The number of North American wild stallions has been in steady decline for decades. Recently, two wildlife groups have filed a petition to stop that and offer them some type of protection, by listing them as endangered. The Cloud Foundation and the Friends of Animals have made a very strong case, explaining that almost 40,000 of the horses belonging to the generation of North American stallions will disappear soon if action isn’t taken.
According to their petition, stallion habitat has decreased by 40% since 1971, when President Nixon signed the Burro Act.The act covered the management, protection and study of “unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands in the United States.” The petition also argued that wild horses are a native breed, facing severe extinction for a temporary time period back in 1500s and brought back thanks to the efforts of Spanish people.
The horse has helped to build the US and are being rounded up cruelly and sold as dog food by BLM. They represent Freedom as much as the Eagle and need to be protected at all costs! Time to wake up the US Wildlife Service and have them do what's right by our beautiful wild horses, who need and deserve our protection.
