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Repeal The Burns Amendment, Restore The Wild Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act

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  • Oct 18th, 2016
    Marcie N. from Flushing, NY writes:
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    Our Horses & Burros ????American Icons , are being Rounded up, Sold & Slaughtered An Entire Species of Animal like the Bison is being MANAGED TO EXTINCTION ! Horses & Burros Built our Country We have No Right to Murder them The Profits being made by Feed Lots & Kill Pens are in the Millions Equines Must be Protected at any Cost They are American & Our History This must maintain On a Federal Level States rights will not protect Our Beloved Equines
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  • Oct 14th, 2016
    Mary Elisabeth M. from Litchfield, CT signed.
  • Oct 12th, 2016
    Judy P. from Colchester, IL signed.
  • Oct 10th, 2016
    Candice C. from Bellflower, CA writes:
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    They deserve better from us they helped us build this Country.
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  • Oct 9th, 2016
    Someone from Dallas, GA writes:
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    Our Savior was born in a stable, and will return on the back of a horse. I am appalled at the cruelty and ruthlessness of the people involved, both directly and indirectly. On Judgement day we will all be held accountable for our actions. I hope there is a special place ...... waiting for those who commit, condone, or even allow these merciless activities.
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  • Oct 9th, 2016
    Cheryl B. from Gladewater, TX writes:
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    The American people have made it clear time and time again, we wish our Wild horses to remain free. The Burns Ammendment puts all wild equines in danger of total inilation. Keep your promise; protect our horses and keep them safe from slaughter.
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  • Oct 8th, 2016
    sandra r. from Statham, GA writes:
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    stop big ag from destroying more land meant for wildlife
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  • Oct 8th, 2016
    Sonja S. from Marysville, WA signed.
  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Donna G. from Appleton, WI writes:
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    Return freedom to Americas wild horses and let them be!!
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  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Donna G. from Fort Smith, AR writes:
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    Return the freedoms to the horses and get the cattle off our public lands!
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  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Karton W. from Palmdale, CA signed.
  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Dawn H. from San Antonio, TX signed.
  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Carolyn B. from Bedford, NH signed.
  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Tanya K. from Wimberley, TX writes:
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    Tax paying voters do want our wild horses shipped to Mexico and slaughtered!
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  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Tina W. from Pahrump, NV writes:
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    PLEASE listen to this PLEASE
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  • Oct 7th, 2016
    MARY C. from Las Vegas, NV writes:
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    STOP SUFFERING AND MURDERING THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS.
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  • Oct 7th, 2016
    Katherine D. from Grand Rapids, MI writes:
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    It is time to treat these icons of the history of our country with the respect and care they deserve! Repeal the Burns Ammendment before these amazing animals are gone.
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Jina H. from Sherman, TX signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    ANA M. from Las Vegas, NV writes:
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    FREE THE WILD MUSTANGS. THEY DONT BELONG TO YOU
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Jean M. from Woodbury, TN signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Deb M. from Garden City, KS signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    melanie c. from Brandon, MS writes:
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    The wild mustang and burros must be restored to safety. Anyone who believes that slaughter is the answer is a criminal and committing abuse. They should be turned back to their freedom OR release for citizens to purchase, not killed. You would be killing our American heritage. What has happened to the people of our country? It is so sad to me. What next? Old, Sick people will be murdered?
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Rebecca C. from Ward, AR writes:
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    Public land public owned wild equines keep your promise & protect
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Melissa W. from Lakeville, MN writes:
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    Please return the "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act" (WHBA) of 1971, so the wild equines can live their life in their land once again. Please repeal The Burns Amendment and restore it back with the "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act" (WHBA) of 1971. Thank you.
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Someone from Huntington Beach, CA writes:
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    Did Americans ever get word of this Amendment? NO! They would NEVER have agreed to the Burns Amendment!!! Stop the back alley voting to kill America's Wild Horses. REPEAL THE BURNS AMENDMENT!! Americans DEMAND that you stick to the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act as is with NO AMENDMENTS! We will not tolerate the brutal capture, torture and death of the animals whose very back helped build our great nation!!!!
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Someone from Amarillo, TX signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    mae m. from reddick, FL writes:
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    nothing but corruption to hide bills in other bills so they can pass them burns is just a act to allow them to kill off the wilds total genocide
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Lori E. from Bismarck, AR signed.
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    Tina W. from Pahrump, NV signed.
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    Mary T. from Chicago, IL signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Jette G. from Mckinleyville, CA writes:
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    ?Never, never, be afraid to do what?s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society?s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way?. !! Martin Luther King (Jr) .? A review of the scienti?c literature, as well as practical experience, shows that horses excel at simpler forms of learning such as classical and operant conditioning?. Furthermore, horses have shown ease in stimulus generalization and discrimination learning. Most recently and unexpected by many, horses have solved advanced cognitive challenges involving categorization learning and some degree of concept formation.? In short, she says, ?Horses, both feral and domesticated, are faced with varied conditions that require an assortment of learning and perceptual capabilities.? The small-brained horse, Dr. Hanggi points out, is an unkind myth: A horse?s brain is not the size of a walnut (400-700 grams compared to 15); in fact, this ?complex organ? has many folds and ?more folds, more brainpower.? It is equally untrue that their ?flight instinct? (?spook-and-bolt?) is a sign of low intelligence. ?Horses spook not because they are stupid but because they are smart enough to have survived a few million years.? Although horses do seem to have a propensity to hurt themselves on doors and fences ? seen as ?dumb? animal behavior by some ? it?s because they are supposed to live on wide-open ranges, not ?in small, dark enclosures with sharp edges.? This cruel confinement (for most racehorses, up to 23 hours a day) causes mental anguish, as evidenced by ?cribbing, weaving, head bobbing, pacing, and self-mutilation.? Horses can sort geometric shapes into specific classes and have demonstrated an ability to conceptualize. By virtue of an ?exceptional memory,? they can ?generalize about things they have never seen before.? Oh, and they can count. In short, Dr. Hanggi says, ??horses possess some learning abilities akin to those of the more accepted animal intellectuals, i.e., dolphins, sea lions and chimpanzees ? the result being a far cry from simple conditioning.?
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Pamela C. from Redfield, AR writes:
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    The slaughter of our wild horses and burros must be stopped! Their slaughter is a total betrayal!
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Someone from Bolivar, NY writes:
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    Don't slaughter the wild horse, what a shame for the USA
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  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Debra F. from Sicklerville, NJ signed.
  • Oct 6th, 2016
    Beth L. from Asheville, NC writes:
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    Stop all animal abuse????????????????????????
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