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In what could be its most absurd and cynical move yet, the Bureau of Land Management is partnering with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Sheep Industry and the Association of National Grasslands (represented by the Public Lands Council), in a campaign that promotes the purchase of wild horses and burros by public lands ranchers. View their joint press release at http://www.beefusa.org/NEWSPLCBLMLaunchHorseandBurroCampaign25051.aspx.
The very people who lobby tirelessly to remove wild horses from our public lands at taxpayers’ expense are now urged to purchase these same horses at bargain basement prices. Ranchers did not want to share their public land allotments with these horses in the first place; do we really think they are now going to let them graze these same allotments out of the goodness of their hearts? Who better than the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to funnel wild horses to slaughter?
Without independent oversight and incentives to ensure the ranchers will provide long-term care for these horses, we can’t help but see something sinister at play and need your help to fight another attempt by the BLM to discard our wild horses by any means available. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW to protest this latest maneuver by the BLM and the cattle lobby: voice your concern and outrage to Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior,1849 C Street, N.W., Washington DC 20240 - fax: 202.208.5048.
We are in the process of investigating all the implications of BLM’s new campaign. Be sure to check the News Briefs section of the AWHPC site for further information as we uncover it.
On behalf of the horses, thank you for your support.
The AWHPC Team.
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org
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