Animal Rights: BLM Roundup of Wild Horses
I have always had an affinity for horses since I was a child, and I have fantasized about adopting one of the wild horses the Bureau of Land Management rounds up every year and auctions off to the public.
ALove4Horses writes:
The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up and eliminating 12 herds (650 horses) off 1.4 million acres in Nevada right now- next they plan to destroy Cloud's herd with a massive removal of 70 horses that would include OLDER HORSES and YOUNG FOALS...The House just passed the Restoring of American Mustangs (ROAM) act and the Senate will review this bill (now S.1579) when they return from recess in September. Is BLM just trying to do as much irrevocable damage to America's wild horses as they can before Congress can act?
I know question if this is a practice I should support or if I would actually be "rescuing" an animal.
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Posted by Jennifer Lance at October 6, 2009 1:45 AM