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August 15, 2013
By Electronic Mail
Sally Jewell, Secretary of Interior
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240
Tel: 202-208-3100
Neil Kornze, Principal Deputy Director
BLM Washington Office
1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665
Washington DC 20240
Phone: 202-208-3801
Fax: 202-208-5242
Joan Guilfoyle, Division Chief
Division of Wild Horses and Burros
20 M Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: 202-912-7260
Amy Leuders, Nevada State Director
Bureau of Land Management
Nevada State Office
1340 Financial Blvd
Reno, NV 89502
Tel: 775-861-6400
Jill Silvey, District Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Elko District Office
3900 E. Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801
Tel: 775-753-0200
Gene Seidlitz, District Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Winnemucca District Office
5100 East Winnemucca Blvd.
Winnemucca, NV 89445
Tel: 775-623-1500
Jeff Ulrich, District Ranger
U.S. Forest Service
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
1200 East Winnemucca Blvd.
Winnemucca, NV 89445
Tom Tidwell, Chief
U.S. Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-0003
ttidwell@fs.fed
Official Request to prevent federally protected wild horses from being sold to probable slaughter
We request for the Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service ensure that no federally protected wild horses are removed from the range and transported to auction anywhere, nor sold to anyone, nor used nor held by anyone, nor claimed by anyone, in connection with the Service’s June 14, 2013 Notice of Intent to Impound Unauthorized Livestock in cooperation with the Fort McDermitt Paiute Tribal Council.(http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5427742.pdf)
In addition we request opportunities for daily public observation be provided at all trap sites, holding facilities, sites of use, auction houses and shipping centers, etc.
We require you inform us of the casualties (moralities & injuries) in this roundup.
Now with hundreds of wild horses at the Fallon Livestock Auction yard awaiting sale this Saturday August 17th we request DNA testing be performed immediately on all unbranded wild horses as well as you provide immediate public observation at the livestock auction facility for members of our group and other members of the public to document with photos and video the situation.
We request you pull from the auction–where alleged kill-buyers purchase horses for slaughter for human consumption abroad–all unbranded or branded federally protected wild horses who could have been living on BLM or Forest Service land yet were pushed by helicopter or other motorized vehicle or by cowboy to be trapped on federal land or elsewhere.
You are required by law to protect the American wild horses–please do so immediately.
We await your response, via email, to our urgent and official request.
Sincerely,
Anne Novak
Anne Novak
Executive Director
Protect Mustangs
San Francisco Bay Area
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