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Part II should follow Part I
We wrote about the Ruby Pipeline issue on July 18, 2010 and will add a little more information here on what the Bureau of Land Management and Ken Salazar are doing in the west--committing murder of the wild Mustangs on public land with taxpayer's dollars.
Mr. Salazar is a former cattle rancher who is very cozy with Big Beef (Cattleman's Association) and part of the war in the west is because BB wants more land for their cattle to graze on. The other part of the equation is Big Oil who has already started construction of the Ruby Pipeline which will run straight through the Mustang herds.
Salazar has been quoted saying; "Wild horses have no place on public lands, these lands are for mining, gas extraction and oil production." The Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burros Act of 1971 doesn't faze him or BLM despite the fact that BLM and DOI are supposed to be the protectors of these animals:
BLM is the agency within the U.S. Department of Interior that is tasked with protecting the wild horses and burros pursuant to the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, 16 U.S.C. §1331 et seq. (WFRHBA) as free roaming animals in their historic herd areas and designated ranges. "All management activities are to be at the minimal feasible level." 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1333. Wild horses are not to be subject to "capture, "harassment" or "death". 16 U.S.C.
But that is exactly what is happening to them every September and December when the government swoops in to terrorize, capture and destroy them. BLM has ponds constructed that are fenced off, out of the horses reach, while BBs cattle have unfettered access to them. At about the 18:40 point in Part I you will see the result of this, it isn't pretty, it's cruelty and it's murder.
Currently, more than 32,000 horses have already been removed from the ranges and are being forced into overcrowded and inhumane holding facilities. Not only is this not a safe or desirable solution for the animals, but also it is costing the American taxpayers more than $30 million a year.
There are an estimated 37,000 mustangs and burros that live in our Western states. We now have nearly that amount in custody, and the BLM plans to remove an additional 12,000 wild horses from the ranges at a cost of millions to the American taxpayer. Sen. Mary Landrieu July 28, 2010
These horses have been called "4 legged hooved cockroaches...vermin" by the Bureau of Mining--nothing more than pests that eat too much and tear up the land and consider "one horse for every 2200 acres one too many." "They're having a bad effect on the range." BLM added cows to one Mustang area and increased the grazing by 300%, then 1 year later they claimed the place had gone to hell and decided "we better go get some horses." The cattle were left alone.
They'll hide some of them away on private ranches out of sight of the public which usually ends badly and serves to dissuade public scrutiny of the horses captured.
We could go on, but the videos tell the story very well and we thank ATS for their courage and thoroughness in presenting the real picture of what is happening in the West all because of Big Oil, Big Beef and Big Gas with a side of Government collusion.
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| One of over 100 Mustangs starved to death on a private ranch BLM sent the horses to |
We could go on, but the videos tell the story very well and we thank ATS for their courage and thoroughness in presenting the real picture of what is happening in the West all because of Big Oil, Big Beef and Big Gas with a side of Government collusion.
BP is in line to be the number two supplier for this pipeline--they have already destroyed our way of life in the Gulf, how much more of Americana do they intend to take away from us?
Please pay close attention to the names that come up in this coverage and who they have ties to. Change.org has forms on their site to let your voice be heard and we encourage you to please do so. Salazar and Co. need to be rounded up themselves and this barbaric practice has to come to and end.
2 more roundups are scheduled for this year and soon there will be none of these symbols of America left to roam the lands they have inhabited for decades.
Additional information and action links:
Wild Horses Symbolize US Freedom--Senator Landrieu column
This is so distressing and I cannot imagine why this is allowed to continue...if more people wrote letters to the government about this issue way back when the law was passed than they did about the Vietnam War, where are they now?
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show how much we have changed, not for the better, as a society.