Action Alert - Comments Needed by 5/24/12 for Proposed RU of 3 CA Herds & Other AWHPC News

WH&B Warriors - Please take immediate action & forward this on to your lists, blogs & groups. Very important even though this is last minute.

Carla B

 

Fw: California Mustang SOS

Dear Elizabeth,                                       May 21, 2012
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ACT TODAY: Tell California BLM to Reduce Livestock, Humanely Manage Wild Horses on the Range and Cancel Roundup Plan

The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) Surprise Field Office -- located in northeastern California -- is accepting public comments on plans to round up and remove wild horses in the Buckhorn, Coppersmith and Carter Reservoir Herd Management Areas.
California's mustangs are part of the state's history and heritage, but over half of their designated habitat has been taken away over the past four decades. Please tell BLM that the buck stops at Buckhorn: it's time to stop rounding up and removing wild horses from our public lands and start managing them on the range, using reversible, PZP fertility control when necessary.
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Comments are due this Thursday, May 24th, so please act today by clicking here or below!

Eyewitness Report

Former BLM Wild Horse Chief Stumps for Slaughter at National Academy of Sciences Meeting

The recently-retired chief of the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program, Don Glenn, surfaced in Washington D.C. last week to argue for the unlimited sale of America's mustangs, which would lead to mass slaughter. Glenn spoke during the public comment period at the May 14th public meeting of the National Academy of Sciences wild horse and burro review committee. His comments epitomize the hypocrisy of the BLM, which consistently claims that its employees care about wild horses while at the same time working behind the scenes to ensure their eventual destruction.
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Joining Glenn in the call for unlimited sale (aka slaughter) were livestock industry lobbyists including Callie Hendrickson, the recent public appointee to the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Scientific presentations at the meeting highlighted significant mountain lion predation on wild horses and the ability of burros to self regulate population levels based on water availability. To read more, please click here or below.

News

New Report Documents Widespread Livestock Damage to BLM-Managed Public Lands

The BLM is notorious for blaming wild horses and burros for damage to rangelands -- despite the agency's widespread practice of permitting many times more livestock on BLM lands. Now, a new federal assessment of western rangelands finds that a large portion of it fails to meet range health standards. According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the principal cause for this failure is commercial livestock grazing.
The federal report, issued by the BLM itself, shows that almost 40% of BLM livestock allotments surveyed since 1998 have failed to meet rangeland health standards, as measured by water quality, watershed functionality and wildlife habitat. To read PEER's news release, which includes a link to the actual federal data, please click here or below.

The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Supported by a coalition of over 45 organizations, its grassroots campaign seeks:

* A suspension of roundups in all but verifiable emergency situations while the entire BLM wild horse and burro program undergoes fiscal and scientific reform;
* Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses and burros on those rangelands designated for them based on a fairer allocation of resources on our public lands;
* Implementation of in-the-wild management, which would keep wild horses and burros on the range and save taxpayers millions of dollars annually by avoiding the removal and stockpiling of wild horses in government holding facilities.

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Racehorses Need Federal Protection--Act Now!

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Dear Animal Advocates,

On May 5, a thoroughbred named I’ll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby. This Saturday is the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes takes place in three weeks. It’s Triple Crown season, and at no other time of year does the American public pay more attention to the seemingly glamorous world of horse racing.

This year, the racing industry is getting more media exposure than ever—but for a reason it’s not proud of. Several recent investigations have revealed the pervasive, abusive practice of drugging racehorses. An eyebrow-raising assortment of performance-enhancing and pain-masking drugs, including everything from steroids to cobra venom, enable horses to perform beyond their physical limitations and often result in catastrophic injuries and horrific deaths.

Now before Congress, the federal Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act (H.R. 1733/S. 886) would address this horrific practice by prohibiting the “doping” of racehorses and creating strong, across-the-board penalties for violators. Racehorses need our protection—it’s time to stop abusers before they even get out of the starting gate.

What You Can Do
Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center online right now to learn more about this issue and to quickly email your U.S. representative and senators. Urge them to cosponsor H.R. 1733/S. 886, or to thank them for standing up for racehorses if they have already done so.

On behalf of the horses, thank you for your help!

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ABC and HSUS videos of abusive practices of Tennessee Walking Horses

For those who missed the broadcast:

ABC News video on soring of Tennesee Walking Horses

Humane Society of the United States undercover video of abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses

Elizabeth Zarkos
President, Hanaeleh
Rescuing Abused, Abandoned and Neglected Horses
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AWHPC Lawsuit Forces BLM to Include Science in Castration Plan and more news

Dear Elizabeth,                                       May 14, 2012
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Breaking News

Federal Court Slams BLM in Ruling on AWHPC's Lawsuit; Says Agency Can't Remain "Studiously Ignorant" 

AWHPC's lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over its plans to castrate wild, free-roaming stallions in Nevada's Pancake Complex achieved another milestone last week. On May 9, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell issued a ruling ordering the BLM to consider scientific evidence submitted by AWHPC regarding the negative impacts of castration on individual wild stallions and on the herds as a whole. Judge Howell warned that the agency could not remain "studiously ignorant of material scientific evidence." (Please see AWHPC's press release here and the Courthouse News Service's article here for more information.)
The legal action, filed in December 2011 by the noted public interest law firm of Meyer, Glitzenstein and Crystal on behalf of AWHPC, The Cloud Foundation, and the Western Watersheds Project aims to stop the BLM from gelding and returning wild stallions to range, and to prevent the "zeroing out" of (eliminating all wild horses from) the Jakes Wash Herd Management Area.    
This lawsuit will be precedent setting, but much hard work and many legal fees lie ahead before we prevail. Thanks to your support, we've come this far. Now, if you can, please help us carry on this important legal effort. Every dollar you donate will go directly to ensure that wild horses and burros have fair and competent representation in the federal court of law! Many thanks, as always, for your support.
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BLM Sends Email Inviting Public to Tour Desatoya Mountains
If you are one of the more than 4,000 AWHPC supporters who sent an email to the BLM in response to our alert on the agency's plans in the Desatoya Mountains Herd Management Area, then you probably received an email from the BLM inviting you to a tour of the area.
When a proposed wild horse removal generates a lot of public attention, the agency will occasionally organize a tour. However, such tours do not portray the big picture of what is happening on the range. In this case, the agency is proposing to remove wild horses under the guise of protecting sage grouse (a desert bird with dwindling population numbers). All the while the BLM allows more cows than horses to graze the same area. Unbelievably the hunting of sage grouse continues to be permitted. 
If you are planning to attend the tour, please let us know by sending us an email. Thanks to all who took action and elevated this action to a level of public scrutiny that prompted the BLM to organize a tour.

Take Action Reminders

Please Take Action to Protect Wild Horses and Burros During "Drought" Conditions

If you haven't already ... please speak up for more than 4,000 wild horses and burros in 28 HMAs in the BLM's Battle Mountain District in Nevada. The agency is accepting public comments on its Drought Management Plan. The Plan is overly broad and may be used by the BLM to justify the blanket removal of wild horses and burros from these important herds.
Please submit your comments by Wednesday, May 16th, and help us to protect mustangs and burros of the Battle Mountain District. Submit your comments by clicking here or below. 

Oppose BLM's Environmentally-Destructive, Water-Guzzling Mining Projects in Wild Horse Areas

If you haven't already ... please take a moment to urge the BLM to reject the Pan Mine project and the expansion of the Bald Mountain Mine in Nevada both which are in important wild horse Herd Management Areas (HMAs). Mining projects are notorious for destroying the environment and consuming large quantities of water. It's time to stop the mass destruction of our public lands for the benefit of a few corporations at the expense of American taxpayers and America's wild horses and burros. Comments must be received by Wednesday, May 16th. Please take easy action by clicking here or below.
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The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Supported by a coalition of over 45 organizations, its grassroots campaign seeks:

    * A suspension of roundups in all but verifiable emergency situations while the entire BLM wild horse and burro program undergoes fiscal and scientific reform;
    * Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses and burros on those rangelands designated for them based on a fairer allocation of resources on our public lands;
* Implementation of in-the-wild management, which would keep wild horses and burros on the range and save taxpayers millions of dollars annually by avoiding the removal and stockpiling of wild horses in government holding facilities.

www.WildHorsePreservation.org 

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Tonight- 5/16/12- ABC to report on Soring of Walking Horses

On Wednesday May 16 reports on soring of Walking Horses will be broadcast
on ABC television ; on World News with Diane Sawyer,5:30pm central time &
at 10:30 pm central time with Brion Ross.
It's about time that the world knew what atrocities were commited against these poor animals in the name of "showing!"

Elizabeth Zarkos
President, Hanaeleh
Rescuing Abused, Abandoned and Neglected Horses
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Action Alert - Comments Needed for WH&B by 5/16/12 & 5/18/12

Comments Needed on Proposed Jackson Mtn. NV Roundup by 5/18/12:

Ask Congress to Support Voluntary Retirement of Public Land Grazing Permits:

Two More Take Action Alerts for Wild Horses/Burros by 5/16/12 & news from AWHPC:

Please Tweet these messages:

Comments Needed on Proposed Jackson Mtn. NV Wild Horse Roundup by 5/18/12:

For Wild Horses/Burros-Ask Congress to Support Voluntary Retirement of Public Land Grazing Permits:

Two Take Action Alerts Needed for Wild Horses/Burros by 5/16/12 & News from AWHPC: http://tinyurl.com/7srhh8u

Thx, Carla B

 

NV BLM: Stop Approving Water-Guzzling Mines in Wild Horse & Burro Areas Plus More News

Dear Elizabeth,                                       May 9, 2012
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Please Tell BLM: No Environmentally-Destructive, Water-Guzzling Mine Projects in Wild Horse Areas

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) routinely cites lack of water as a major reason for removing wild horses from public lands. Yet the agency is now poised to approve massively polluting and water-guzzling mining projects in the Pancake and Triple B Herd Management Areas (HMAs), both sites of recent and large-scale wild horse removals.
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Please take a moment today to urge the BLM to reject the expansion of the Bald Mountain Mine and the approval of the Pan Mine project. Help us take a strong stand against the BLM's giveaway of our public resources. It's time to stop the mass destruction of our public lands for the benefit of a few corporations at the expense of American taxpayers and America's wild horses and burros. Please take easy action by clicking here or below.
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Take Action to Protect Wild Horses and Burros During "Drought" Conditions

The BLM's Battle Mountain District in Nevada is known as "the heart of wild horse country," with jurisdiction over more HMAs (28) than any other BLM district. The more than 4,000 wild horses and burros living in the Battle Mountain District now face the threat of removal as part of a Drought Management Plan. The agency is currently accepting public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the plan. The EA is overly broad and may be used by the BLM to justify the blanket removal of wild horses and burros from these important herds.
Please help us protect the mustangs and burros of the Battle Mountain District. Submit your comments by clicking here or below. 

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May 14, 2012: National Academy of Sciences' Wild Horse & Burro Program Review Panel to Meet in Washington DC
AWHPC will be onsite next week when the National Academy of Sciences holds the fourth public meeting of its Wild Horse and Burro Review Committee on May 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Topics covered will include "adaptive management of natural resources," "behavioral ecology of the African wild ass and its descendent, the feral ass," and "mountain lion predation on free-ranging horses in Nevada." Stay tuned for a full report on this latest and final public meeting of the panel that is conducting a scientific review of the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program.
Meanwhile, AWHPC monitored last week's NAS webinar on SpayVac, a fertility control vaccine that has potentially serious side effects, including possible permanent sterilization of mares from just one shot. For a report on the webinar, please click here or below. 

News

Humane Organizations Join Forces with U.S. Senator & Celebrities to Push Horse Slaughter Ban
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) teamed up with celebrities Bo Derek and John Corbett and humane organizations for the annual "Horses on the Hill" lobbying event, organized to generate support for the Senator's American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S. 1176 and H.R. 2966).
Each year, over 100,000 American horses face unspeakably cruel deaths at slaughter plants in Mexico and Canada. Senator Landrieu's bill would outlaw the slaughter of horses on U.S. soil, and would ban the transport of horses across U.S borders for slaughter. Joining the event was Declan Greg, a nine-year-old New Hampshire boy whose fight to save U.S. horses from slaughter has gained national attention. Please click here to watch Declan's speech at the Horses on the Hill event. To read more about Senator Landrieu's efforts to ban horse slaughter, please click here or below.

Celebrating Wild Horses in Honor of Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all mothers everywhere! To mark this holiday that celebrates families, we wanted to share with you the lovely photographs and video of the beautiful wild horses of the Sand Wash Basin in northwestern Colorado.
On her blog, photographer Nancy Roberts captures the majesty of the colorful Sand Wash mustangs and the strength of their family bonds. Please take a look at the photos and stories of the distinct bands that live in Sand Wash Basin by clicking here, and be sure to watch videos of their social interactions and natural behaviors by clicking here. Enjoy and have a wonderful Mother's Day!

The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Supported by a coalition of over 45 organizations, its grassroots campaign seeks:

    * A suspension of roundups in all but verifiable emergency situations while the entire BLM wild horse and burro program undergoes fiscal and scientific reform;
    * Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses and burros on those rangelands designated for them based on a fairer allocation of resources on our public lands;
* Implementation of in-the-wild management, which would keep wild horses and burros on the range and save taxpayers millions of dollars annually by avoiding the removal and stockpiling of wild horses in government holding facilities.

www.WildHorsePreservation.org 

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Action Alert - Slaughter/WHB Updates & Petitions to Sign

Petitions- please click to sign below.

Elizabeth Zarkos
President, Hanaeleh
Rescuing Abused, Abandoned and Neglected Horses
(949) 842-7408

Petition to Ban Horse Slaughter in America:

Petition to Urge Congress to Protect Horses in Racing Industry:

Update on Stopping Horse Slaughter in the U.S. from Front Range Equine Rescue & HSUS:

Update on Laura Leigh Lawsuits:

Update on Saving America's Horses Film:

 

Urgent Action: Oppose BLM Plan to Capture NV Mustangs Next Month Without Proper Review & Disclosure, and other News

Dear Elizabeth,                                       April 25, 2012
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BLM Proposes a Large Wild Horse Roundup in NW Nevada & Gives the Public Less than 2 Weeks to Comment

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is giving the public just 13 days to comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for its proposed roundup and removal of 630 wild horses from the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) in northwestern Nevada. While the EA describes and analyzes a "non-emergency" action to take place in July 2012, the BLM has informed AWHPC that, due to an "emerging situation that has the potential to rapidly deteriorate," the agency will begin to roundup horses -- by water trapping or helicopter -- in late May or June. This is the heart of foaling season, yet the impacts of capture on newborn foals and heavily pregnant or lactating mares has not been analyzed, nor has any data describing, documenting or analyzing the "emerging situation" been released to the public.
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Please help us say NO to the BLM's attempt to push this roundup through the approval process without proper documentation, analysis and opportunity for public comment. Take easy action by clicking here or below.
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Reminder: If You Haven't Yet, Please Submit Your Comments on the Carson City RMP

The BLM's Carson City Field Office oversees 21 Herd Areas in a state where over half of the nation's remaining wild horses and burros reside. The Carson City BLM is seeking public comments on revisions to its Resource Management Plan, which sets the land use policy for this area north of Reno.
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This is the stage in the planning process where public comments can make a real difference in shaping the final policy that will affect wild horses and burros for the next 10-20 years. Please demand fairer and more humane treatment for Nevada's wild horses and burros and take easy action by clicking here or below.

News

BLM Moves Forward With Madeleine Pickens' Ecosanctuary Proposal
Last week, the BLM announced that it was moving forward with philanthropist and wild horse advocate Madeleine Pickens' proposal to develop a wild horse ecosanctuary in Elko, Nevada. The ecosanctuary would offer a home on the range at Mrs. Pickens' 14,000-acre ranch for 900 captured wild horses currently held in BLM short-term holding facilities. Included as part of the ecosanctuary would be the ranch's 530,000-acre public grazing allotment, which would be converted from cattle to wild horse use. To read the BLM's news release and Mrs. Pickens' reaction to it, please click here or below.

PETA Investigation Uncovers Horrendous Cruelty in Transport & Slaughter of Horses from Iowa Kill Pen
The fine pedigree of Royale with Speed (pictured at left), grandson of the legendary racehorse Secretariat, was not enough to spare him from the cruel fate suffered by over 100,000 American horses a year. Dumped at a killpen in Iowa, he was found by PETA investigators who tracked the plight of 33 horses on a brutal 1,100-mile, 36-hour journey in subfreezing temperatures to a Canadian slaughterhouse.
Royale with Speed was spared slaughter and has since been adopted by celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels, but the other horses, like thousands of others, suffered an unspeakably horrible and cruel end at the slaughter plant in Quebec. Please read more about PETA's investigation here, then take action to ask your Congressperson and Senators to co-sponsor the American Horse Slaughter Protection Act by clicking here.

Your Comments Draw National Attention to Plight of Mojave Desert Burros
Thanks to you, the BLM received over 4,000 comments opposing the removal of burros from the Piute Mountain Herd Area and from outside the Chocolate-Mule Mountains Herd Management Area in southern California. The growing outrage over the BLM's roundup and removal of burros from the Mojave Desert drew the attention of the Huffington Post, which ran an article that featured footage of burro abuse by a BLM helicopter.
Our public comments in opposition to BLM roundups are building a strong public record of citizen demand for change. So, thank you to everyone who took time to help. Please, keep sending in your comments -- they really are important!  Read the Huffington Post article by clicking here or below.

 

The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Supported by a coalition of over 40 organizations, its grassroots campaign seeks:

    * A suspension of roundups in all but verifiable emergency situations while the entire BLM wild horse and burro program undergoes fiscal and scientific reform;
    * Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses and burros on those rangelands designated for them based on a fairer allocation of resources on our public lands;
* Implementation of in-the-wild management, which would keep wild horses and burros on the range and save taxpayers millions of dollars annually by avoiding the removal and stockpiling of wild horses in government holding facilities.

www.WildHorsePreservation.org 

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