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We are investigating the relationship between the current Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adoption and sales practices and the apparent increase in the number of #mustangs ending up in kill pens. #keepwildhorseswild 
The 2 BLM “initiatives” we are concerned about are: the Adoption Incentive Program, which pays $1k to adopters but then allows horses & burros to be flipped once titled & the Online Corral which fast tracks WHB to becoming Sale Authority animals who can be purchased for $25 each.
In order to document this situation, we are seeking information on all mustangs and burros rescued from sales pens between May 18, 2018 & now. If you’ve purchased one or more of these animals, we’re asking if you would consider sending us the information. wildhor.se/2I4WcNz
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.
How about a fast fact Friday? Here's a short video on PZP: A Humane Way to Manage Wild Herds. #keepwildhorseswild facebook.com/watch/?v=18432…
PZP is given via a dart that injects at the hip site, then ejects to be retrieved. It prevents fertilization & pregnancy via an immune response that does not affect the horse’s hormonal system. As a result, the vaccine preserves the natural behaviors that distinguish #wildhorses.
PZP is safe for female horses (mares) in foal, & for mares who are nursing their young. In the first year, the mares & young horses (fillies) are treated twice: once with a primer dose, & a booster dose two weeks later. It can be used in female horses as young as 11 months.
This Saturday, Bureau of Land Mgmt's contractors will fly helicopters over the Sulphur HMA in Utah to roundup & remove approx. 600 #wildhorses. AWHC's reps will be on-site for this operation. #stoptheroundups
These wild horses have bloodlines dating back to the first #horses brought to North America by Spanish explorers in the early 1500s & are among just a handful of herds with strong Spanish genetics. #keepwildhorseswild
BLM has set a population limit of just 165-250 #wildhorses on the 267,208-acre Sulphur HMA, or as low as one horse for every 1,619 acres. The low pop limit is imposed so that livestock operators get to graze the equivalent of 1,417 cow/calf pairs & 692 sheep on part of the HMA.
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
There's still time! The Rules Committee was expected to meet yesterday but is now meeting TOMORROW. Yesterday 3k of our AWHC community made calls & sent emails. Ask your member to co-sponsor & urge the Committee members to allow the vote. Take action: wildhor.se/Amdt6
We're building momentum with bipartisan co-sponsors: @RepCohen, @RepRaulGrijalva, @repdinatitus, @RepJoeNeguse, @RepDavidEPrice, @RepSchakowsky, @RepBrianFitz, @RepDavid, & @RepPeteKing who support the effort to dedicate funds to protect America’s cherished #wildhorses and burros
AND thank you @RepDebHaaland for supporting this amendment as well! The list of co-sponsors will update here: rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-76… See Division C – Department of the Interior, Environment, #6. #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
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
"Gov. Mark Gordon’s administration is preparing a bid to Occidental Petroleum for 1 million acres of surface land and 4 million acres of mineral rights" within the Wyoming Checkerboard. rightshttps://www.wyofile.com/governor-preps-bid-for-occidental-land-leaving-lawmakers-out/
Back in April, we submitted comments about the HMAs in the Checkerboard - where the Bureau wants to 0 out & remove many of the horses. A large portion of land within the planning area is owned by the Anadarko Land Corporation, which was purchased last year by Occidental Petroleum
Occidental then placed the land up for sale and WY is considering its purchase. It is clear that any future sale by Occidental to WY or BLM would impact the planning area and Bureau’s claim that private landowners in the Checkerboard demand the removal of the horses.
You can instantly donate to support our work to help horses by commenting #donate @FreeWildHorses right here on twitter! #KeepWildHorsesWild
