AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Allied wild horse and animal welfare groups delivered a petition to the White House this morning asking the President to stop the BLM's massive removals of the wild horses they have been mandated to protect.
The national alliance, over 100 strong and growing rapidly, insists on a, "humane, fiscally responsible plan for preserving and protecting the iconic free-roaming wild horses and burros of the American West."
Organizations signing the petition are calling for an immediate moratorium on BLM round ups ," until accurate and independent assessments of population numbers and range conditions are made available and a final, long term solution is formalized."
The group is also pushing for a Congressional investigation, "regarding the mismanagement of our wild herds..." They ask that Congress, "...further investigate the inability of BLM to correct the shortcomings of the program as audited by the Government Accountability Office's 1990, 1991, and 2008 reports."
Copies have been sent to Congress and the U.S. Department of Interior.
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Many thanks to all for taking this action to try to stop the cruel and unnecessary roundups. Our wild horses and burros are on the brink of extinction because of their dwindling numbers.
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