Wayne Pacelle, the president and chief executive of the Humane Society, has publicly voiced his support for Madeleine Pickens and her plan to create a huge sanctuary for wild horses, including the 30,000 wild horses and burros now in captivity.
The Bureau of Land Management’s current population control practices include the violent round up and capture of thousands of wild horses and burros. Under a law amended by former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns, horses older than 10 who are not successfully adopted are subject to slaughter.
HR 1018, or the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act, would reverse this amendment and ban the slaughter of wild horses and burros, reopen up millions of acres originally designated for these animals, and implement other forms of population control, such as contraceptive programs. The ROAM Act is intended to honor the original intent of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
“The wild horses and burros who roam our public rangelands are a national treasure, and it’s time we took steps to ensure that they’ll always be there.” He said. “For fiscal year 2009, the captive horse program will consume and astonishing 75% of the agency’s total resources for horse and burro protection. There are at least 30,000 horses in short and long-term facilities, at an estimated cost of $27 million.”
“The Obama administration must ‘re-tool’ the program.” He said. Pacelle then offered his support to Pickens’ campaign, in which she is urging people to email Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, asking him to support her plan for a wild horse sanctuary of up to a million acres of western rangelands.
“If you have a chance, please do take the action step Madeleine Pickens recommends.” Pacelle says.
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