From 1971 until 2004, wild horses and burros were protected from slaughter. In 2004, they lost that protection and we want their protection restored.
On December 15, 1971, Congress enacted 16 USC Ch. 30, popularly known as the "Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act" (WHBA) and declared "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.
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Thousands of our wild horses have been sold and slaughtered as a result of this amendment. Any wild horse or burro more than 10 years old OR not adopted after being offered three (3) times can be sold without limitation, INCLUDING weanlings, pregnant mares and elderly band stallions that have lived their entire life on the the range. THIS IS WRONG!!
Please click this link to sign the Petition to Congress.
Ruby from Colorado wrote:
PAY ATTENTION TO OUR WILD HORSES AND BURROS! THEY DO NOT HARM THE LAND LIKE DAMN CATTLE!
DO NOT ALLOW SLAUGHTER, PLEASE! tHESE ANIMALS MEAN SO MUCH TO US OUT HERE IN THE WEST.
Catherine from Chicago writes:
How was an amendment approved that directly contradicts and violates the WHBA? What is wrong with our government that this I allowed to happen. As a taxpayer who has no say in how my hard-earned dollars are wasted, I DEMAND that Congress REPEAL 803(a) of Public Law 104333, as well as 142(a)(1) and 142(a)(2) of Public Law 108447. This is MY money funding these abhorrent bills and I want these bill repealed! Work for your citizens, not against them!
Please go to this website to read more comments, and to sign the petition.
