Latest Instagram Photos
       
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Yes They Can: Bureau of Land Management Is Authorized to Kill Healthy Wild Horses
It's tempting to think the headlines are just Internet hoopla.Is the West's Wild Horse Crisis So Bad Only Euthanasia Can Fix It?US govt will slaughter 45,000 wild horses, making room for cattleBLM Wild Horse Advisory Board Proposes Euthanasia of MustangsIsn't it lucky you're smart enough to just roll your eyes and feel a twinge of pity (or superiority) because animal nuts are allowing their bleeding hearts to be broken by yet another hoax?Fact: The Bureau of Land Management's advisory board voted 7-1 to dispose of thousands of wild horses and burros which have been rounded up, then warehoused in pens around the U.S.Not this time. But they can't do that, can they? Don't they need Congressional approval? Fact: They already have it.
"The
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971
(Public Law 92-195) Amendments in Bold
Section 3
2c The Secretary [of the Interior] shall
cause additional excess* wild free roaming horses and burros for which an
adoption demand by qualified individuals does not exist to be destroyed in the
most humane and cost efficient manner possible."
I added the asterisk because of the creative writing used in defining "excess." Part (1) of Section 2 is a true Catch 22. If a wild horse is rounded up, she becomes "excess." Section 2 f "excess animals" means wild free-roaming horses or burros (1) which have been removed from an area by the Secretary pursuant to application law or, (2) which must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in that area." http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/92-195.htm Another section says wild horses can be sold "without limitation." That's a shortcut to slaughter. The wild mare Ghost Dancer came to me that way, so I've read her BLM paperwork. It says I'm discouraged from reselling her for commercial (meat) purposes, but I am not forbidden to do so. And neither is BLM. If you disagree with the advisory board which speaks for you, as a member of the public, email these BLM administrators: Neil Kornze nkornze@blm.gov, Dean Bolstad dbolstad@blm.gov
Labels: 000, 44, 45, Amendments, BLM, BLM Advisory Board, Dean Bolstad, euthanasia, foal, mustang, Neil Kornze, slaughter, vote, Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 1:20 PM 0 comments  
Monday, June 27, 2016 Where's Mama? : What Happens to Foals After a Wild Horse Roundup  WASHINGTON, DC (June 23, 2016 ) Republicans on the Federal Lands Sub-Committee launched a plan for the extinction of America's wild horses. Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming purred that euthanasia is "such a lovely way to die." An alternate strategy? Round up 100% of America's wild horses so they won't suffer on the range. Here's what happens to wild foals if they survive roundups. I was at Palomino Valley Wild Horse corrals with photographer Karen Hopple a few years ago when these foals arrived. The first filly out of the contractor's truck tumbled out backward, but kept her balance. Most horses were sorrels, but there were also bays, duns and paler horses, including a palomino.
She and a few others tried to nurse from other foals. This method of self-soothing indicates these babies are too young to be separated from their mothers, even though they met BLM's guidelines for weaning. This is a perversion of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 and if you're an American tax-payer, you're paying for it.
Labels: BLM, BLM roundup, contractors, euthanasia, filly, foal, mares, mustang, Palomino Valley, Rep. Cynthia Lummis, weaning, wild horses, Wyoming Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 3:00 AM 10 comments
Friday, July 26, 2013 CUTENESS ALERT: endangered foal arrives at Denver Zoo .jpg) Dear Readers, If you're in Denver, Colorado this summer, you'll have the chance to see one of the cutest -- and most endangered -- foals, ever. Sube is the first Przewalski's Horse to be born at the Denver Zoo in 20 Years . If you're like me, you look at the name of her breed and decide it's too much of a tongue-twister to pronounce. You might just call her a Mongolian Horse. That's accurate, too, but here's a key to pronunciation: sheh-VAL-skeez . The little filly was born to mom Yisun, on the morning of May 31. Do you speak Mongolian? Hope so, since I can't find sensible translations of the names. Sube or Yisun. Perhaps they're just proper names.  Want to enjoy a Sube film? Click here: foal quietly exploring her yard under the watchful eye of her mother. Sube is a little unsteady on her feet, and when she's afraid she'll fall, she's all about cuddling closer to her mother!  Thanks to Felise Buckheart for these photos Labels: Denver Zoo, endangered horse, foal, Przewalksi's Horse Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 6:05 PM 1 comments
Saturday, January 23, 2010 BLM: giving new meaning to THE DEAD OF WINTER After being rounded up on private land and trucked to the facility on private land, the horses still are not safe. BLM confirms deaths of wild horses in their "care" At least six horses have died in captivity, most recently a foal run so hard, his back hooves sloughed apart and began detaching from his legs. We have requested an autopsy by an impartial veterinarian. To my knowledge BLM has not responded. Labels: BLM, death, foal, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 9:44 AM 1 comments
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Home | Books | The Author | Connect | Education | Wild Horses © Terri Farley |
