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President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Salazar, Bureau of Land Management, Members of Congress:
On 9/1/09, the Bureau of Land Management activated a roundup of Pryor Mountain Wild Horses. Helicopters corralled the famous horse Cloud (documented on PBS Nature series) and his band from their mountaintop home through desert foothills to holding pens.
I'm relieved BLM ended the operation after just six days, but it never should have occurred in the first place.
The raid on Cloud's Herd epitomizes years of mismanagement. To appease cattle ranchers and other private interests, BLM captures more animals than it can adopt out. With 33,000 horses already in federal compounds, surplus American horses commonly go from auction to kill floor.
A recent BLM press release claims to have freed "most of the 146 horses gathered," including Cloud and his herd. I respectfully demand freedom for Conquistador, Grumpy and other horses older then 10 — who are not adoptable. Let them live and die in their natural range.
I urge BLM to decrease horses slated for removal to just 20 adoptable horses from ages one to two. Ultimately, BLM should pursue non- invasive control methods — such as range expansion in conjunction with the National Park Service and intensified contraception programs. A cap on permits to hunt mountain lions would let natural predation curb mustang numbers. In addition, landowners who permit wild horses on their property ought to receive tax incentives.
I ask the President, Vice President and Congress to advocate reinstatement of these magnificent creatures on public rangelands. Your support of the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) bill S.B. 1579 can help renew protections Congress enacted in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971. ROAM's House version, H.R. 1018, has already passed. I hope the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee follows suit with swift approval of S.B. 1579.
Please return Cloud's entire herd to the wild, so that senior horses are not sold to kill-buyers. Slaughter is excruciating for these excitable animals. On Mexican kill floors, a "puntilla knife" is used to sever the spinal cord — merely paralyzing the horse as workers slit his throat. The captive bolt pistols used in Canada often don't work on such long-necked animals, and leave them thrashing in pain.
Please listen to public sentiment and let wild free-roaming horses and burros live as testament to the "pioneer spirit of the West."
Thank you,
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EVERYONE, SEND COMMENTS TO: President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW / Washington, DC 20500 comments: 202-456-1111 or 202-456-9000 switchboard: 202-456-1414; fax: 202-456-2461 contact forms: www.whitehouse.gov/contact/, www.whitehouse.gov/ContactUs/ Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. / Washington DC 20240 email: feedback@ios.doi.gov, Secretary_of_the_Interior@ios.doi.gov SOURCE: www.doi.gov/contact.html U.S. Bureau of Land Management 1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665 / Washington DC 20240 ph: 202-208-3801; fax: 202-208-5242 Director Bob Abbey: Director@blm.gov, Robert_Abbey@blm.gov ph: 202-208-3801, 866-468-7826; fax: 202-208-5242 Acting Deputy Director Mike Pool: Mike_Pool@blm.gov Chief of Staff Janet Lin: janet_lin@blm.gov SOURCE: www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/directory.2.html |
House Committee on Natural Resources 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 ph: 202-225-6065; fax: 202-225-1931 Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia, Chairman, contact form: www.rahall.house.gov/index.cfm? sectionid=9§iontree=9 Doc Hastings, Washington, Ranking Republican Member, contact form: hastings.house.gov/ContactForm.aspx SOURCE: resourcescommittee.house.gov/ U.S CITIZENS ONLY, ALSO SEND COMMENTS TO: The Honorable Representative [YOUR REP'S NAME] U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Senator [YOUR SENATOR'S NAME] The U.S. Senate U.S. Capitol Building Washington, D.C. 20510 To find your federal legislators' contact info, try: Congress.org Project VoteSmart USA Senate USA House of Representatives |
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EVERYONE, SEND COMMENTS TO:
feedback@ios.doi.gov, Secretary_of_the_Interior@ios.doi.gov, Director@blm.gov, Robert_Abbey@blm.gov, Mike_Pool@blm.gov, janet_lin@blm.gov, senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
RECIPIENTS WITH WEB CONTACT FORMS ONLY:
• President Barack Obama
• Vice President Joe Biden
• Chariman Nick J. Rahall, House Committee on Natural Resources
• Doc Hastings, Ranking Republican Member
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Senator Lisa Murkowski, Ranking Republican Member
U.S, CITIZENS ONLY, ALSO SEND COMMENTS TO:
To find your federal legislators' contact info, try:
Congress.org
Project VoteSmart
USA Senate
USA House of Representatives
***KINSHIP CIRCLE CANNOT GUARANTEE ALL EMAILS WILL WORK: During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their email addresses. Emails from government, corporate, or institute websites may be incorrect. We highly recommend you snail-mail or fax to those contacts without working or publicly available email addresses.
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SAMPLE LETTER • Print/Send This Letter
President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Salazar, Bureau of Land Management, Members of Congress:
On 9/1/09, the Bureau of Land Management activated a roundup of Pryor Mountain Wild Horses. Helicopters corralled the famous horse Cloud (documented on PBS Nature series) and his band from their mountaintop home through desert foothills to holding pens.
I'm relieved BLM ended the operation after just six days, but it never should have occurred in the first place.
The raid on Cloud's Herd epitomizes years of mismanagement. To appease cattle ranchers and other private interests, BLM captures more animals than it can adopt out. With 33,000 horses already in federal compounds, surplus American horses commonly go from auction to kill floor.
A recent BLM press release claims to have freed "most of the 146 horses gathered," including Cloud and his herd. I respectfully demand freedom for Conquistador, Grumpy and other horses older then 10 — who are not adoptable. Let them live and die in their natural range.
I urge BLM to decrease horses slated for removal to just 20 adoptable horses from ages one to two. Ultimately, BLM should pursue non- invasive control methods — such as range expansion in conjunction with the National Park Service and intensified contraception programs. A cap on permits to hunt mountain lions would let natural predation curb mustang numbers. In addition, landowners who permit wild horses on their property ought to receive tax incentives.
I ask the President, Vice President and Congress to advocate reinstatement of these magnificent creatures on public rangelands. Your support of the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) bill S.B. 1579 can help renew protections Congress enacted in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971. ROAM's House version, H.R. 1018, has already passed. I hope the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee follows suit with swift approval of S.B. 1579.
Please return Cloud's entire herd to the wild, so that senior horses are not sold to kill-buyers. Slaughter is excruciating for these excitable animals. On Mexican kill floors, a "puntilla knife" is used to sever the spinal cord — merely paralyzing the horse as workers slit his throat. The captive bolt pistols used in Canada often don't work on such long-necked animals, and leave them thrashing in pain.
Please listen to public sentiment and let wild free-roaming horses and burros live as testament to the "pioneer spirit of the West."
Thank you,
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