Rally to STOP selling Reno’s wild horses to kill buyers ~ Friday Sept. 14 in Carson City, NV

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

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Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:02 AM
Subject: WILD HORSE RALLY – FRIDAY, 09/14/12 – WHERE AND WHERE TO MEET

The Rally will start promptly at 11 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m., directly in front of the Legislative Building. We will only be allowed to walk on the sidewalk and grass next to the street. We will NOT be able to use the Legislative Building grounds to meet ahead of time.

So, we will be staging at the vacant lot on the corner of Carson Street and Fourth Street – DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SIDEWALK CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING [BIG CLOCK].

We have lots and lots of Nevada Department of of Agriculture signs already made out. Cat Kindsfather is making up some special signs for us to carry, at the last minute and very much appreciate her efforts on this. I am bringing a Nevada flag, as well as our Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates Advocates big banner.

So, with that said, it’s vital we meet early enough to go over the talking points and to hand out signs.

PLEASE, ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT – BE AT THE EMPTY LOT BY 10 A.M.

OTHER PARTICIPANTS, PLEASE BE AT THE EMPTY LOT NO LATER THAN 10:30 A.M.

Thank you all – realize the whole thing’s been a rush, but this Rally is very needed on the truth and lies about the Nevada Department of Agriculture, informing the public before the already-captured Virginia Range horses go to sale at auction on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 – SALE MEANS SLAUGHTER!

Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada to remove all wild horses, burros within 5 years

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Cross-posted from The Republic

MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
September 02, 2012 – 8:04 pm EDT

RENO, Nev. — Federal officials have approved a final management plan for the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Nevada that calls for the removal of all wild horses and burros from it within five years.

The move is being made because the refuge was created for pronghorn antelope and other native wildlife, and horses and burros have a negative effect on habitat, said Joan Jewett, spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Portland, Ore.

“They trample the habitat and overgraze and disturb the water sources,” she told The Associated Press. “We’re required by law to manage our refuges in accordance with the purposes for which they were established, and Sheldon was primarily for pronghorn antelope.”

Horse advocacy groups sharply criticized the refuge’s comprehensive conservation plan, which will guide its management over the next 15 years. It was publicly released late last month.

They say horses and burros lived in the area long before the refuge was created in 1931, and the animals actually heal the land and help prevent wildfires through grazing.

“We are extremely disappointed that the federal government has chosen to eradicate wild horses and burros from the lands where their ancestors have lived for more than a century and a half,” Suzanne Roy, director of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, said in a statement.

An aerial survey in July showed the 575,000-acre refuge along the Oregon border is home to at least 2,508 antelope, 973 mustangs and 182 wild burros, said Aaron Collins, a park ranger at Sheldon.

“We’re recording the highest numbers of pronghorn antelope since we began counting them in 1950,” he said.

Federal officials began the planning process on the refuge’s management plan in 2008, and received several thousand comments from individuals, organizations and government agencies during it, Collins said.

The final plan will be signed sometime after Sept. 24 by the regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Agency, he added.

Under federal law, only horses and burros removed from lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service are protected from slaughterhouses if they can’t be adopted.

“Rounding up indigenous wild horses is wrong — especially when they can be sold to the meat buyers at auctions,” said Anne Novak of California-based Protect Mustangs. “These horses are vulnerable to ending up going to slaughter … The Sheldon plan to wipe out wild horses is nuts and goes against the public’s wishes.”

Activists said the final management plan rejected a more humane alternative to phase out horses and burros over 15 years using fertility control, an option that would have allowed unadoptable animals to live out their lives at the refuge.

(Story distributed by The Associated Press)

Link to the original article: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9d2599146ac04731ae3b93a918db2c59/NV–Refuge-Wild-Horses

Ranching mentality that feels entitled to public land

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

America’s open range was often used by free grazers (nomadic cowboys with herds of cattle) until ranchers put up fences and threatened free grazers. Ranchers felt entitled to public land that they did not own but used.

Kevin Costner’s film OPEN RANGE illustrates the mentality that continues today–the mentality against sharing public land with America’s indigenous wild horse.

We encourage you to watch this film.

Is the wild horse family trapped by fencing in the wildfire?

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Today Grandma Gregg wrote to us with the following news:

Twin Peaks HMA Rush Fire on Rye Patch Road August 18, 2012 (Photo by BLM)

She said her daughter contacted Jeff Fontana, BLM public affairs officer, to tell the BLM the location where the wild horse family, known as Magic’s Band, lives. She expressed her concern they would be trapped in the fire due to the extensive livestock fencing and cross fencing throughout the area.

Here is Magic and his family living in harmony before the fire.

Magic – grey stallion – son and look-alike of the great herd stallion BraveHeart, who was captured with his family in the 2010 roundup.

Hope – Magic’s mare and true love as you can see in the pic

Harley – Hope’s 2 or 3 year old colt

Curley and Shiney, two bay bachelor stallions and great buddies (not pictured)

The BLM official assured Grandma’s family that the horses would be able to get out through the gates because the ranchers and firemen had been instructed to leave them open.

Grandma’s family is very concerned that the wild horse family will not see the open gates in the smoke and concerned they could get stuck in the unsafe cattle guards. Many people are concerned Magic’s family would have been trapped by fencing while the fire rushed through the area.

She shared photos with us showing exactly where Magic and his family (eight horses total) lived before the fire went through the area this week.

Grandma took these photos last year standing in the same place at the top of the fenced “pasture” but looking in different directions. She noticed fences everywhere in every direction–a trap.

View #1

There is no fencing in this photograph – this would be looking the direction (south) that the fire would have come up toward them – fences are behind and right and left – good pic that shows where the fire would have come from -wildfires normally burn fast UP hills so the fire would have back them right up to the fences.

View #2

View #3

Here is observation peak – per the fire maps this is ALL burned now.

View #4

View #5

As of Saturday night Grandma has not heard back from Fontana about the welfare of Magic’s band.

Breaking News: 11-year-old on a mission to save America’s wild horses

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Protect Mustangs’ Youth Campaign Director, Robin Warren (Wild Mustang Robin) at the Rally to Stop the Roundups in Sacramento July 10, 2012. (Photo © Cat Kindsfather, media permission granted.)

Robin Warren leads youth campaign for Protect Mustangs 

For immediate release:

SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. (July 16, 2012)–Since joining Protect Mustangs in June as their new youth campaign director, Robin Warren, age 11, has met with a Nevada State Senator, documented wild horses on the range, was a featured speaker at the Stop the Roundups rally in California’s capital and gave oral comments at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) helicopter hearing also in the golden state. At the hearing, Warren presented the BLM representative with her Petition to Save Wild Mustangs asking the BLM to stop helicopter roundups.

“It’s not fair that the Bureau of Land Management has an exemption to the law that protects wild horses and burros,” states Robin Warren, youth campaign director for Protect Mustangs. “We want cruel helicopter roundups to stop and we want to make sure they always have access to clean water.”

The petition reads:

“We, the undersigned, do respectfully request that the Bureau of Land Management adhere to the same rules and regulations as the general public in regards to the humane treatment of wild horses and burros. We find it unreasonable that the Secretary of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, or any person or organization, is found to be exempt from our collective responsibility as humans to treat animals humanely. We further find it unreasonable that the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture are permitted to define “humane” as it pertains to their own areas of command. We respectfully request that the Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 be restored to its original intent, that no person or organization would be permitted to capture wild horses and burros by means of motorized vehicles, or by polluting or closing off watering holes, as these methods have been proven inhumane.”

Warren started the petition 3 years ago under her pen name Wild Mustang Robin–to stop the wild horse roundups. She was inspired to co-author the petition after reading “Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West” by Marguerite Henry.

She has been active in her hometown, Las Vegas, and over the internet to get signatures. After posting the petition online at Change.org she received signatures from 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico & and more than 30 countries.

At last week’s helicopter use hearing in Sacramento, Warren presented 2770 signatures from her petition to Amy Dumas, the BLM representative.”Kids don’t want to see wild horses in zoos,” states Warren. “We want to observe them roaming on the open range with their families.”

Warren’s speech at the BLM helicopter use hearing received a standing ovation from the audience.

“Robin speaks for the youth of America and touches people’s hearts across the nation,” says Anne Novak, executive director for Protect Mustangs. “She wants the wild horses to be protected–not harassed and torn from their families forever.”

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Media Contacts:

Anne Novak, 415-531-8454 Anne@ProtectMustangs.org

Kerry Becklund, 510-502-1913 Kerry@ProtectMustangs.org

Contact Protect Mustangs for interviews, photos or video

Mustang Robin hands Amy Dumas (BLM) the growing petition against helicopter roundups at the California BLM public hearing on helicopters for roundups, etc. in Sacramento July 10, 2012 (Photo © Cat Kindsfather, media permission granted.)

Wild Mustang Robin present petition to TriRAC BLM January 2012:

Links of interest:

Link to Robin’s petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-the-blm-is-not-exempt-from-humane-treatment-of-mustangs

Protest, press conference and public hearing information: http://protectmustangs.org/?p=1828

Celebrities speak out against wild horse roundups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLsS9r87tRk

America’s wild horses are indigenous: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562

Helicopter hearings and the public process: http://protectmustangs.org/?p=1498

Anne Novak on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/theAnneNovak

Protect Mustangs website: http://protectmustangs.org/

Link to this press release: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=125

Copy of Robin’s speech to BLM delivered as a letter at the hearing:

Robin Warren
Director of the Youth Program Protect Mustangs P.O. Box 5661 Berkley, CA 94705

Mike Pool
Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665
Washington DC 20240

James G. Kenna & Amy Dumas
BLM Wild Horse and Burro State Director, and Program
California State Office
2800 Cottage Way, Suite W1834
Sacramento, CA 95825

July 10th, 2012

Re: Helicopter Roundups

Dear Messrs. Mike Pool and James Kenna and Ms. Amy Dumas;

Hi I am Wild Mustang Robin, Director of the Youth Campaign at Protect Mustangs; I came here today to talk about the mustangs. I am happy see there are many people here who could come today to say no to the roundups. First of all I would like to say the roundups are inhumane. There is a law made by Wild Horse Annie saying you cannot use motorized vehicles to round up the wild horses. If I – or even the President – was to round them up I would get arrested. Now there is one interesting thing: the BLM gets an exemption even though it is a law not to use motorized vehicles.

Helicopters are like monsters to the mustangs; children do not want America’s animals to be scared or hurt in anyway. This makes kids feel unsafe because they don’t want to have monsters in their life and children are like animals (they don’t have a voice really). The helicopters are so scary that the mustangs remember the noise for the rest of their lives. I went to the BLM holding facility in Sparks, NV and when we were walking a slow pace the horses got scared and ran away. They were scared of people walking – how do you think they feel about helicopters?

Another reason the roundups are inhumane is because they separate the families apart – the foals from the mothers and the mothers from the fathers. They might spend the rest of their lives behind gates and never see each other again. Their ability to have families is a gift because many creatures have to let their babies live on their own after a few weeks of them taking care of them. I know how it feels because I lost my whole family. I have found a new home and happiness but the mustangs may never get to be in a herd again – and they long for family. It is not humane to separate families from each other. How would you feel if you lost your family?

A much more humane idea is to keep the family bands whole and send them all together to sanctuaries. It is an idea that would save money and make money as a tourist attraction – a business like a hotel near where the mustangs and burros live. This is a great idea and it can cost less than feeding, watering, and taking care of them when they can take care of themselves. It could make money for all the states where mustangs still live – both yours and mine.

The mustangs and burros deserve to be treated right. I know that and a numerous amount of others do too. Many people care about the wild horses and burros and do not want any of them rounded up or eaten. There are the big names you know, that spoke before me, and then there are the “little names” you don’t know yet, like mine. I represent the voices of many children.

Please do not use helicopters or motorized vehicles for roundups or management. Please reconsider your roundup plans and let them live in freedom.

Sincerely,

Wild Mustang Robin (Robin Warren)

Stop the Roundups Rally in Sacramento July 10th at 2 pm outside the Federal Courthouse

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Come to the rally to show that you care about the wild horses and burros in America.

Terri Farley speaks at the Rally to Stop the Roundups (Photo © Anne Novak.)

The Sacramento Stop the Roundups Rally and Press Conference is at 2 p.m. July 10th on the sidewalk outside the Federal Courthouse across from the Amtrak station. ( 501 ” I ” Street at the 5th Street intersection in Sacramento, CA 95814)

Here is a list of speakers:

Carla Bowers, National Wild Horse Advocate

Tina Brodrick, Owner of Sonny Boys Tours

Craig Downer, Wildlife Biologist and acclaimed Wild Horse and Burro Expert

Terri Farley, Award winning writer and beloved author of The Phantom Stallion series

Cat Kindsfather, Award winning wild horse photographer

Marilyn Kroplick, MD, Board President for In Defense of Animals

Simone Netherlands, President of Respect for Horses

Anne Novak, Executive Director of Protect Mustangs

Jetara Séhart, Executive Director of Native Wild Horse Protection & Marin Mustangs

Robin Warren (Wild Mustang Robin), Director of The Youth Campaign for Protect Mustangs

Bring homemade signs and your friends. It will be hot so bring a rain umbrella for shade and plenty of water. Protect Mustangs encourages members of the public to carpool or take Amtrak to save on fuel and reduce pollution. Oil and gas extraction–on public land–is one of the main reasons wild horses are being wiped off their home on the range. Be part of the solution and take the train if you can.

The voiceless wild horses and burros need your help after the rally too. Give oral or written comment against helicopter roundups and attend the 6:30 pm BLM Wild Horse & Burro Helicopter/Vehicle Use Public Hearing for roundups and management. The meeting runs from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Woodlake Hotel (formerly the Radisson near Arden Fair Mall) 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento.

“Like” and check for updates on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ProtectMustangs

Join the dynamic conversation on Facebook about helicopter roundups: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=387209591338066&set=a.240625045996522.58710.233633560029004&type=1&theater

Driving directions from the rally to the meeting:

Driving directions to 500 Leisure Ln, Sacramento, CA 95815

501 I St

Sacramento, CA 95814

	1. Head north on 5th St toward H St
		194 ft
	2. 5th St turns right and becomes H St
		0.8 mi
	3. Turn left onto CA-160 N/16th St Continue to follow CA-160 N
		2.3 mi
	4. Take exit 47A for Leisure Ln towardCanterbury Rd
		0.1 mi
	5. Keep left at the fork, follow signs forLeisure
		79 ft
	6. Turn left onto Leisure Ln Destination will be on the right
		354 ft

500 Leisure Ln

Sacramento, CA 95815

Special thanks to Jetara Séhart, Executive Director of Native Wild Horse Protection & Marin Mustangs for her help to put together this event.

If you have any questions or would like to speak at the rally feel free to send us an email at Contact@ProtectMustangs.org

Mustang Monday™: Ask your representative to defund slaughter today

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Please CALL the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121; ask to be connected to your state Representative’s office. Ask them to NOT fund horse slaughter. Calls must be made today!

The House of Representatives will vote on the AG Appropriations bill tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26. A new amendment could be offered to remove the Committee-approved language that was just added back in last week prohibiting the USDA from spending tax dollars to inspect horse slaughter facilities.

America’s horses can be protected if the House keeps the defunding language currently included that prohibits inspections of horse slaughter. It’s up to us to make our voices heard today.Pro-slaughter supporters are putting the pressure on, but you can urge your Representatives to stand strong and oppose any effort to remove this funding ban.

You can also find the direct contact information for your state representative here>> http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Thank you for taking action to help all of America’s horses including our iconic wild horses.

Support the Moran Amendment to prohibit USDA inspections at horse slaughter facilities in the United States.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Take action now!

Cross-posted from The Persian Horse

Per the ALERT issued on June 8, Representative James Moran of Virginia, is planning to Submit an Amendment to Prohibit USDA Inspections at Horse Slaughter Houses, to the Full House Committee on Appropriations, within the next TEN DAYS.

James Moran has asked that we Support his efforts to stop Horse Slaughter in the United States by contacting the FULL House Committee on Appropriations.

The message James Moran would like to be sent to each member of the Committee is: “SUPPORT THE MORAN AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT USDA INSPECTIONS AT HORSE SLAUGHTER FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES”.

CLICK HERE to send 5 free faxes per day from your computer… No fax machine or credit card is necessary.

FAXES RULE, because – by law, faxes must be retained on file for 7 years. Of course you are free to Call, Email, Tweet, or send Certified Mail through the U.S. Postal System; however, we STRONGLY recommend Faxing.

Below is full contact information for the Members of the FULL U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, to whom James Moran is going to present his NEW AMENDMENT to PROHIBIT USDA INSPECTIONS AT HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANTS IN THE U.S.

House of Representative Appropriation Committee 2012

The Honorable Hal Rogers, United States House of Representatives

2406 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1705

DC Phone:202-225-4601, DC Fax:202-225-0940

Contact Form: https://halrogersforms.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm

WWW Homepage: http://halrogers.house.gov/

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C.W. Bill Young, Florida

2407 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0910

DC Phone:202-225-5961, DC Fax:202-225-9764

Contact Form https://young.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

WWW Homepage http://young.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Jerry Lewis, California

2112 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0541

DC Phone:202-225-5861, DC Fax:202-225-6498

Contact Form https://jerrylewisforms.house.gov/showpage.asp?ID=291

WWW Homepage: http://jerrylewis.house.gov/

Twitter:@RepJerryLewis

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Frank R. Wolf, Virginia

241 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4610

DC Phone:202-225-5136, DC Fax:202-225-0437

Contact Form: https://wolfforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=383

WWW Homepage: http://www.wolf.house.gov/index.html

Twitter: No Known Twitter Account

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Jack Kingston, Georgia

2372 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1001

DC Phone:202-225-5831, DC Fax:202-226-2269

Contact Form: https://kingstonforms.house.gov/ContactForm/default.aspx

WWW Homepage: http://kingston.house.gov/

Twitter:@JackKingston

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Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

2369 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3011

DC Phone:202-225-5034, DC Fax:202-225-3186

Contact Form: https://frelinghuysenforms.house.gov/

WWW Homepage: http://frelinghuysen.house.gov/

Twitter: No Known Twitter Account

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Tom Latham, Iowa

2217 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1504

DC Phone:202-225-5476, DC Fax:202-225-3301

Contact Form: http://www.tomlatham.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://www.tomlatham.house.gov/

Twitter:@TomLatham

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Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama

2264 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0104

DC Phone:202-225-4876, DC Fax:202-225-5587

Contact Form: http://aderholt.house.gov/email-me2/

WWW Homepage: http://aderholt.house.gov/

Twitter: @robert_aderholt

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Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri

2230 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-2508

DC Phone:202-225-4404, DC Fax:202-226-0326

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/emerson/webforms/contact.html

WWW Homepage: http://emerson.house.gov/

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Kay Granger, Texas

320 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4312

DC Phone:202-225-5071, DC Fax:202-225-5683

Contact Form: http://kaygranger.house.gov/contact-kay/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://kaygranger.house.gov/

Twitter:@RepKayGranger

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Michael K. Simpson, Idaho

2312 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1202

DC Phone:202-225-5531, DC Fax:202-225-8216

Contact Form: http://simpson.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://simpson.house.gov/

Twitter: No Known Twitter Account

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John Abney Culberson, Texas

2352 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4307

DC Phone:202-225-2571, DC Fax:202-225-4381

Contact Form: http://culbersonforms.house.gov/Contact/ZipAuth.htm

WWW Homepage: http://culberson.house.gov/

Twitter:@CongCulberson

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Ander Crenshaw, Florida

440 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0904

DC Phone:202-225-2501, DC Fax:202-225-2504

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/write/crenshaw/email-me.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://crenshaw.house.gov/

Twitter:@andercrenshaw

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Denny Rehberg, Montana

2448 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-2601

DC Phone:202-225-3211, DC Fax:202-225-5687

Contact Form: https://rehbergforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=62§iontree=662

WWW Homepage: http://rehberg.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@dennyrehberg

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John R. Carter, Texas

409 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4331

DC Phone:202-225-3864

DC Fax:202-225-5886

Contact Form: https://carterforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=139§iontree=139

WWW Homepage: http://carter.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@JudgeCarter

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Rodney Alexander, Louisiana

316 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1805

DC Phone:202-225-8490, DC Fax:202-225-5639

Contact Form: https://alexanderforms.house.gov/contact-form-cc8

WWW Homepage: http://alexander.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@USRepAlexander

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Ken Calvert, California

2269 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0544

DC Phone:202-225-1986, DC Fax:202-225-2004

Contact Form: http://calvert.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://calvert.house.gov/

Twitter:@kencalvert

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Jo Bonner, Alabama

2236 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0101

DC Phone:202-225-4931, DC Fax:202-225-0562

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/bonner/webforms/issue_subscribe.html

WWW Homepage: http://bonner.house.gov/

Twitter:@repjobonner

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Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio

2371 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3514

DC Phone:202-225-5731, DC Fax:202-225-3307

Contact Form: http://latourette.house.gov/contact/contact-form.aspx

WWW Homepage: http://latourette.house.gov/

Twitter:@SteveLaTourette

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Tom Cole, Oklahoma

2458 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3604

DC Phone:202-225-6165, DC Fax:202-225-3512

Contact Form: https://coleforms.house.gov/contact/default.aspx

WWW Homepage: http://cole.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Jeff Flake, Arizona

240 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0306

DC Phone:202-225-2635, DC Fax:202-226-4386

Contact Form: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://flake.house.gov/

Twitter:@JeffFlake

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Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida

436 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0921

DC Phone:202-225-4211, DC Fax:202-225-8576

Contact Form: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/

Twitter:@mariodb

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Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania

1009 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3815

DC Phone:202-225-6411, DC Fax:202-226-0778

Contact Form: https://dent.house.gov/?p=ContactForm

WWW Homepage: http://dent.house.gov/

Twitter:@dentpressshop

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Steve Austria, Ohio

439 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3507

DC Phone:202-225-4324, DC Fax:202-225-1984

Contact Form: https://austriaforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=7§iontree=47

WWW Homepage: http://austria.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@SteveAustria

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Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming

113 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-5001

DC Phone:202-225-2311, DC Fax:202-225-3057

Contact Form: http://lummis.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://lummis.house.gov/

Twitter:@cynthialummis

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Tom Graves, Georgia

1113 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1009

DC Phone:202-225-5211, DC Fax:202-225-8272

Contact Form: http://tomgraves.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://tomgraves.house.gov/

Twitter:@reptomgraves

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Kevin Yoder, Kansas

214 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1603

DC Phone:202-225-2865, DC Fax:202-225-2807

Contact Form: https://yoderforms.house.gov/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://yoder.house.gov/

Twitter:@kevinyoder

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Steve Womack, Arkansas

1508 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0403

DC Phone:202-225-4301, DC Fax:202-225-5713

Contact Form: http://womack.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://womack.house.gov/

Twitter:@rep_stevewomack

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Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi

1432 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-2401

DC Phone:202-225-4306, DC Fax:202-225-3549

Contact Form: https://nunnelee.house.gov/contact-form

WWW Homepage: http://nunnelee.house.gov/

Twitter:@RepAlanNunnelee

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Norman D. Dicks, Washington

2467 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4706

DC Phone:202-225-5916, DC Fax:253-593-6551

Contact Form: http://www.house.gov/dicks/newemail.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://www.house.gov/dicks/

Twitter:@RepNormDicks

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Marcy Kaptur, Ohio

86 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3509

DC Phone:202-225-4146, DC Fax:202-225-7711

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/kaptur/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

WWW Homepage: http://www.kaptur.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

2256 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1401

DC Phone:202-225-2461, DC Fax: . 219-795-1850

Contact Form: http://visclosky.house.gov/contact/email-me.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://visclosky.house.gov/

Twitter:@repvisclosky

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Nita M. Lowey, New York

2365 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3218

DC Phone:202-225-6506, DC Fax:202-225-0546

Contact Form: https://lowey.house.gov/contact-form

WWW Homepage: http://lowey.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@NitaLowey

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José E. Serrano, New York

2227 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3216

DC Phone:202-225-4361, DC Fax:202-225-6001

Contact Form: https://serrano.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://serrano.house.gov/

Twitter:@repjoseserrano

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Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut

2413 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0703

DC Phone:202-225-3661, DC Fax:202-225-4890

Contact Form: http://delauro.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm

WWW Homepage: http://delauro.house.gov/

Twitter:@rosadelauro

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James P. Moran, Virginia

2239 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-4608

DC Phone:202-225-4376, DC Fax:202-225-0017

Contact Form: https://moran.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://moran.house.gov/index.shtml

Twitter:@Jim_Moran

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John W. Olver, Massachusetts

1111 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-2101

DC Phone:202-225-5335, DC Fax:202-226-1224

Contact Form: https://olverforms.house.gov/Forms/WriteYourRep/default.aspx

WWW Homepage: http://olver.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Ed Pastor, Arizona

2465 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0304

DC Phone:202-225-4065, DC Fax:202-225-1655

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/pastor/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

WWW Homepage: http://www.pastor.house.gov/

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David E. Price, North Carolina

2162 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3304

DC Phone:202-225-1784, DC Fax:202-225-2014

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/price/webforms/contact_form.shtml

WWW Homepage: http://price.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Maurice D. Hinchey, New York

2431 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3222

DC Phone:202-225-6335, DC Fax:202-226-0774

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/hinchey/webforms/zip_auth.shtm

WWW Homepage: http://hinchey.house.gov/

Twitter:@mauricehinchey

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Lucille Roybal-Allard, California

2330 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0534

DC Phone:202-225-1766, DC Fax:202-226-0350

Contact Form: http://roybal-allard.house.gov/Contact/

WWW Homepage: http://roybal-allard.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Sam Farr, California

126 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0517

DC Phone:202-225-2861, DC Fax:202-225-6791

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/farr/webforms/issue_subscribe.html

WWW Homepage: http://www.farr.house.gov/

Twitter:@repsamfarr

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Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois

2419 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1302

DC Phone:202-225-0773, DC Fax:202-225-0899

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/jackson/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

WWW Homepage: http://jackson.house.gov/

Twitter:@JacksonJrOnline

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Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania

2301 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3802

DC Phone:202-225-4001, DC Fax:202-225-5392

Contact Form: https://fattahforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=244§iontree=244

WWW Homepage: http://fattah.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@chakafattah

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Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey

2303 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-3009

DC Phone:202-225-5061, DC Fax:202-225-5851

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/rothman/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

WWW Homepage: http://rothman.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia

2429 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-1002

DC Phone:202-225-3631, DC Fax:202-225-2203

Contact Form: https://bishop.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://bishop.house.gov/

Twitter:@sanfordbishop

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Barbara Lee, California

2267 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0509

DC Phone:202-225-2661, DC Fax:202-225-9817

Contact Form: http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=128&sectiontree=18128

WWW Homepage: http://lee.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

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Adam B. Schiff, California

2411 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0529

DC Phone:202-225-4176, DC Fax:202-225-5828

Contact Form: https://schiffforms.house.gov/email-congressman-schiff1

WWW Homepage: http://schiff.house.gov/index.html

Twitter:@RepAdamSchiff

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Michael M. Honda, California

1713 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0515

DC Phone:202-225-2631, DC Fax:202-225-2699

Contact Form: https://forms.house.gov/honda/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

WWW Homepage: http://honda.house.gov/

Twitter:@RepMikeHonda

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Betty McCollum, Minnesota

1714 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-2304

DC Phone:202-225-6631, DC Fax:202-225-1968

Contact Form: https://mccollum.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

WWW Homepage: http://mccollum.house.gov/

Twitter:No Known Twitter Account

Link to the original Persian Horse story: http://thepersianhorse.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/support-the-moran-amendment-to-prohibit-usda-inspections-at-horse-slaughter-facilities-in-the-united-states/

We object to BLM’s proposed California roundups

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Cancel Buckhorn, Coppersmith and Carter Roundups
From: <anne@protectmustangs.org>
Date: Thu, May 24, 2012 11:58 pm
To: CBCwildhorses@blm.gov

Dear Sirs,

We respectfully ask you to cancel the three proposed wild horse and burro roundups (Buckhorn, Coppersmith and Carter Reservoir) on the northern California-Nevada border because there is no proof that the indigenous wild horses are ruining the thriving natural ecological balance. There is no exact head count and therefore no “excess” wild horses.

We don’t like the BLM wasting taxpayer dollars on animal cruelty, nor for the government to spend money on environmental assessments for roundups when, according to the PEER report, the livestock is causing range damage.

We believe the government should not remove native wild horses to warehouse each horse or foal at a cost of $1.30 a day ($39 a month) when livestock grazing permittees pay only $1.35 a cow/calf pair per month to graze on public land.

We would like to ask you to bring the mustangs and burros water or feed if they are at risk but leave them ALL on the Herd Management Areas (HMAs).

If there is a range damage issue then take ALL the livestock off and kindly ask the permittees to put them elsewhere.

Removing wild horses puts them at a high-risk of being sold and going to slaughter after only 3 adoption attempts. Also, if they are over 10 years old they can be sold without limitation according to BLM regulations. Selling native wild horses who end up butchered for human consumption in foreign countries is morally wrong and goes against the spirit of the 1971 Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act.

We document wild horses and burros in their HMAs, write about them and enjoy taking photos of them. Our work is shared with the global public. If you roundup the wild horses and burros it will negatively affect our work.

Removing the wild horses and burros will affect the genetic viability of the herds and the normal herd dynamics will be ruined forever.

Skewing the sex ratios is cruel and causes extreme stress on the mares and ruins the natural family dynamics of these indigenous animals.

At the last National Academy of Science public meeting it was proven that mountain lions are hunting a lot of foals and are managing the population as nature intended so drugs such as PZP, ZonaStat-H, SpayVac, GonaCon, and other forms of contraception or sterilization are probably not necessary.

We all know darting isn’t going to work–the roundups will continue in order to give wild horses and burros contraceptives.

How much money has been spent on fertility control research in the past fiscal year? And in the past 40 years how much money was spent on this research?

And how many wild horses and burros are really out there?

Do you have photos and videos to prove too many wild horses and burros are out there causing damage?

How many heads of livestock are using or will use the very same HMAs?

What “multiple use” does BLM serve on the Buckhorn, Coppersmith and Carter Reservoir HMAs? Who is getting permits for these HMA’s? Please provide information about lease sales, energy development, water rights and grazing issues for the three HMA’s.

These animals are being managed to extinction. Cancel the roundups! We don’t have many wild horses and burros left in California.

Please respond to our questions in writing without delay. Thank you for your kind assistance.

Sincerely,

Anne Novak

Links of interest:

Indigenous wild horses: http://protectmustangs.org/?page_id=562

The PEER Report on Grazing Allotments Failing Rangeland Health Standards: http://protectmustangs.org/?p=1243

AWHPC reports on the final NAS public meeting: http://www.wildhorsepreservation.org/news/2012/05/21/eyewitness-report-national-academy-of-sciences-wild-horse-and-burro-review-commitee-fourth-public-meeting/

6 Wild Horses Sold by U.S. End Up at Slaughterhouse: http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/22/nation/na-horses22

BLM Scoping Notice for 3 California-Nevada roundups: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/04/NC1256_whbscoping.html

Anne Novak

Executive Director

Protect Mustangs

P.O. Box 5661

Berkeley, California 94705

Tel./Text: 415.531.8454

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Protect Mustangs is a Bay Area-based preservation group whose mission is to educate the public about the American wild horse, protect and research wild horses on the range and help those who have lost their freedom.

Adopt a wild horse today in Santa Rosa

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Protect Mustangs

Adopt a mustang ~ find a friend.

47 wild horses were brought to the Santa Rosa adoption event at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Only 9 were adopted Saturday so there are plenty of nice wild horses to choose from today.

The event goes until 5 p.m. Sunday so you can still make it out to find your wild horse. We suggest taking a pair if you can, because then they can buddy through training and their new life.

The mustangs are from California’s eastern Sierra and across the border in Nevada near Burning Man.

These wild horses make great riding horses for all disciplines. They bond with their people in a unique and deep way so you have a real friend for life.

Here’s the sad part of the story: Most of these horses probably came from Palomino Valley Center (Sparks, Nevada) or Litchfield Holding Facility (Susanville, California). After being at these adoption facilities they acquire one strike when they leave and go to an adoption event. If they are not adopted at the adoption event such as the Santa Rosa event then they will have two strikes against them. If they went to another adoption event before Santa Rosa then, when they leave this event, they would have three strikes and can legally be sold for $25–even the young horses. Kill buyers pick up cheap horses, fatten them up and sell them to slaughter for a big profit.

Adopt a living legend of the American West and save it from an unknown fate.

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