As an American citizen and taxpayer I am outraged over our government's brutal treatment of federally-protected wild horses.  In Wyoming right now, government helicopters are chasing down wild horses in summer heat for miles over rough terrain. At least four foals have been run to death. The horses being captured are healthy and fit - they are not starving as some have claimed.

There is a way to manage wild horses, and this is not it. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded that BLM's roundups were actually creating high population growth rates on the range. In 2013, the NAS recommended fertility control as an alternative to costly and cruel roundups, yet since then the BLM has reduced its use of this humane population management tool.

In Wyoming, our public lands are being scoured of wild horses to make room for thousands of welfare cattle -- part of a giant federal entitlement program for commercial livestock interests funded by our tax dollars. This is exactly the kind of swamp that President Trump promised to drain.

America can't be great again if these national symbols of freedom are destroyed. Please stand with the 80 percent of Americans who want these iconic animals protected on our public lands. Please #StopTheRoundups #ReformTheBLM #KeepWildHorsesWild.

Thank you for your consideration.