Wild Horse Sales Suspended!

I am a member of AWHP's mailing list and receive their updates. On 4/25, I received two updates notifying that wild horse sales have been suspended indefinately by the Secretary of the Interior's office. This is a small victory, but please keep writing, emailing, and calling your legislators! You can find sample letters & facts at AWPH's website.

Dear wild horse supporters:

We finally have some good news to report: the Secretary of the Interior's office has suspended indefinitely all sales of wild horses under the Burns Amendment. More information to come.

On behalf of the horses, thank you for your unwavering support on this issue. This goes to show that a sustained public outcry can make a difference. Let’s keep up the good fight, as this is by no means over. H.R. 297 and S. 576 still need your voice, to ensure that the Burns Amendment be reversed for good.

Have a great day,
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org

The second alert goes in to more detail:

A Native American tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, who had purchased 200 animals from the BLM, exchanged these older animals with younger animals with a horse dealer, whose intent was to send them directly to slaughter. Of the two loads (a total of 87) that were slated to be shipped to the slaughter plant in DeKalb, Illinois, only one (containing 51 animals) actually arrived at the plant. Unfortunately, 35 of those animals were slaughtered before BLM could intervene. The remaining animals from the first load are currently being held safely at the DeKalb plant, and the second load of animals is being held safely at the horse dealer's. Law enforcement has been involved, and BLM will be buying back all of the remaining horses. BLM has spoken to the media so it is likely we will see this on the nightly news tonight. The Department will be making a formal statement sometime tomorrow.

Please contact the media, local and national, to express your outrage at the slaughter of yet more of our wild horses. They will not be safe until the Burns Amendment has been reversed.

On behalf of the horses, thank you for your continued support.

The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org