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Why don't we sue to stop roundups? While we would like to be able to go to court to stop every issue that arises, litigation is expensive & far from certain. When we do file litigation, we do so strategically in an effort to chip away at BLM's most egregious practices and plans.
Complicating the situation, the animal welfare standards the BLM has for roundups (CAWP) is an internal policy (like a code of conduct) that is not based in law or regulation. However, this does give us a standard to hold BLM to with complaint letters and documentation.
While our letters are often ignored, it does help build a record of BLM and contractor violations. We use this record in our policy work. In short, when the standards are not met it is our job to hold BLM accountable and to speak for the #wildhorses and burros. #stoptheroundups 
Why is documenting roundups so important? (a thread)
Roundups occur out of the public eye in some of the most remote areas of the West. AWHC reps observe & document to hold the Bureau accountable & to show the public what is going on.
It is our right as citizens to be there.
Roundups occur out of the public eye in some of the most remote areas of the West. AWHC reps observe & document to hold the Bureau accountable & to show the public what is going on.
It is our right as citizens to be there.
The Bureau of Land Mgmt (BLM) has tried to restrict access in the past. We send letters, formal complaints, and even file lawsuits (in the case of the spay experiments) to guarantee our right to document and share BLM roundups and other WHB activities with you. #stoptheroundups
Public edu is the foundation we must build on to make a lasting change. Even today, most Americans don't know about the WHB issues but when they learn about it they are outraged. It's our job to build public awareness & the grassroots army necessary to rise up & force change.
This Saturday, Bureau of Land Mgmt's contractors will fly helicopters over the Sulphur HMA in Utah to roundup & remove approx. 600 #wildhorses. AWHC's reps will be on-site for this operation. #stoptheroundups
These wild horses have bloodlines dating back to the first #horses brought to North America by Spanish explorers in the early 1500s & are among just a handful of herds with strong Spanish genetics. #keepwildhorseswild
BLM has set a population limit of just 165-250 #wildhorses on the 267,208-acre Sulphur HMA, or as low as one horse for every 1,619 acres. The low pop limit is imposed so that livestock operators get to graze the equivalent of 1,417 cow/calf pairs & 692 sheep on part of the HMA.
URGENT ACTION NEEDED! @RepCohen, @RepGrijalvaCS, @RepJoeNeguse, @repdinatitus, @RepSchakowsky, and @RepBrianFitz are sponsoring an amendment that would dedicate funding to protect America’s cherished #wildhorses and burros by requiring Bureau to spend at least $11 mill on PZP.
This requirement to implement humane birth control to humanely manage #wildhorse & burro pops in the wild as an alt to cruel roundup and removal of #wildhorses from public lands is done in an effort to rein in the BLM’s cruel, costly & ineffective roundup $ incarceration program.
Here is where we need your help: The Rules Committee will decide later today whether to allow the amendment to go to the floor for a vote later this week. This is huge! Please help #wildhorses & burros! One call & one click WILL make a difference! wildhor.se/Amdt6
@Ginger_Zee. Please contact us for more photos and information about this horrific incident that shows why roundups are not the solution to wild horse management.
This wild mare, chased by BLM helicopters into a dangerously small tap pen, broke her neck & died. BLM says she died instantly, but pictures show a different story. More information & photos from AWHC's observer by morning. Keep sharing, shine a light on this! #stoptheroundups
We will continue to work hard & fight for reform of the Bureau of Land Mgmt’s woefully mismanaged #wildhorse roundup program, which the National Academy of Sciences has called “expensive and unproductive for the BLM and the public it serves.” #keepwildhorseswild #stoptheroundups
Wish 'big humane' groups that handed BLM $21 mill more a year would vow to do more than 'remain vigilant' (the equivalent of hopes & prayers) and simply make sure that surgical sterilization is not the *main* "management" tool (instead of off the table). #daretodream #dobetter
The horses need all the help they can get. #thisiswhywefight
BREAKING: House Interior Approps bill is out! The good: The subcommittee rejected the President’s budget request for $15.3 mill in additional funding for the WHB Program. The bill continues to prohibit the slaughtering of #wildhorses and burros. #appropriation #freewildhorses
The bad: the draft bill would result in Congress handing the Bureau $42 mill in additional #taxpayer funds over 2019 budget levels with no hard requirements to prevent the agency from spending all the funds to #roundup and stockpile #wildhorses and to surgically sterilize them.
These are the first installments on the Bureau’s multi-billion dollar proposal to cull #wildhorse populations back to #extinction levels, a plan that will push the program off the fiscal cliff, inevitably resulting in the mass #slaughter of America’s nat'l icons. #stoptheroundups
"Gov. Mark Gordon’s administration is preparing a bid to Occidental Petroleum for 1 million acres of surface land and 4 million acres of mineral rights" within the Wyoming Checkerboard. rightshttps://www.wyofile.com/governor-preps-bid-for-occidental-land-leaving-lawmakers-out/
Back in April, we submitted comments about the HMAs in the Checkerboard - where the Bureau wants to 0 out & remove many of the horses. A large portion of land within the planning area is owned by the Anadarko Land Corporation, which was purchased last year by Occidental Petroleum
Occidental then placed the land up for sale and WY is considering its purchase. It is clear that any future sale by Occidental to WY or BLM would impact the planning area and Bureau’s claim that private landowners in the Checkerboard demand the removal of the horses.
