Click on title above to see vid by Mike Hudack, author of "Western Turf Wars," and, I am proud to say, a fellow New Yorker.
Here is a link to his book review;
http://www.westernturfwars.com/
Monday, January 25, 2010
Domestic Cattle Disease Infects Big Horns, Buffalo
PNEUMONIA, OVINE - USA (03): (MONTANA), BIGHORN SHEEP***********************************************A ProMED-mail postProMED-mail is a program of theInternational Society for Infectious Diseases Date: 24 Jan 2009From: David Thomson [edited] Agreed that this is a very sad situation. Without intimate knowledge of the specific details of the causative infection strain(s), I am wondering whether an autogenous vaccine may be a way forward, given the conservation and regional significance of this species. If the primary is a strain of _Pasteurella multocida_, it may be viable based on what is known for other _P. multocida_ infections (e.g. fowl cholera in chickens, what are correctly or incorrectly variously referred to from time to time as "haemorrhagic septicaemia" or "shipping fever" in ruminants, etc). I'd expect there to also be a few vaccine delivery issues, but if the sick sheep can be destroyed by shooting, the unaffected ones can probably also be darted or trapped and vaccinated in the normal way. For darting, it may warrant some work to design and construct an appropriate dart (e.g. one that reliably delivers sub-cutaneously, is shed by the target after delivery without causing or leaving a nasty septic wound to create other health and welfare problems, etc.), but if one exists or could be designed, then it might come in quite handy elsewhere in other species for other disease prevention and control efforts involving wild animals, endangered or otherwise. --Communicated by:David Thomson [An autogenous vaccine may be an option. However, I suspect that time and cost of development of a reliable subcutaneous dart delivery system may exceed the time of the outbreak. But it does seem there should be a response to protect the healthy animals. While there may not be an approved vaccine, there are methods for rapid approval of autogenous vaccines. - Mod.TG] [see also:Pneumonia, ovine - USA (02): (MT), bighorn sheep 20100117.019Pneumonia, ovine - USA: (NV) bighorn sheep 20100109.01052009----Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (02): (MT) 20091203.4129Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA: (MT) 20091126.40552006----Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (NM) 20060316.08242005----Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (CA) 20050828.2546Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (SD) (02) 20050312.0729Pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (SD) 20050309.06992004----Brucellosis, bighorn sheep - USA (WY) 20040118.01942002----Unexplained pneumonia, bighorn sheep - USA (Wyoming) 20020322.37911999----Epizootic hem. disease, deer, bighorn sheep - Canada (BC) 19991109.20051998----Psoroptic mange, bighorn sheep - USA (Utah) (02) 19980115.0114Psoroptic mange, bighorn sheep - USA (Utah) 19980106.00311996----Bighorn sheep mortality, 1995 19960718.1287]..............................................tg/msp/dk *##########################################################*************************************************************ProMED-mail makes every effort to verify the reports thatare posted, but the accuracy and completeness of theinformation, and of any statements or opinions basedthereon, are not guaranteed. The reader assumes all risks inusing information posted or archived by ProMED-mail. ISIDand its associated service providers shall not be heldresponsible for errors or omissions or held liable for anydamages incurred as a result of use or reliance upon postedor archived material.************************************************************Become a ProMED-mail Premium Subscriber at************************************************************Visit ProMED-mail's web site at .Send all items for posting to: promed@promedmail.org(NOT to an individual moderator). If you do not give yourfull name and affiliation, it may not be posted. Sendcommands to subscribe/unsubscribe, get archives, help,etc. to: majordomo@promedmail.org. For assistance from ahuman being send mail to: owner-promed@promedmail.org.########################################################################################################################
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Nevada Dept. of Wildlife Interactive Maps
Click on title above to go there. Keep an eye out for so many cows
USDA, Navy, Join Forces for Renewable Energy
USDA, NAVY SIGN AGREEMENT TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
WASHINGTON, January 21, 2010 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Navy (DoN) today announced that leadership from the two departments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage the development of advanced biofuels and other renewable energy systems.
"This agreement is part of President Obama's vision of a coordinated federal effort to build a clean energy economy, create new jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "USDA looks forward to working with the Navy and other public and private partners to advance the production of renewable energy by sharing technical, program management and financial expertise."
Click on title above for full report;
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010/01/0029.xml
WASHINGTON, January 21, 2010 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Navy (DoN) today announced that leadership from the two departments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage the development of advanced biofuels and other renewable energy systems.
"This agreement is part of President Obama's vision of a coordinated federal effort to build a clean energy economy, create new jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "USDA looks forward to working with the Navy and other public and private partners to advance the production of renewable energy by sharing technical, program management and financial expertise."
Click on title above for full report;
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010/01/0029.xml
Ministers Son Charged w/ Killing Wild Horses / Ministry Stands by Offender
Click on title above to read full report (Calgary, BC)
Blowback from Jack
Give wild horses their land back
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan for managing the American mustang population repeats past failures.
by Jack Carone
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's ode to the "majestic" wild horse, and his description of how the federal government must manage its population in his Jan. 14 Times Op-Ed article, comes across to the average reader as a reasonable and sympathetic approach to the problems faced by the American mustang. What Salazar doesn't mention is that the bureaucracies now under his control -- and the business interests they service -- have created the problems the Interior secretary says he wants to solve.
Today, like any population that stands in the way of those who covet their land, the wild horses continue to be removed from their range land and tragically herded down the trail to oblivion. With little basis in sound science, the horse has been scapegoated for environmental degradation. Meanwhile, government audits have found that the Bureau of Land Management has been curbing wild horse populations in areas where private livestock grazing is increasing. Cattle grazing on public land -- easily a much bigger cause of rang land deterioration -- outnumber wild horses by at least 200 to 1.
Salazar writes that since the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was enacted in 1971 -- which allowed wild horses to live free on lands where they existed at the time -- the Bureau of Land Management has helped wild horse populations thrive and recover. Salazar has a curious definition of "thrive" and "recover." Since 1971, the BLM has systematically whittled away the act's protections, with about 47,000 wild horses now kept in short- and long-term holding pens and just 31,000 left roaming free on public lands.
Salazar's suggestion that horse adoption is part of the answer is perhaps his most outrageous one. In 1997, a BLM official told the Associated Press that roughly 90% of adopted wild horses ended up going to slaughter. While some horses are adopted and do adapt to a domestic lifestyle, tens of thousands remain in holding. The government spends more than $30 million a year to house captured horses, a useless expense considering that there is no need to find new land for the American mustang. The land designated for them in 1971 hasn't gone anywhere; instead, wild horses have been permanently removed from nearly 20 million acres of their original herd areas. Some of these lands have been sold and made available for livestock, but they have never been reopened to the horses.
We do appreciate Salazar's interest in "new partnerships" and "new thinking," and we certainly look forward to working together on a viable alternative to the current management paradigm. But using progressive language is a far cry from implementing an ethically sustainable program. Indeed, a U.S. District Court judge recently said that Salazar's proposed "plan" to relocate wild horses to holding facilities in the Midwest and east of the Mississippi River violates federal law.
Salazar encourages the public to get involved by coming out to the range and helping to care for the horses. This is a nice sentiment, but does Salazar seriously think he can address a "problem" that includes thousands of animals and hundreds of thousands of acres by getting a few environmentally inclined Americans to visit the range?
Perhaps most poisonous is the BLM's misrepresentation of wild American horses as an invasive species. In reality, horses originated in North America between 1 million and 2 million years ago. These ancient North American horses, which are believed to have died out around the end of the last Ice Age, are biologically the same as the horses that arrived here about 10,000 years later. Native to this continent, the horses that have returned to their natural state over the past few hundred years, on our vast remote ranges, represent the current adaptation of the North American wild horse.
The BLM must halt its horse roundups until the population of wild horses and burros on public lands can be independently assessed. It ought to abandon its haphazard way of corralling and housing horses and perfect methods to progressively manage populations on the range.
A 1990 study by the U.S. General Accountability Office has already found that cattle and sheep grazing -- not free-roaming wild horses -- damage range and riparian areas the most. Old and failed policies must stop now so that we don't continue to create bigger problems.
Secretary Salazar, please stop galloping in the wrong direction.
Jack Carone is chief operating officer of Return to Freedom, a wild horse sanctuary in Santa Barbara County.
Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times
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Thank-you for the wonderful piece - I was beginning to wonder if anyone in America still had a brain as it is incomprehensible an agency as corrupt, brutal and inept as BLM is real. I pray Obama and the Senate right this national disgrace that is Slaughter Czar Salazar, Slaughter house Bob Abbey and his horse abusing sidekick Don Glenn. The lies these people tell result in Our Wild Horses and Burros being terrorized and ripped from the lands were they live and sent on a journey of terror and horrific abuse. I wish Salazar, Abbey, Glenn and the other at BLM responsible for this horrific brutal abuse of our beloved wild horses and burros get sent to the slaughter house in mexico where they have colluded and conspired and sent thousands of our wild horses. THERE IS NO WILD HORSE OVERPOPULATION -BLM ARE LIARS -EVERYTHING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS IS A LIE. THERE IS A 9 MILLION PRIVATE WELFARE CATTLE OVERPOPULATION ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS DESTROYING OUR LAND, OUR WATER AND OUR WILDLIFE AT A COST TO US OF UP TO 1 BILLION PER YEAR !
THIS IS HOW BLM CARES FOR OUR BELOVED HORSES - BRUTALLY & CRUELLY:
In a cruel and unnecessary helicopter roundup on 2010 JANUARY 22, the BLM RAN A FOAL 14 miles over rock TILL ITS FEET FELL OFF on Tuesday, let him stand for a day, then made him ride four hours in a trailer to Fallon where he was unloaded and then shot. At least two other horses also died.
welshshari@gmail.com (01/23/2010, 4:43 PM )
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Mr. Carone's information was like a "ray of sunshine". Something honest for a change!
Mr. Salazar's continuous attempts to misinform the public and/or leave important information out is quite offensive. Why misinform? If what you are doing Mr. Salazar is honest, forthright and humane. Why not tell the truth?
I have never seen any mention that the majestic wild horse population only comprises 1/2 of 1 percent of large grazing animals on public lands. Nor has there been any mention that ranchers graze livestock on public lands for $1.35 per month, instead of the private-land rate of $13 per month, per animal. And that the BLM authorizes livestock grazing on 160 million acres of public land.
The small (in comparison) amount of land left to the wild horses is also shared with livestock. The agency's own data shows the majority of rangeland deterioration is caused by livestock!
Mr. Salazar's "thrive and recover" statement? He really should rename this "search and destroy". The BLM chased a foal by helicopter, literally ran the foal's hooves off, and then shot it. Many horses are injured or die as a result of Mr. Salazar's "thrive and recover" policy.
It is so unfortunate that President Obama put Mr. Salazar in the position as secretary of the interior. So very unfortunate.
FairMaiden (01/23/2010, 2:13 PM )
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-carone22-2010jan22,0,4417485.story
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's plan for managing the American mustang population repeats past failures.
by Jack Carone
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's ode to the "majestic" wild horse, and his description of how the federal government must manage its population in his Jan. 14 Times Op-Ed article, comes across to the average reader as a reasonable and sympathetic approach to the problems faced by the American mustang. What Salazar doesn't mention is that the bureaucracies now under his control -- and the business interests they service -- have created the problems the Interior secretary says he wants to solve.
Today, like any population that stands in the way of those who covet their land, the wild horses continue to be removed from their range land and tragically herded down the trail to oblivion. With little basis in sound science, the horse has been scapegoated for environmental degradation. Meanwhile, government audits have found that the Bureau of Land Management has been curbing wild horse populations in areas where private livestock grazing is increasing. Cattle grazing on public land -- easily a much bigger cause of rang land deterioration -- outnumber wild horses by at least 200 to 1.
Salazar writes that since the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was enacted in 1971 -- which allowed wild horses to live free on lands where they existed at the time -- the Bureau of Land Management has helped wild horse populations thrive and recover. Salazar has a curious definition of "thrive" and "recover." Since 1971, the BLM has systematically whittled away the act's protections, with about 47,000 wild horses now kept in short- and long-term holding pens and just 31,000 left roaming free on public lands.
Salazar's suggestion that horse adoption is part of the answer is perhaps his most outrageous one. In 1997, a BLM official told the Associated Press that roughly 90% of adopted wild horses ended up going to slaughter. While some horses are adopted and do adapt to a domestic lifestyle, tens of thousands remain in holding. The government spends more than $30 million a year to house captured horses, a useless expense considering that there is no need to find new land for the American mustang. The land designated for them in 1971 hasn't gone anywhere; instead, wild horses have been permanently removed from nearly 20 million acres of their original herd areas. Some of these lands have been sold and made available for livestock, but they have never been reopened to the horses.
We do appreciate Salazar's interest in "new partnerships" and "new thinking," and we certainly look forward to working together on a viable alternative to the current management paradigm. But using progressive language is a far cry from implementing an ethically sustainable program. Indeed, a U.S. District Court judge recently said that Salazar's proposed "plan" to relocate wild horses to holding facilities in the Midwest and east of the Mississippi River violates federal law.
Salazar encourages the public to get involved by coming out to the range and helping to care for the horses. This is a nice sentiment, but does Salazar seriously think he can address a "problem" that includes thousands of animals and hundreds of thousands of acres by getting a few environmentally inclined Americans to visit the range?
Perhaps most poisonous is the BLM's misrepresentation of wild American horses as an invasive species. In reality, horses originated in North America between 1 million and 2 million years ago. These ancient North American horses, which are believed to have died out around the end of the last Ice Age, are biologically the same as the horses that arrived here about 10,000 years later. Native to this continent, the horses that have returned to their natural state over the past few hundred years, on our vast remote ranges, represent the current adaptation of the North American wild horse.
The BLM must halt its horse roundups until the population of wild horses and burros on public lands can be independently assessed. It ought to abandon its haphazard way of corralling and housing horses and perfect methods to progressively manage populations on the range.
A 1990 study by the U.S. General Accountability Office has already found that cattle and sheep grazing -- not free-roaming wild horses -- damage range and riparian areas the most. Old and failed policies must stop now so that we don't continue to create bigger problems.
Secretary Salazar, please stop galloping in the wrong direction.
Jack Carone is chief operating officer of Return to Freedom, a wild horse sanctuary in Santa Barbara County.
Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times
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Thank-you for the wonderful piece - I was beginning to wonder if anyone in America still had a brain as it is incomprehensible an agency as corrupt, brutal and inept as BLM is real. I pray Obama and the Senate right this national disgrace that is Slaughter Czar Salazar, Slaughter house Bob Abbey and his horse abusing sidekick Don Glenn. The lies these people tell result in Our Wild Horses and Burros being terrorized and ripped from the lands were they live and sent on a journey of terror and horrific abuse. I wish Salazar, Abbey, Glenn and the other at BLM responsible for this horrific brutal abuse of our beloved wild horses and burros get sent to the slaughter house in mexico where they have colluded and conspired and sent thousands of our wild horses. THERE IS NO WILD HORSE OVERPOPULATION -BLM ARE LIARS -EVERYTHING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS IS A LIE. THERE IS A 9 MILLION PRIVATE WELFARE CATTLE OVERPOPULATION ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS DESTROYING OUR LAND, OUR WATER AND OUR WILDLIFE AT A COST TO US OF UP TO 1 BILLION PER YEAR !
THIS IS HOW BLM CARES FOR OUR BELOVED HORSES - BRUTALLY & CRUELLY:
In a cruel and unnecessary helicopter roundup on 2010 JANUARY 22, the BLM RAN A FOAL 14 miles over rock TILL ITS FEET FELL OFF on Tuesday, let him stand for a day, then made him ride four hours in a trailer to Fallon where he was unloaded and then shot. At least two other horses also died.
welshshari@gmail.com (01/23/2010, 4:43 PM )
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Mr. Carone's information was like a "ray of sunshine". Something honest for a change!
Mr. Salazar's continuous attempts to misinform the public and/or leave important information out is quite offensive. Why misinform? If what you are doing Mr. Salazar is honest, forthright and humane. Why not tell the truth?
I have never seen any mention that the majestic wild horse population only comprises 1/2 of 1 percent of large grazing animals on public lands. Nor has there been any mention that ranchers graze livestock on public lands for $1.35 per month, instead of the private-land rate of $13 per month, per animal. And that the BLM authorizes livestock grazing on 160 million acres of public land.
The small (in comparison) amount of land left to the wild horses is also shared with livestock. The agency's own data shows the majority of rangeland deterioration is caused by livestock!
Mr. Salazar's "thrive and recover" statement? He really should rename this "search and destroy". The BLM chased a foal by helicopter, literally ran the foal's hooves off, and then shot it. Many horses are injured or die as a result of Mr. Salazar's "thrive and recover" policy.
It is so unfortunate that President Obama put Mr. Salazar in the position as secretary of the interior. So very unfortunate.
FairMaiden (01/23/2010, 2:13 PM )
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-carone22-2010jan22,0,4417485.story
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Colonial Spanish Mustangs / Law would make breed NC state horse
Colonial Spanish Mustangs / Law would make breed NC state horse
By Toby Tate
Staff Writer
Friday, January 22, 2010
CURRITUCK — Standing before an audience of more than 500 at Shawboro Elementary School on Friday, second-grader Catherine Simila declaredwhy she thinks the Colonial Spanish Mustang should be North Carolina’s state horse.
“These horses have survived the most violent weather, sand, heat and even sun,” she said. “Because of their toughness and iron will, there is no other horse to represent our strong state of North Carolina.”
About 20 state and local officials attended the State Horse Letter Writing Campaign Presentation. The purpose is to urge state leaders to draft legislation to make the Wild Spanish Mustangs of Currituck, Dare and Carteret counties the official state horse.
So far Currituck has amassed about 1,000 letters since the campaign began in June of last year, according to school officials. The letters are part of a state-mandated letterwriting campaign for all fourth-graders in Currituck County, though any student could participate.
Fourth-grader Sarah McClellan gave a brief history of the horses and why they are disappearing.
“The Spanish breed came to the Outer Banks from a Spanish ship that crashed in a big storm before there were any lighthouses,” she said. “About 37 horses got murdered by cars. I really wish for you to select the Colonial Spanish Mustangs as North Carolina’s state horse because they have been through a lot.”
State Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washington, said he was there to pledge his support for the bill’s introduction.
Also pledging support in letters that were read during the assembly were U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue.
State Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, said that instead of introducing a separate bill, Rep. Bob England, D-Ellenboro, is allowing legislators to amend his bill, House Bill 1251, which designates June as Cancer Screening Awareness Month.
“We got permission from him to use his bill and we’ve already got it drafted and ready to go,” he said.
Currituck County Commissioner Barry Nelms said the idea is excellent not only for Currituck, but for the entire region.
“The horses from day one have been a major draw and tourism is the mainstay and probably always will be for Currituck, Dare and Pasquotank Counties and the entire region,” Nelms said.
Currituck School Board Chairwoman Pat Stretar agreed.
“I think (the Spanish Mustang) should be our state horse,” she said. “I’m absolutely for it. I think (the entire school board) is.”
Karen McAlpin, executive director of the Wild Horse Fund, who helped organize the assembly, said the letter-writing has snowballed into a much larger project encompassing other counties.
“This is a huge step for the wild horses and they’ll finally get the honor and recognition that they deserve,” she said. “They’re part of our history and culture, not just in Currituck County or the Outer Banks, but they’re part of American History and they’re disappearing.
They’re everybody’s horses, not just our county’s.”
There are currently about 100 wild horses living in a 12,000-acre parcel of land in Corolla, contained between to sound-to-sea fences, according to the Wild Horse Fund Web site.
The state horse designation does not entitle the horses to federal protection, however, according to Owens, who said that Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, may try to introduce legislation to do so.
Also attending Friday’s assembly was a representative of Sen. Marc Basnight, D-Dare.
Contact Toby Tate at ttate@coxnc.com
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/law-would-make-breed-state-horse-1
By Toby Tate
Staff Writer
Friday, January 22, 2010
CURRITUCK — Standing before an audience of more than 500 at Shawboro Elementary School on Friday, second-grader Catherine Simila declaredwhy she thinks the Colonial Spanish Mustang should be North Carolina’s state horse.
“These horses have survived the most violent weather, sand, heat and even sun,” she said. “Because of their toughness and iron will, there is no other horse to represent our strong state of North Carolina.”
About 20 state and local officials attended the State Horse Letter Writing Campaign Presentation. The purpose is to urge state leaders to draft legislation to make the Wild Spanish Mustangs of Currituck, Dare and Carteret counties the official state horse.
So far Currituck has amassed about 1,000 letters since the campaign began in June of last year, according to school officials. The letters are part of a state-mandated letterwriting campaign for all fourth-graders in Currituck County, though any student could participate.
Fourth-grader Sarah McClellan gave a brief history of the horses and why they are disappearing.
“The Spanish breed came to the Outer Banks from a Spanish ship that crashed in a big storm before there were any lighthouses,” she said. “About 37 horses got murdered by cars. I really wish for you to select the Colonial Spanish Mustangs as North Carolina’s state horse because they have been through a lot.”
State Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washington, said he was there to pledge his support for the bill’s introduction.
Also pledging support in letters that were read during the assembly were U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue.
State Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, said that instead of introducing a separate bill, Rep. Bob England, D-Ellenboro, is allowing legislators to amend his bill, House Bill 1251, which designates June as Cancer Screening Awareness Month.
“We got permission from him to use his bill and we’ve already got it drafted and ready to go,” he said.
Currituck County Commissioner Barry Nelms said the idea is excellent not only for Currituck, but for the entire region.
“The horses from day one have been a major draw and tourism is the mainstay and probably always will be for Currituck, Dare and Pasquotank Counties and the entire region,” Nelms said.
Currituck School Board Chairwoman Pat Stretar agreed.
“I think (the Spanish Mustang) should be our state horse,” she said. “I’m absolutely for it. I think (the entire school board) is.”
Karen McAlpin, executive director of the Wild Horse Fund, who helped organize the assembly, said the letter-writing has snowballed into a much larger project encompassing other counties.
“This is a huge step for the wild horses and they’ll finally get the honor and recognition that they deserve,” she said. “They’re part of our history and culture, not just in Currituck County or the Outer Banks, but they’re part of American History and they’re disappearing.
They’re everybody’s horses, not just our county’s.”
There are currently about 100 wild horses living in a 12,000-acre parcel of land in Corolla, contained between to sound-to-sea fences, according to the Wild Horse Fund Web site.
The state horse designation does not entitle the horses to federal protection, however, according to Owens, who said that Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, may try to introduce legislation to do so.
Also attending Friday’s assembly was a representative of Sen. Marc Basnight, D-Dare.
Contact Toby Tate at ttate@coxnc.com
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/law-would-make-breed-state-horse-1
BLMs' Assaults Continue
BLM is still in the process of capturing 2,500 horses from Nevada's Calico Mountains; so far, 9 horses have died, including a foal who had to be euthanized after suffering severe damage to his hooves, presumably as a result of being chased by a helicopter for miles over volcanic rocks. BLM is also reporting that 20 to 25 horses have been injured. These numbers are a good indication of the amount of stress suffered by all the horses currently being rounded up.
Ignoring nationwide protests, the federal government continues its all-out assault on America?s wild horses, with two additional massive roundups in the works. When combined with the Calico roundup, the number of horses targeted for removal in Nevada exceeds 4,200! Comments for both new roundups are due by January 27.
Eagle Herd Management Area
BLM plans to remove 550 horses, leaving just 100 horses on 675,000 acres (almost the size of Rhode Island), or less than one horse per 6,000 acres! Livestock grazing in this HMA is extensive, and the number of cattle and sheep allowed across the 675,000 acres dwarfs the number of wild horses.
Please send your comments to:
BLM Ely District Office
attn.: Mary D'aversa
HC 33 PO Box 33500
Ely, NV 89301
email: eaglegather@blm.gov
Antelope Herd Management Area
BLM is seeking public comments on the proposed removal of 1,200 horses from the Antelope Complex in Northeastern Nevada.
Please send your comments to:
BLM Wells Field Office
attn.: Wells Field Office Manager
3900 Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801
No email address is provided, but you can call Bruce Thompson at 775-753-0286.
Join us in protesting this egregious mismanagement of America's last remaining wild horses and gross waste of tax-dollars.
- Write Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and President Barack Obama. Ask them to call for a moratorium on roundups and implementation of in-the-wild management, in keeping with the intent of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
Secretary Salazar
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
President Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
- Upcoming protests:
Phoenix, AZ, Saturday Jan. 30, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the BLM office
One North Central, Suite 800
Boulder, CO, Saturday Jan. 30, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Downtown, at the corner of Broadway and Canyon
On behalf of the horses, thank you for your support,
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org
Click here to join our email list and receive the latest updates.
Ignoring nationwide protests, the federal government continues its all-out assault on America?s wild horses, with two additional massive roundups in the works. When combined with the Calico roundup, the number of horses targeted for removal in Nevada exceeds 4,200! Comments for both new roundups are due by January 27.
Eagle Herd Management Area
BLM plans to remove 550 horses, leaving just 100 horses on 675,000 acres (almost the size of Rhode Island), or less than one horse per 6,000 acres! Livestock grazing in this HMA is extensive, and the number of cattle and sheep allowed across the 675,000 acres dwarfs the number of wild horses.
Please send your comments to:
BLM Ely District Office
attn.: Mary D'aversa
HC 33 PO Box 33500
Ely, NV 89301
email: eaglegather@blm.gov
Antelope Herd Management Area
BLM is seeking public comments on the proposed removal of 1,200 horses from the Antelope Complex in Northeastern Nevada.
Please send your comments to:
BLM Wells Field Office
attn.: Wells Field Office Manager
3900 Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801
No email address is provided, but you can call Bruce Thompson at 775-753-0286.
Join us in protesting this egregious mismanagement of America's last remaining wild horses and gross waste of tax-dollars.
- Write Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and President Barack Obama. Ask them to call for a moratorium on roundups and implementation of in-the-wild management, in keeping with the intent of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
Secretary Salazar
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
President Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
- Upcoming protests:
Phoenix, AZ, Saturday Jan. 30, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the BLM office
One North Central, Suite 800
Boulder, CO, Saturday Jan. 30, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Downtown, at the corner of Broadway and Canyon
On behalf of the horses, thank you for your support,
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org
Click here to join our email list and receive the latest updates.
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