message" about the need for reform this costly and cruel federal program.
The BLM has stated that it will use the increased funding to roundup and remove nearly 5,000 additional mustangs and burros from our public lands by the end the year, after already removing nearly 6,000 wild horses since the fiscal year began in October 2010.
We already have over 42,000 wild horses held captive in holding facilities that will cost taxpayers $46 million this year alone.
Although the BLM is talking about making changes to this program, without pressure from Congress, it will continue to do business as usual. That has been the history of this program. While we have a moral obligation to care for the wild horses already in captivity, we cannot allow this agency to deepen its fiscal black hole by bringing more and more mustangs into taxpayer-funded holding facilities.
As Congress considers drastic spending cuts, we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this broken federal program that is wasting tax dollars and harming our federally-protected wild horses and burros.
Thank you for your consideration.
The BLM has stated that it will use the increased funding to roundup and remove nearly 5,000 additional mustangs and burros from our public lands by the end the year, after already removing nearly 6,000 wild horses since the fiscal year began in October 2010.
We already have over 42,000 wild horses held captive in holding facilities that will cost taxpayers $46 million this year alone.
Although the BLM is talking about making changes to this program, without pressure from Congress, it will continue to do business as usual. That has been the history of this program. While we have a moral obligation to care for the wild horses already in captivity, we cannot allow this agency to deepen its fiscal black hole by bringing more and more mustangs into taxpayer-funded holding facilities.
As Congress considers drastic spending cuts, we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this broken federal program that is wasting tax dollars and harming our federally-protected wild horses and burros.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Our wild horses are an American treasure. They are the true symbol of freedom. They were to be protected and cared for on land set aside for their use and their use only. Remove all the cattle and other subsidies that are encroaching on the wild horse's rights to that land. The BLM needs to be restructured and our wild horses need to be properly cared for and protected by people who have the proper understanding and intentions for these horses. No more round-ups. Leave our wild horses alone and return to the wild those currently being held in holding facilities.
These cruel and disgusting events need to be stopped, for both wild horses & burros!!
Please put an end to this insanity!
The cattleman are liars and thieves
STOP THE ABUSE AND LET OUR HORSES BE FREE! I DO NOT WANT MY TAX MONEY SPENT ON THIS!
"Horrible to do to our horses"
There is nothing okay about this. They are wild, allow them to live their lives naturally. They are a symbol of our heritage, our government has taken away native americans' right to live naturally, we should not force these amazing animals into "reservations" also.
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