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But why the need for fertility control at all? #wildhorses in the U.S. no longer have free-range over vast western rangelands. Instead, pursuant to the Wild Horse Act (1971), they are confined to Herd Management Areas (HMAs) or Wild Horse Territories (WHTs) on public lands. 
The fed gov manages these areas for "multiple uses" such as livestock grazing, oil & gas extraction & mining, & recreation. The conditions that America's mustangs live in today are anything but natural. #wildhorse pops also continue to be disrupted by roundups & removals.
Thus, #wildhorses and burros must compete on our public lands with other uses backed by powerful economic interests. Under these circumstances, the idea of natural regulation is just that: an idea that is unfortunately divorced from reality.
This year, Bureau of Land Mgmt (BLM) released a catastrophic plan to Congress outlining a path to extinction for #wildhorses & #burros. On Sept. 23-24, 2020, the Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board (AB) will meet (on Zoom) for the first time since the plan was released.
The AB is a BLM-appointed citizen panel that makes recommendations to the BLM on #wildhorse and burro mgmt. Unfortunately, it is stacked with anti-wild horse and pro-ranching advocates who support the BLM's mass wild horse roundup and removal plan. #themoreyouknow
Now, #wildhorses need us to make our voices heard in opposition to the plan & in support of freedom. Join us in demanding that the AB rep the public interest by making humane rec's to the BLM instead of endorsing its disastrous mass removal plan. wildhor.se/WHBBoard
Bureau of Land Mgmt (BLM) is working w/ US Dept. of Ag (USDA) Wildlife Services to kill native animals, particularly apex predators, is the antithesis of its mission. In the WHB issue, the BLM routinely states, WHB "have no natural predators." But they do. blm.gov/press-release/…
Studies have shown that a mature mountain lion can kill and feed off one foal every two weeks. For example, in Mongomery Pass WHT, mountain lion hunting hasn't happened in decades and the #wildhorse population is considered to be at an ecologically effective level.
Eliminating natural predators to protect livestock interests in the same area where #wildhorses and burros roam is counterproductive to wild horse and burro mgmt - and to the detriment of #publiclands. #yourtaxdollarsatwork
All cosponsors now showing online! Please Tweet them, or otherwise reach out, & show them some love! Tell them thank you for cosponsoring this important effort to restrict part of the Bureau’s funding to MAKE SURE some $$ is spent on an actually humane #wildhorse management tool!
@RepCohen @repdinatitus @RepRaulGrijalva @RepPeteKing @RepDavid @RepJoeNeguse @RepFitzpatrick @RepDavidEPrice @RepSchakowsky @RepDebHaaland thank you for standing up for humane #wildhorse management by supporting Amendment 6! #keepwildhorseswild
AND thank you to @RepJohnKatko and @RepBenMcAdams for confirming cosponsorship!! #keepwildhorseswild
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
