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Posted by: "martinmaryd@comcast.net" martinmaryd@comcast.net   wyattcactus

Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:30 am (PDT)

FROM lm:
if people would go to the link below, they will see if they have state members who are part of this group. If you see yours, or someone from your state (but represents another district besides yours) feel free to have at them and request that they oppose any effort to oppose the federal ban.
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full list
http://www.ncsl.org/public/govern.htm
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Representative Peter Lewiss, Rhode Island
Representative Denise Merrill, Appropriations Chair, Connecticut
Senator Richard Moore, Massachusetts
Representative Sherman Packard, New Hampshire
Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York
Senator Jay Costa, Jr., Pennsylvania
Senator Verna Jones, Maryland
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/NCSL_2008_horse_slaughter
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), an organization
made up of state lawmakers from across the country, will be
considering a pro-slaughter resolution at their annual meeting in
July. Although not legally binding, this resolution would ask
Congress NOT to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, and
could pressure federal legislators into inaction.
TAKE ACTION
Please call your state representative(s) and your state senator(s)
and urge them to oppose any pro-slaughter resolution at the NCSL
annual meeting. Click here to look up your state legislators' names
and phone numbers.
After making your calls, please send a follow-up email to your state
legislators in opposition to any pro-slaughter resolution. Your
legislators receive a lot of email, so it is important to personalize
the subject line and message below so that your message will stand
out and have more of an impact.
--
Mary D. Martin - MA Rep/Director NEER
www.newenglandequinerescues.com
" We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Kant

From: whisperingwindsmustangranch@msn.com
Subject: Action not Talk
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:11:06 -0700

Ahhhh!!!   What is going on?  All the emails I'm getting is about BLM & Sheldon pursuing the eradication of the wild horses.  Because DOI oversees both, why aren't we going after them to stop this?  This is getting to be so disturbing.  I get the local BLM office telling me that they don't have a budget to gather any horses this year, but then I get emails about the Pryors & the horses in Nevada. 

The DOI is who we need to knock in the head.  I read the latest information in from the AQHA 2008 Convention and was sick.  They are in bedfellow with the Cattleman's Association as much as DOI.  It's the deep pockets of the cattle people that are driving this trend.  They want the land, bottom line.  And, they contribute to those that they need to "buy" to get the horses off of it.

They may have the money but we have the voices.  Perhaps we are going in the wrong direction and need to revamp the game plan?!  I will do whatever I can, but whatever happened to the definition of "management" as in what BLM is NOT doing.   And, I can guarantee DOI is silently behind the disappearance of the Sheldon horses.  I can't get a serious count from Steblein.  It doesn't jive with our figures from the last gather - go figure.  So, are they shooting them & avoiding the gathers.  Are they moving them through the downed wire, that no one takes care of, onto BLM land where they can get gathered? 

We need action and not just to voice everyone's concerns.  That isn't working.   I have sent emails, letters, made phone calls, as so many of you have.  And, the beat I'm hearing, Cindy, is the sound of horse's hooves running for their lives.   And, the cries are those of horses being slaughtered. 

For 7 years now I have been fighting to make a change.  I WON'T STOP.  When we created the Special Research Group and FINALLY got a stay on the gathers, I thought maybe we were being heard.  But, it only gave DOI a chance to come up with another angle.   Everyone wants to go after BLM & FWS.  That's like going after the street drug dealers and not the suppliers.  I know we can't give up what we are doing.   But, we need to really go after DOI in the midst of all of this.  They are the driving force behind it all. 

How do we go against them?  We need to just start inundating them.  When IDA took over and handled the legal end of stuff for us (SRG) we got things done and stopped the gathers.  They went straight to DOI.  We need to contact: 

Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240

Phone: 202-208-3100

Dirk Kempthorne (Secretary of the Interior)
Ron Swan (Deputy Solicitor for the DOI, NW Region)  -- he was the spokesperson for DOI during our law suit

RONALD.SWAN@sol.doi.gov

503 231-2126

?  Dirk Kempthorne - Secretary of the Interior

?  P. Lynn Scarlett - Deputy Secretary

?  David Bernhardt - Solicitor of the Interior

?  Lyle Laverty - Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks

?  Mary A. Bomar - Director, National Park Service

?  Dale Hall - Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

?  James L. Caswell - Director, Bureau of Land Management  

Keep after BLM & FWS, but we seriously need to include the DOI in everything.

For those of you protesting in Reno at the WH&B meeting, I'm with you in Spirit. 

Keeping the Spirit Alive 

Susan Pohlman, Director
Whispering Winds Equine Rescue
Living Legends Wild Horse Sanctuary
Roseburg, Oregon
A 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization
(541) 679-9022 
AQHA Professional Horsemen Association
Certified Trainer & Riding Instructor
Mustang Specialist

PLEASE XPOST

YOU MAY REMEMBER A PBS SPECIAL ON THE WILD STALLION CLOUD

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cloud-wild-stallion-of-the-rockies/introduction/29/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/uncategorized/roundups-why-are-they-conducted/64/

THE DEADLINE FOR CLOUD AND HIS HERD/FAMILY IS 7/11/08

 SLATED TO BE "REMOVED" (DESTROYED) BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S 

BUREAU OF LAND MANGEMENT
I am sending this out to you all again - please write!

I just sent off my letters and plan to call next week.  

Please forward and ask everyone to do the same.  We must stop this atrocity.

Deadline is July 11th.

Thank you

Marjorie 

Dear Friends of Cloud, his family and herd;

This is the most important letter I have ever written you in our fight to preserve Cloud’s herd in the Pryor Mountains.  The wild horses need your help. 

The BLM has issued the Draft Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) and the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) calling for a drastic population reduction that would take the herd down to an unsustainable level. The plan calls for just 90-120 adult horses one year and older to remain in their homeland.

The HMAP, if adopted, will dictate the management of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses for a minimum of  5-10 years. In reality, this current plan could be in effect for 20 years or more (the last HMAP amendment was signed in 1992). By that time the Pryor horses as we know them will be just a memory.

Removals of wild horses will concentrate on these groups in rank order:

1. Wild horses of any age that don’t look Spanish. 

2. Wild horses that are no longer reproducing that have already contributed to the gene pool by successfully reproducing. Ironically, infertility drugs continue to be administered to older mares to keep them from reproducing. The BLM reason given for infertility application on these mares was to increase their life span. Now, BLM is saying there are “too many old horses” and they must go. (Click here for a photo gallery of some of the wonderful older horses falling in this category.)

3. Wild horses under five years old.

4. Wild horses older than 11 years. (Cloud and Velvet and most of the band stallions and lead mares fall in this category.) 

5. Horses between 5-10 years of age. 

This list includes every wild horse currently living on the Pryors.  All are potential targets for removal. 

The BLM removals disregard the social structure and stability of the families on the mountain. Any horse could be removed regardless of the key roles they play as band stallions or lead mares. Most of these leaders have reproduced and are over 10 years of age, making them prime targets for removal. 

Why such a drastic plan? BLM claims that portions of the range are in a declining condition. They rely on two studies for this claim: the NRCS study conducted 2001-2002 during the worst drought in many decades; and a BLM assessment conducted in 2007. However, no raw data has been made available from the 2007 assessment to the public. And so, the public must take BLM conclusions at face value with no proof of current declining range conditions.

It is hard to believe the BLM assessment considering the current conditions in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming. I have never seen it greener. Long time local residents tell us that it has not looked as beautiful in decades. Many told us they have never seen the range looking this great.  (click here for key talking points in your letter to BLM.)

Now is the time to unite and speak out loud and clear on behalf of these beautiful animals and their spectacular homeland. We will not allow the BLM to ravage the herd as they have others in the West. Please tell all your friends to help us. Send this to your address book. Not just horse fans or Cloud fans but all people who value freedom and beauty should be concerned with this cruel and destructive plan.

Send your comments to the following. The deadline is July 11th:

MT_WildHorse@blm.gov   MT_WildHorse @ blm.gov)

The subject line must contain “Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range/Territory Preliminary Environmental Assessment and Draft HMAP”

You can mail your comments to:

Jared Bybee, State Wild Horse and Burro Specialist

BLM-Billings Field Office,

5001 Southgate Drive 

Billings, MT 59101

Call the Montana U.S. Senators today. Calls are by far the most important way to influence them. Then write and email. But, please call. Ask your friends and family to do the same. These are toll free numbers to the Senators:

MT-U.S. Senator Max Baucus (http://baucus.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm)

    511 Hart Senate Office Building

    Washington DC, 20510

    1-800-332-6106

Mt-U.S. Senator Jon Tester  (http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/)

    204 Russell Senate Office Building

    Washington DC, 20510

    1-866-554-4403 Ask to speak with either Tracy Stone Manning or Bill Lombardi

BLM Director Jim Caswell (James_Caswell@blm.gov)

    1849 C Street NW

    Washington DC, 20040

    202-208-3801

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne (webteam@ios.doi.gov)

    Executive Secretariat

    MS 7229

    1849 C Street NW

    Washington DC 20240

    202-208-3100    

Many of us know these animals as individuals with lives and families. Their fate hangs by a thread at this moment in time. Please do everything you can to prevent the destruction of Cloud's herd.

Happy trails,

Ginger Kathrens

Volunteer Executive Director

The Cloud Foundation

PS: Cloud has a new grandson who looks very much like him and we named him “Cloud’s Image”- he is a doll. Will he live in freedom? Perhaps, because of his unique color, but who knows? There are 20 other darling foals atop the mountain, including Firestorm’s new filly and Bolder’s first foal (both Cloud grand-daughters). Flint also has a beautiful three-year-old grulla mare, Feldspar. To see more, click here. 

Please see the information below concerning these horses. You can also visit http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/news_alerts.html

For more details or contact Charise at: cdemao@parallax.ws

For more details. We are just the messengers and do not have any more details.

Sandra Burger

Meadow Haven Horse Rescue

-----Original Message-----
From: charise demao [mailto:cdemao@parallax.ws]  
Subject: BLM trying for a "fee waiver" on our wildhorses 

      Friends,this is very serious.please read carefully.

The Bureau of Land Mgmt ( BLM) of Nat'l Wildhorses& Burro Advisory Board  will be meeting in Reno on June 30 th.They are considering to offer a "quick fix"into their "adopt a horse " program.It is a "fee-waiver" with an immediate titling of adopted horses. In other words,BLM is considering GIVING AWAY AMERICA"S WILDHORSES and REMOVING PROTECTION AGAINST THEIR RESALE FOR SLAUGHTER! Note: the BLM currently has 30,000 horses "warehoused'(from 7 yrs of massive round-ups).In the BLM's own words,"would open up  the Canadian market".  And we all know what that means!!!!

This is what was allowed to happen in 1984-the BLM had a "massive round-up" of 40,000 wild horses wre corralled..An estimated 20,000 of  them  ended up at slaughter.We CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. There are currently 30,000 horses "warehoused" at this time.Our wildhorses are a national treasure-they are a part of our American Heritage.Please join me in emailing a message  to the BLM advisory board   stating you DO NOT WANT FEES WAIVERED on the BLM"s "adopt a horse " program.We DO NOT WANT OUR AMERICAN WILDHORSES ENDING UP ON THE CANADIAN MARKET OR AT THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE! And then go to "COMPASSIONINDEX.ORG"     find your 2 senators and congressional representative and send them the same email message.Remember if we let the BLM "wipe out " our wildhorse population-we can never get them back.It would be an absolute travesty!Thank-you for your help and your love of our horses!       Charise DeMao

                                      cdemao@parallax.ws

BLM ADVISORY BOARD EMAIL TO:

ramona_delorme@blm.gov (Ramona_delorme @ blm.gov)

Be sure to put your name,address,and "WH&B" in with it.

Dear Brandi,

Thank you again for signing on as a citizen co-sponsor of my legislation to stop the slaughter of thousands of American horses. Though a recent court ruling has curbed horse slaughter in our country, these beautiful animals remain vulnerable to being shipped across our borders to slaughterhouses everyday. That's why I introduced the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act to ban the export of our horses for slaughter -- and thanks to people like you, over 4,500 people have joined me and co-sponsored my bill to protect our horses!
Now, it's time to bring the attention of my fellow Senators to this often-ignored but important issue. Already, 38 Senators have joined me in co-sponsoring the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act -- and with your help, we can convince even more of of them to safeguard our horses.
Click here to email your Senators, urging them to co-sponsor the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act today!
I'm proud to be sponsor of a bipartisan solution to the needless and inhumane slaughter of horses. Every year, tens of thousands are crammed into overheated, double-decker trailers and transported across our borders. Many do not even survive the journey, and the ones that do are slaughtered in unnecessarily brutal ways. This practice must be stopped -- but I need your help to do it.
With a crowded legislative calendar and the usual distractions of a presidential election year, it has been difficult to bring the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act to a floor vote in the Senate. But together, we can finally address putting an end to horse slaughter.
Click here to email your Senators, urging them to co-sponsor the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act today!
I'm committed to fighting against this despicable practice until the Senate passes a law to protect our horses -- but I can't do it alone, and I'll need your help to get the job done.
Thank you so much for your support,
Sincerely,
Mary Landrieu
U.S. Senator
P.S. It will only take a minute of your time to email your Senators -- we've provided a letter template for you, and we will automatically deliver your email to the appropriate Senators. Click here to email your Senators, urging them to co-sponsor the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act today!

Fw: Legislation funds Killing Cats, Dogs, Horses, Wildlife URGENT AC

Posted by: "Horse Helping" horsehelping@gmail.com   eaglewhowatches

Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:41 am (PDT)
PLEASE XPOST &
CONTACT YOUR U.S. SENATORS
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
H.R. 767, the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance
and Immediate Response (REPAIR) Act
bill would allocate millions of dollars to fund expensive, unwarranted and inhumane killing programs -- targeting feral cats, free-roaming dogs, wild horses,
and any other unwanted animal species.
Trouble with links or images? Want to share this email? Use this link:
https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=24838251
June 11, 2008
Oppose Legislation that Would Fund Cruel Killing of Cats, Dogs, Horses and Wildlife
Dear C,
A bill now before the U.S. Senate will fund cruel, indiscriminate killing programs on our nation's wildlife refuges. H.R. 767, the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response (REPAIR) Act, flew through the U.S. House of Representatives because it was promoted as an invasive plant eradication bill. In truth, the bill would allocate millions of dollars to fund expensive, unwarranted and inhumane killing programs -- targeting feral cats, free-roaming dogs, wild horses, and any other unwanted animal species. We need your help to halt this short-sighted legislation.
Every year, National Wildlife Refuges already kill thousands of native and non-native animals who have been categorized as "undesirable" by refuge managers using cruel and indiscriminate poisons, body-gripping traps, snares and other inhumane methods. There are better ways to solve conflicts with animal species, and if passed by the Senate, the REPAIR Act would ignore common-sense, humane approaches, in favor of lethal killing.
TAKE ACTION
Your U.S. Senator, Frank Lautenberg, sits on the committee that will consider H.R. 767. Please make a brief, polite phone call to Senator Lautenberg at (202) 224-3224 to urge opposition to the REPAIR Act and any other legislation that would fund cruel, indiscriminate wildlife eradication programs on National Wildlife Refuges.
When you call, you will likely speak to a staff member who will pass your message along to your legislator. Remember to be polite and professional, and leave your name and address so it is clear that you are a constituent. You can say:
"Hello, my name is [your name] and I live in [your city]. As a constituent, I'm calling to urge [Senator's name] to oppose H.R. 767, the REPAIR Act. The federal government must pull the plug on funding inhumane, indiscriminate wildlife eradication programs that allow cats, dogs and horses to become targets. Thank you."
After making your call, send a follow-up email in opposition to the proposed wildlife eradication bill. And don't forget to tell your friends and family how they can take action, too.
Thank you for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Mike Markarian
Executive Vice President
The Humane Society of the United States
Copyright © 2008 The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) | All Rights Reserved.
The Humane Society of the United States | 2100 L Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037
humanesociety@hsus.org | 202-452-1100 | humanesociety.org

New Cosponsor

Posted by: "cdhanna9703@aol.com" cdhanna9703@aol.com   cdhanna9703

Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:55 am (PDT)
Hi all,
We picked up another new cosponsor on H R 503 for a total of 204 plus the
sponsor. The new cosponsor is:
Rep Johnson, Henry C "Hank" Jr. [GA-4] - 6/10/2008
Best regards,
Cheryl Hanna
Fundraising and Publicity
Another Chance 4 Horses, Inc
_www.ac4h.com_ (http://www.ac4h.com/)

New Cosponsors for HR503

Posted by: "cdhanna9703@aol.com" cdhanna9703@aol.com   cdhanna9703

Wed Jun 4, 2008 4:40 am (PDT)
Hi all,
We picked up two more cosponsors on H R 503 for a total of 203 plus the
sponsor. The new cosponsors are:
Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 6/3/2008
Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 6/3/2008
Best regards,
Cheryl Hanna
Fundraising and Publicity
Another Chance 4 Horses, Inc
_www.ac4h.com_ (http://www.ac4h.com/)

Please crosspost

*** ACTION NEEDED ON S. 311, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ***

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE 110th CONGRESSIONAL SESSION ENDS THE LAST QUARTER of 2008
(please note: this information is the most up-to-date and the following action items will be the essence of any effort this year to pass the AHSPA. Please take the time to make these calls, send emails and faxes. It is extremely important for our fight against the suffering of our horses to take the below actions)

1. CONTACT SENATOR HARRY REID (NV, Dem) - Senate Majority Leader

Capitol Address: 528 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 205100001
Ph: (202) 224-3542 / Fax: (202) 224-7327

District Address: Lloyd D. George Federal Building
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Ste. 8016
Las Vegas, NV 891017075
Ph: (702) 388-5020 / Fax: (702) 388-5030

Why: S. 311 has passed Senate committee and is awaiting floor vote. This means that if the bill is brought to the floor for a vote and we have the majority of senators to support it, we have a very good chance of passing S. 311 in Senate. The House will then have to mirror this. The House has voted favorably on HR. 503 (the sister bill in the House) several times. Now they are in a way waiting for their Senate counterparts to hold their end. Harry Reid alone is currently in a position to bring the bill to the floor for a vote without any additional Senate actions! This will effectively give our horses the chance they so desperately need.  URGENT: ASK SENATOR REID TO BRING S.311 TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE!

2. CONTACT SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL (KY, Rep) - Senate Minority Leader

Capitol Address: 361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 205100001
Ph: (202) 224-2541 / Fax: (202) 224-2499

District Address: 601 West Broadway Suite 630
Louisville, KY 402022238
Ph: (502) 582-6304 /Fax: (502) 582-5326

Why: Support from both Senate leaders would be of immeasurable importance to us. In addition, the endorsement of both Senate leaders would mean representation in both political parties which can in turn help ensure additional Senator votes and send a message that this issue spans political borders on a very high legislative level. URGENT: ASK SENATOR MCCONNEL TO SUPPORT S.311 AND HELP BRING IT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE!

3. CALL YOUR SENATORS TO BUILD OUR S. 311 COSPONSOR LIST

Thank them if they're a cosponsor of S. 311 or, if they are not, urgently request that they become a cosponsor of S. 311.

This is the list of S.311 cosponsors at the moment: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00311:@@@P<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00311:@@@P>
This is how to contact your senators: https://community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/search.html<https://community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/search.html>

Why: when S. 311 is brought to the floor for a vote, we need the 60 cosponsors to pass the AHSPA in Senate; more cosponsors of the bill in Senate will send a strong message to the pro-slaughter showing strong legislative support for outlawing horse slaughter.  
We need to do this now. This Congress will adjourn some time between September and December of 2008.

PLEASE DO THIS FOR THE HORSES. PLEASE DON'T FORGET MEXICO.

THANK YOU!!!

----- Original Message -----

From: Constance Sweitzer

To: undisclosed-recipients:

Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:59 AM

Subject: Fwd: [American Herds] The Final Solution

Not much time left .. please send them a comment. Info below ...

Begin forwarded message: 

www.americanherds.blogspot.com

The BLM is still accepting public comments on their Final Gather plan for the last 147 wild horses of the West Douglas HMA.
Zeroed out after a long and lengthy legal battles that ended on October 10, 2007, the BLM Director dismissed all protests of the decision (1)and now BLM is revving up their engines to take them out starting October 1, 2008 and will continue indefinitely until they are only memories.
The Final Plan (or should we say Solution?) can be viewed by clicking Here and includes “humane standards” of limiting helicopter driving of the horses to 5 miles if snow is over a foot and/or canceling helicopter captures if temperatures drop to –10 degrees below 0.
So we finally started getting some answers about what BLM considers “humane treatment”!
The Cloud Foundation and Volunteer Executive Director Ginger Kathrens have posted her letter to BLM (Click Here to View) and is urging everyone to please contact BLM to voice your concerns.
The central focus of BLMs decision to revoke the West Douglas’s federally protected status stemmed from officials determining the 128k-acre habitat is only capable of supporting 60 wild horses. BLM has decided this population is too small to be naturally self-sustaining or genetically viable. But didn’t the Interior Board of Land Appeals just rule that BLM could supplement herds if they were too small? Click Here to see IBLA Ruling (172 IBLA 128)
Only 4 herds remain out of 8 with a state “appropriate management level” of 812 wild horses, which means wild horses are allowed 9,744 Animal Unit Months (AUM) of forage per year.
For comparison purposes, the State of Colorado authorizes 219,664 head of livestock annually totaling 573,918 AUMs of forage and their 2007 free-roaming elk population was estimated between 250,000 to 260,000 - elk herds have been reported at 10-15% above population management objectives for over 20 years. (2)
Just the White River Field Office alone, who authorized the irrevocable loss of the West Douglas Herd, doles out a generous 118,441 AUMs for exclusive livestock use totaling 41,478 head while the 60 wild horses that were considered too small to be genetically viable and therefore must be removed were issued 720 AUMs.
One of the main livestock allotments occurring in the West Douglas HMA, Twin Buttes, was re-authorized by BLM in 2005 to run over 3,900 head of cattle totaling 11,500 AUMs. The other main livestock allotment in the West Douglas HMA is controlled by Cripple Creek Cowboy Company, proud recipient of over $77k dollars in livestock subsidies between 1996-2006 (3) but public lands statistics reports showing how many cattle are being run on his allotments are mysteriously “unavailable”.
Anybody else think it’s funny that the Twin Butte livestock allotment, which spans 140k acres can support 3,900 cattle but the West Douglas Herd Management Area, which spans 128k acres can only support 60 wild horses?
If you have any questions about how illegal this is, read BLMs Code of Federal Regulation 43 CFR 4710.5(a) Closure To Livestock Grazing, which states: "If necessary to provide habitat for wild horses or burros, to implement herd management actions, or to protect wild horses or burros from disease, harassment or injury, the authorized officer may close appropriate areas of the public lands to grazing use by all or a particular kind of livestock."
Turns out Colorado Senator Wayne Allard (R) is a personal advocate for the permittees and has interceded with BLM on their behalf to make sure we know where the beef is. He is a member of 12 different subcommittees in the House of Representatives, including the Minority Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior Environment and Related Agencies and keeps his fingers in wide variety of pies.
If you would like to tell Senator Allard or other Colorado representatives just what you think of what they are allowing to happen to one of Colorado’s last remaining herds just to stuff a few more cattle, elk and oil wells on the land, Click Here for contact information.
Unfortunately, American Herds has just found out about the comment period for the West Douglas Herd and there is almost no time left! If you would like to be herd, you must submit your comments by May 23, 2008 before 4:30 p.m. for BLM to consider them.
~Contact Info~
BLM White River Field Office
220 East Market Street
Meeker, CO 81641
Fax: (970) 878-3805
Phone: (970) 878-3800
Melissa Kindall Melissa_Kindall@blm.gov
Please include the proposal number
EA# CO-110-2008-052-EA in your submission.
Photo is of a captured wild horse taken from the East West Douglas Herd.
All Herd Statistics taken from BLM Herd Statistics Fiscal Year 2007 www.blm.gov Wild Horse & Burro Program
All grazing authorizations and cattle numbers taken from BLM Public Land Statistics – Colorado http://www.blm.gov/landandresourcesreports/rptapp/menu.cfm?appCd=6
(1) BLM Press Release – October 11, 2007 http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/newsroom/2007/west_douglas_decision.html(2) Elk Management of 5 Western States – No Longer Available online
(3) Farm Subsidy Data Base – 2006 Reports http://farm.ewg.org/farm/persondetail.php?custnumber=009388698
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Posted By Preserve the Herds to American Herds at 5/21/2008 03:53:00 PM

action alert  AHSPA

Posted by: "martinmaryd@comcast.net" martinmaryd@comcast.net   wyattcactus

Tue May 13, 2008 6:05 am (PDT)

New Cosponsor for HR503

Rep Schmidt, Jean [OH-2] - 5/6/2008

----- Original Message -----

From: Shirley Puga

Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:57 PM

Subject: URGENT ALERT!!! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!!!

HERE WE GO AGAIN....THIS TIME WE HAVE ONE LESS DAY THAN WE DID FOR SOUTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER, SEEING HOW OUR TROOPS RALLIED AT THAT TIME, I AM SURE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. MAKE THOSE PHONE LINES LIGHT UP FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING AND LEAVE VOICE MAILS OVER THE WEEKEND......
Missouri State Senate to Consider Pro-Horse Slaughter Resolution
The Animal Welfare Institute has just learned that the Missouri State Senate will consider a resolution as soon as Monday, May 5, urging the US Congress to block passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act(AHSPA) and facilitate the construction of new horse slaughter plants on US soil.
Missouri Senate Concurrent Resolution 35 flies in the face of public sentiment and reason.This resolution, clearly shaped by the pro-horseslaughter lobby, is chock full of misinformation and scare tactics designed to unnerve federal legislators and prevent them from taking action to stop America's horses from going to slaughter. It refers to the Horse Welfare Coalition, a group founded and currently run by the slaughterhouses, which consists of only pro-horse slaughter organizations  including the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and the American Quarter Horse Association.
If passed, the resolution will be used to press our legislators into allowing the continued slaughter of our horses at the hands of a cruel and predatory industry that does nothing to help horses (as the resolution's authors would have you believe) and everything to hurt them.
Be sure to let Missouri Senators know that the Horse Welfare Coalition and the sponsors of this resolution are out of step with the states of Texas, Illinois and California (which have already banned horse slaughter), as well as more than 500 horse industry groups and leaders, equine rescues, veterinary organizations and the majority of Americans, all of whom support passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Please contact the Missouri legislators listed here over the weekend and Monday morning, asking them to OPPOSE Senate Concurrent Resolution 35. You do not need to be a Missouri resident to call, as this resolution, if passed, has the potential to impact horses and horse owners from across the nation. 
Missouri State Senate Contact Information
Senator                 District                      Capitol Phone
Frank Barnitz        D-16                          (573) 751-2108
Matt Bartle           R-8                             (573) 751-1464
Joan Bray             D-24                           (573) 751-2514
Victor Callahan     D-11                           (573) 751-3074
Norma Champion R-30                            (573) 751-2583
Dan Clemens       R-20                            (573) 751-4008
Maida Coleman    D-5                              (573) 751-2606
Jason Crowell      R-27                            (573) 751-2459
Rita Heard Days   D-14                           (573) 751-4106
Tom Dempsey      R-23                            (573) 751-1141
Kevin Engler         R-3                             (573) 751-3455
Michael Gibbons   R-15                            (573) 751-2853
Jack Goodman      R-29                            (573) 751-2234
Chuck Graham      D-19                           (573) 751-2162
Timothy P. Green D-13                            (573) 751-2420
John Griesheimer R-26                            (573) 751-3678
Jolie Justus          D-10                            (573) 751-2788
Harry Kennedy     D-1                              (573) 751-2126
Chris Koster         D-31                            (573) 751-1430
Brad Lager           R-12                            (573) 751-1415
John Loudon        R-7                              (573) 751-9763
Rob Mayer           R-25                             (573) 751-3859
Ryan McKenna     D-22                             (573) 751-1492
Gary Nodler         R-32                             (573) 751-2306
Chuck Purgason  R-33                             (573) 751-1882
Luann Ridgeway R-17                             (573) 751-2547
Scott Rupp           R-2                              (573) 751-1282
Delbert Scott       R-28                             (573) 751-8793
Charlie Shields    R-34                             (573) 751-9476
Wes Shoemyer   D-18                             (573) 751-7852
Jeff Smith            D-4                               (573) 751-3599
Bill Stouffer         R-21                             (573) 751-1507
Carl Vogel           R-6                               (573) 751-2076
Yvonne Wilson    D-9                               (573) 751-9758
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME .....WE NEED TO JUMP ON THIS AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE'RE MADE OF!!!!  WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!!!!!
THANKS!!!!!
Shirley Puga
www.zazzle.com/spuga2000*

Fw: senators - stop stalling!

Posted by: "Beth (:" fatoldfarmwife@verizon.net   bethofneer

Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:28 pm (PDT)

--SENATORS, STOP STALLING!
Senator Larry Craig - famous for misbehaving in a different kind of stall -
is using stall tactics on the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
His threat to hold up Senate consideration of the bill (S.311 by Sens.
Landrieu and Ensign) is putting thousands of horses in danger of ruthless
killer
buyers who want to buy horses at auction and haul them to Mexico or Canada
for a gruesome demise.
Tell your Senator to Stop the Larry Craig Stall.
Please do it today: Click _HERE_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track
jsp?v=2&c=WzgCPi5ypWkM/hs1sFXq2p8YdQxyCzZa) and send your Senator a message.
And please forward this email to 10 of your horse-loving friends, asking
them
to do the same.
Thanks for all you do to protect horses ..
Soraya
Soraya Gheissari
Executive Director
National Horse Protection League
The National Horse Protection League is an online community dedicated to
making every horse a wanted horse. Our mission is simple: to protect horses
and help owners who can no longer care for their animals find a humane and
loving alternative to cruel death or abandonment.

NV Horses: News from the Front

Great News''

Posted by: "phazzii" phazzii@yahoo.com  

Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:55 pm (PDT)

Rep Hare, Phil
<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@\
4((@1(Rep+Hare++Phil))+01849))> [IL-17] - 4/23/2008 this makes a total
of 200 now needing only 18 for HR503

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS DEFEATS RESOLUTION TO PROMOTE HORSE SLAUGTHER

April 25, 2008 (Washington, D.C.) – A renegade resolution to promote the continued slaughter of American horses for human consumption abroad was defeated at today’s meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).  The measure, offered by state Representative David Sigdestad (D-SD), urged the United States Congress to oppose the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, currently pending in Congress.  AWI commends those state legislators who stood up in support of humane treatment of horses.

“The scheme was yet another dirty trick brought to you by the horse slaughter industry and its lobbyists.  Contrary to their claims, the federal American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act has enormous Congressional and public support, and the current trend at the state level has also been towards the passage of laws that protect horses from slaughter,” said Chris Heyde, deputy director of government and legal affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute.

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S. 311/H.R. 503), will prohibit the slaughter of American horses here or abroad for human consumption in Europe and Asia where it is often considered a delicacy.  The Senate and House versions have 38 and 200 cosponsors, respectively. 

Polls show that the majority of Americans support an end to the foreign-driven trade, as do hundreds of horse industry leaders and organizations, humane groups and dozens of celebrities.  As a result, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act passed the United States House of Representatives by an overwhelming margin in the 109^th Congress and is up for reconsideration again.  States are also weighing in.

“While the US Congress is considering a federal ban, California, Texas and Illinois have taken action to send this predatory business packing.   South Dakota recently considered the issue when a bill authorizing state funds for the construction of a horse slaughterhouse was stopped in its tracks, yet here we have a legislator from South Dakota, Representative Sigdestad, offering a resolution that flies in the face of legislative trend and public sentiment,” said Heyde.  “We must enact the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act immediately to protect America’s horses from being trucked alive across our borders for slaughter abroad, and to further the will of those states that have enacted measures to end this barbaric trade.” 

In recent years, more than 100,000 American horses were slaughtered annually at three foreign-owned horse slaughterhouses operating out of Texas and Illinois while tens of thousands more were exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter there.  Last year laws were enacted in Texas and Illinois prohibiting the slaughter, thus shutting down the country’s remaining domestic plants.  Nonetheless, the industry continues to haul huge numbers of American horses over the border for slaughter where they may be stabbed in the neck to induce paralysis before slaughter.

“There has been a concerted effort by the misnamed ‘Horse Welfare Coalition,’ mentioned in Representative Sigdestad’s resolution, to mislead legislators and the American public on the gruesome nature of horse slaughter.  The fact is that this coalition was founded and is led by the very same foreign-owned companies that were previously slaughtering our horses here and are now trucking them over the border to Canada and Mexico to do the same, only under worse conditions.  That the horse slaughter lobby claims to be working in the best interest of American horses by pushing for the defeat of a federal ban on their slaughter is disingenuous,” said Heyde.  “We’re just glad that reason ruled the day and the NCSL defeated the resolution.” 

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For over 57 years the Animal Welfare Institute has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Find our more at: http://www.awionline.org/.

For More Information Contact:

Chris Heyde, (703) 836-4300

Best regards,

Cheryl Hanna
Fundraising and Publicity
Another Chance 4 Horses, Inc
www.ac4h.com

National Conference of State Legislators to Consider Resolution

Opposing Federal Ban on Horse Slaughter

Dear Humanitarian:

The Animal Welfare Institute has learned that the National Conference of State Legislators, due to meet in Washington, D.C. later this week, will consider a resolution in its Agriculture Committee urging the United States Congress to block passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (AHSPA - H.R. 503/S. 311).  The AHSPA is an important animal protective measure that will prohibit the slaughter of our horses here or abroad for human consumption around the globe.

The resolution, which has clearly been shaped by the pro-horse slaughter lobby, is chock full of misinformation and scare tactics designed to unnerve legislators at the federal and state levels from taking action to prevent America’s horses from going to slaughter.  Its passage – if it does pass - will be used to press our legislators into allowing the continued slaughter of our horses at the hands of a cruel, predatory and entirely foreign-owned industry.

The “resolution or policy statement” refers to the “Horse Welfare Coalition” which was founded and is currently run by the slaughterhouses and consists of only pro-horse slaughter organizations such at the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association of Equine Practitioners and American Quarter Horse Association.  Be sure to let these legislators know that well over 500 horse industry groups and leaders, equine rescues, veterinary organizations support the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act along with the majority of Americans.  http://www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/supporters_of_ahspa.htm  

If you are a constituent of one of the following state legislators listed below, please email them TODAY and ask them to oppose any resolution at this weeks’ National Conference of State Legislators that would hamper efforts to protect America’s horses from the brutalities of slaughter. 

Here are some facts about horse slaughter:  http://www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/faqs.htm

Be sure to share this AWI eAlert with friends, family and others, and urge them to email in opposition to any resolution or statement opposing the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, too. As always, thank you for your help!

For the latest updates on this bill and AWI’s campaign against horse slaughter be sure to visit http://www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/whats_new.htm every day.

Thank you,

Chris

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Christopher J. Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Animal Welfare Institute
PO Box 3650
Washington, DC  20027
Tel:  (703) 836-4300 ~ Fax: (888) 260-2271
www.awionline.org
www.compassionindex.org

For over 57 years, AWI has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill.  Please join us in our ongoing campaigns to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Sign up for AWI eAlerts to receive the latest news on what you can do to help us protect all animals: http://www.awionline.org/joinus. 

Chair: Senator Beverly Gard (R-28), Indiana  S28@in.gov
Vice Chair: Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier (D-11) California  Assemblymember.DeSaulnier@assembly.ca.gov
Vice Chair: Representative Terry L. England (R-108), Georgia  englandhomeport2@alltel.net
Vice Chair: Representative Carl J. Gatto (R-13), Alaska  cgatto@mtaonline.net
Vice Chair: Representative John A. Heaton (D-55), New Mexico  jheaton@caverns.com
Vice Chair: Representative Stan Mayfield (R-80), Florida  Stan.Mayfield@myfloridahouse.gov
Vice Chair: Senator Harris B. McDowell III (D-1), Delaware  harris.mcdowell@state.de.us
Vice Chair: Representative Larry R. Powell (R-117), Kansas  powell@house.state.ks.us
Vice Chair: Representative Richard F. Roy (D-119), Connecticut  Richard.Roy@cga.ct.gov
Vice Chair: Representative Carole A. Rubley (R-157), Pennsylvania  crubley@pahousegop.com
Vice Chair: Senator Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31), Virginia  district31@sov.state.va.us

 Best regards,
Cheryl Hanna
Fundraising and Publicity
Another Chance 4 Horses, Inc
www.ac4h.com

HSUS Declares April 29 National Call In Day

Posted by: "Barbara Pennelle" bpennelle@aol.com   bpennelle

Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:45 pm (PDT)

The Humane Society of the United States Urges You to Honor Barbaro's
Birthday by making the call for horses on April 29!
Check to see if your U.S. Representative is already a cosponsor of H.R.
503 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00503:@@@P> and if
your two U.S. Senators are co-sponsors of S. 311
<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00311:@@@P> .
If they are not, please call on April 29 to urge them to become
co-sponsors. You can reach your federal legislators by calling the
Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, or click here
<http://community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/search.html> to find their
Capitol office phone numbers.
Barbara P.

From Michelle T:

Dear wild horse advocate,

More than ever, America’s wild horses are under attack on multiple fronts.
Please speak out on their behalf:

H.R. 767: A new threat to Sheldon’s wild horses
The REPAIR Act (H.R. 767) has been making its way quietly through the U.S. Congress. The stated goal of the bill is to eradicate harmful nonnative species from federal wildlife refuges. This could have dramatic consequences for wild horses on wildlife refuges: although they are a reintroduced native wildlife species, horses are treated by the government as nonnative; the REPAIR Act could allow refuges such as Sheldon to appropriate federal dollars (our tax dollars!) specifically to eradicate wild horses. We need to stop this!

The bill passed in the House and is now awaiting a Senate vote. As Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) controls if and when the bill is brought to a vote.

Please alert Senator Boxer to the unintended consequences H.R. 767 could have for thousands of wild horses.