At least the House of Representatives is trying to do something to prevent the slaughter of wild horses which is scheduled for this summer in the Western United States. This sounds like really good news and thanks to those elected officials who worked to get a bill through. But a word of caution is needed here. Bills have come and gone before and they have not prevented the action of the slaughterers and their lobbyists. We must keep pressure on our representatives in Washington DC in order to make sure the bill makes it through the Senate and is then enforced.
From the article:
WASHINGTON – Healthy wild horses and burros that live on federal land throughout the West would be saved from slaughter by a mustang protection bill passed Friday by the House.
Members of Congress took action after Bureau of Land Management officials raised the possibility of killing as many as 30,000 wild mustangs and burros they can no longer afford to house in holding facilities after removing them from land that cannot sustain the growing herds.
Democratic leaders of the House Natural Resources Committee said sterilization of herd members and an expanded adoption program are more humane options.
Read the entire article here.
If you can, please take the time to let your representatives know you appreciate what they have done and that you now want to make this bill law.
Let’s stop these environmental rapists in their tracks.
