- Signatures: 48,457
- Goal: 50,000
- Deadline: Ongoing...
STOP THE WILD HORSE WIPE-OUT – www.wildhorsepreservation.org
America’s wild horses are being eradicated in violation of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse & Burro Act, which protects them as “living symbols” of our Nation's spirit. From over 2 million in the 1800s, fewer than 25,000 remain on our public lands. There are now more wild horses in government holding pens than remain in the wild. Still, the round-ups continue, and a recent change in the law opens the door to thousands being sent to slaughter.
Although in-the-wild management would save millions of tax-dollars, special interests have been successful in pressuring the government to systematically remove wild horses from public lands - specifically corporate cattle interests who want our horses replaced with private cattle for subsidized grazing.
AWHPC is coordinating a letter-writing campaign: In addition to signing this petition, it is important that you please send individual letters to your federal legislators calling for a Congressional inquiry into the government’s wild horse management practices. Tell them that our national heritage does not belong on European dinner tables.
For more information and to sign up for email updates, please visit www.wildhorsepreservation.org
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48,527 | 4:31 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Anonymous | California | United States | |
| 48,526 | 3:56 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Margaret Anne | Australia | This is the real wild west wild and free leave them ALONE!! | |
| 48,525 | 3:06 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Nina Council | Oregon | United States | Wild horses are our majestic wildlife creatures, to loose these beautiful images would be a horrid loss. There is plenty of land for horses especially if humans would wake up and realize that it is the cattle industry who wants them dead. One horse per 400 cattle, America be ashamed, our horses helped build this country, were used and suffered in wars, pulled the loads, pulled the taxis and this is how they are now treated. I am ashamed to be identified as a humane human. |
| 48,524 | 2:08 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Melanie Strassheimer | Ireland | ||
| 48,523 | 1:56 pm PST, Nov 20 | Maarja Lutsar | Estonia | |||
| 48,522 | 1:24 pm PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Anna Orlovska | Spain | ||
| 48,521 | 1:19 pm PST, Nov 20 | Anonymous | Illinois | United States | Stop giving the ranching industry a free pass to capitalize on our public lands! Wild Mustang were reintroduced to North America by the Spainiards after the Ice Age. Any argument that American settlers introduced wild mustang as an invasive species is false. Cattle are the most damaging and invasive hooved animals in the American Southwest! | |
| 48,520 | 12:56 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Anonymous | California | United States | I plan to be a voice. |
| 48,519 | 12:51 pm PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Anonymous | North Carolina | United States | |
| 48,518 | 10:45 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | person christel | California | United States | they need our protection from human greed |
| 48,517 | 10:28 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Morningstar Walker | Idaho | United States | Leave the wild horses on the land and remove the cattle. Make jobs for people to work with the horses. Our government has an, "If we don't like it and it doesn't make money, get rid of it", attitude. Do not take away the wild horse heritage. |
| 48,516 | 9:52 am PST, Nov 20 | Adrienne Stras | Illinois | United States | ||
| 48,515 | 8:40 am PST, Nov 20 | karen hooker | California | United States | Another "shame-on-you" government blunder !!! | |
| 48,514 | 8:35 am PST, Nov 20 | Alana Kumke | Illinois | United States | ||
| 48,513 | 8:23 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Simone Vargas | Illinois | United States | I don't understand why we have to slaughter any animals. Animals have been in the world for ever. What gives us the right to kill animals simply because especially our horses. We need to be taking care of them and giving them more land to live. They need protection |
| 48,512 | 8:19 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Carmen Rosas | Mexico | ||
| 48,511 | 8:13 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Melissa Thomason | Minnesota | United States | Stop killing our wild horses. They are our legacy, and should be treated with more pride and respect. The cruelty of these round-ups is shameful. |
| 48,510 | 7:28 am PST, Nov 20 | Jeana Worthington | Illinois | United States | ||
| 48,509 | 7:15 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | kim brockleman | Kansas | United States | Save all the wild horses! |
| 48,508 | 7:12 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | Laura Stoecker | Illinois | United States | |
| 48,507 | 7:12 am PST, Nov 20 | Mr. | René Ebacher | Canada | We have the same problem in British Columbia where wild horses are being shot and transformed to dog food. These beautiful animals which doesn't harm anybody, have to be protected and people who kill them prosecuted. | |
| 48,506 | 7:12 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Mary Radek | Illinois | United States | |
| 48,505 | 7:01 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Melinda Toth | Virginia | United States | |
| 48,504 | 6:56 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | vanbuggenhout Viviane | Belgium | ||
| 48,503 | 6:55 am PST, Nov 20 | nancy guzauski | New York | United States | ||
| 48,502 | 6:54 am PST, Nov 20 | Ms. | jackie butler | United Kingdom | Treat others, THAT INCLUDES ANIMALS, as you yourself would wish to be treated. The rest of the world looks to the US to adhere to this principle so LEAVE THE HORSES ALONE they are part of the planet's eco-system! | |
| 48,501 | 6:39 am PST, Nov 20 | Mrs. | Stacy Boening | New York | United States | Wild horses deserve to have land left for them. Let them be! |
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
Dear Members of Congress:
In 1971, an unprecedented letter-writing campaign moved Congress to unanimously pass the Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act, declaring that “wild horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people.”
Over the past thirty years, the intent of the 1971 Act and the will of the people have been consistently ignored. So my fellow citizens and I are turning to you once again to demand that the Department of the Interior stop wasting our tax dollars on eradicating America’s wild horses from our public lands. The Bureau of Land Management’s current policy of aggressive removal favors private cattle interests over the will of the people; this is unacceptable and un-American.
I respectfully request a congressional investigation and hearing on the issue. Specifically, I support the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign in its goal to obtain:
- the review of scientific findings that contradict BLM’s claims of wild horse overpopulation and negative impact on the range;
- a moratorium on all round-ups until actual numbers of wild horses and burros on public lands have been independently assessed;
- restoration of the Herd Management Areas designated by the 1971 Act; and
- implementation of in-the-wild management.
America’s wild horses are a reintroduced native wildlife species and an American zoological treasure. I ask you to ensure that they will be allowed to thrive in genetically viable herds for future generations to enjoy on our public lands.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
In 1971, an unprecedented letter-writing campaign moved Congress to unanimously pass the Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act, declaring that “wild horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people.”
Over the past thirty years, the intent of the 1971 Act and the will of the people have been consistently ignored. So my fellow citizens and I are turning to you once again to demand that the Department of the Interior stop wasting our tax dollars on eradicating America’s wild horses from our public lands. The Bureau of Land Management’s current policy of aggressive removal favors private cattle interests over the will of the people; this is unacceptable and un-American.
I respectfully request a congressional investigation and hearing on the issue. Specifically, I support the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign in its goal to obtain:
- the review of scientific findings that contradict BLM’s claims of wild horse overpopulation and negative impact on the range;
- a moratorium on all round-ups until actual numbers of wild horses and burros on public lands have been independently assessed;
- restoration of the Herd Management Areas designated by the 1971 Act; and
- implementation of in-the-wild management.
America’s wild horses are a reintroduced native wildlife species and an American zoological treasure. I ask you to ensure that they will be allowed to thrive in genetically viable herds for future generations to enjoy on our public lands.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
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