Emaciated foal in BML pen. wildhorsepreservation.org

I was horrified as I wrote the post for this week’s cause at BtC4animals.com. As the plight of wild horses continues, please, don’t let them slip from view or we may never see them again.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is zeroing out wild mustangs in Nevada and California this summer, just as they already have in other states. These lands, protected by the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, are now the grave to 10% of herds driven off by the thousands. The injured are shot and killed as a result of broken legs, necks and dehydration while chased by helicopter in the dead heat of summer.

BLM claims they aren’t managing horse areas for the revenue of sheep and cattle ranchers who lease land and water resources, yet BLM continues to fence off water and remove the horses they are required to protect. Only a small fraction of the horses are “adopted” from BLM holding pens. Most are are sold to Mexico for slaughter or transported to inhospitable lands to whither away.

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