New Sale Policy Puts Wild Horses at Risk of Slaughter

Slaughter must be taken 100% off the table! America’s wild horses and burros are national treasures.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Has A New Sale Policy, Take Action Now!

BLM has revised their sale policy to allow agency officials to increase the number of wild horses and burros sold to individuals and organizations from a limit of 4 now to 25.

The prior policy from 2012 limited individuals and organizations to purchase just four horses in a six-month period. This policy emerged after investigations showed that the BLM was selling horses to a known kill buyer who then sent them to slaughter.

This has left the door wide-open for kill buyers to come and fill their trucks with no regard for the lives of America’s wild horses and burros.

The Department of the Interior must act on behalf of the horses immediately when humane options for wild horses and burros exist.

Responsible management means focusing on finding more humane homes for captured horses with more gentling programs to improve adoption rates. Large-scale fertility control on the range using already developed humane, safe methods (PZP) need to be more widely used. The BLM should make better use of the numerous public-private relationship offers to better manage the horses.

No government agency should be allowed to kill them off to manage their budget or correct a poorly run wild horse and burro program.

Contact your elected officials in Congress to stand up to the BLM and Interior Department which oversees the BLM. Tell Congress to ensure wild horse and burro protections remain in place and slaughter is not an option. Locate your Congresspeople via 202-224-3121.

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