The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a plan showing the intent to conduct massive roundups such as this and subject many to barbaric surgical sterilization. This plan is a prescription for horse slaughter and was a direct follow up to a similar plan promoted by the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), ASPCA, and National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). NCBA's enthusiasm for the plan is telling, given that it has been leading the push to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S.
The BLM plan, which calls for the mass roundup of 20,000-30,000 yearly, is predicated on hysteria. The reality is, there are far more cattle and sheep on our public lands than wild horses and burros. This is an attempt to further imbalance the ratio by eradicating populations of wild horses and burros, so that beef cattle can eat away even more at our public lands in the West.
This misguided plan puts horses at a significant risk of slaughter. Already, 50,000 horses have been rounded up and being held by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and if the plan is implemented, it will only swell the population of captive horses even further. Instead of relying on inhumane roundups, BLM should implement PZP – a fertility control vaccine that is far more humane and cost-effective than removing hoses from the range. The only barrier? BLM won't use it.
Please take action now to save the wild horses and burros!
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