*Hang flyers, see our 'tools and kits' page to get some awesome and free templates!
*Do a class speech or project at school exposing the cruelty of these roundups! WildHorsePreservation.org has pictures, videos, tips, action alerts, and more that you can reproduce for educational purposes
*Start a email-newsletter and include action alerts and updates!
*Start and promote a blog!
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Urge Congress to Say NO to BLM Wild Horse Budget Increase-take action NOW! The Fiscal Year (FY) Appropriations process begins on Capitol Hill, and starting tomorrow Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey will testify before two key committees to justify their FY 2012 budget request, which includes a $12 million increase for the costly and cruel wild horse program.Of the total wild horse program budget, 70 percent (nearly $53 million) will be spent to round up and remove wild horses from their homes in the West and to warehouse nearly 50,000 mustangs in holding facilities. Under the Obama Administration, and for the first time in history, our government warehouses more wild horses in holding facilities than live free on the range. Yet, the BLM wants to roundup 15,000 more horses over the next two years! Secretary Salazar, a fifth-generation rancher, has continued the BLM's policy of favoring cattlemen and sheep ranchers over wild horses. The BLM authorizes 5-15 times more privately-owned livestock than wild horses on the small percentage of BLM lands designated by law as wild horse habitat. This unsustainable policy continues at great cost to taxpayers and to the mustangs themselves. to increase the chances that your voice is heard, please also follow it up with a telephone call. It's time for Congress to say no to business-as-usual at the BLM. TAKE ACTION HERE- http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6931/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5798 |
