Horses are a part of American history and, a great majority of the human race, could care less. American greed has gotten so rampant that if it doesn’t serve to enrich our pocket books in some way, then we have no use for it. There are so many back handed deals and shady practices going on now days, we would absolutely be astonished if we knew them all.

Wild horses are being driven out of their homes, rounded up and shipped off to holding facilities, where they await their fate. Herds that have lived together for years are being split up and shipped off in different directions.

We all know horses are herd animals, and they establish very tight knit groups, of family. These horses care about 2 things, Family and Freedom. Now once again the “Powers that be”, are taking all that away. They are being stripped from their homes and forced to face horse adoption, or worse. Only a lucky few are actually adopted.

The “Powers that be”, of course, being The Bureau of Land Management (BLM). They are, in my opinion, abusing their authority and executing some very questionable practices.

There is one thing I want you to remember as you read on: These wild horses are roaming on “Public Lands” managed by the BLM, that our tax dollars pay for! Don’t you think we should have a say in what happens on that land? We do, we just have to say it!

I can think of countless ways that our government and public officials are fleecing us as American people. That’s not my opinion, that’s fact. Nothing is ever going to change, until we, as Americans, stand up and say, Enough is Enough!

Gather Statistics for the year 2010: Upwards of 12,000 horses are expected to be removed. Check out the numbers here.

There are countless websites on the internet, telling horrible stories about the horse abuse, unwanted horses, horse slaughter and wild horses. None of them, including mine, do any good unless people get involved. There is power in numbers!

The BLM manages more than 250 million acres, that’s more than any other Federal Agency, with a budget of about $1 billion dollars. They currently are holding more than 32,000 wild horses and burros within their facilities. As of September 30, 2009 the cost of caring for these animals was approximately $29 million dollars.

On September 7, 2009, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar proposed that wild horse preserves be set up in the Midwest and the East. No mention was made of the millions of acres, that BLM manages, in the American West nor the near 13 million acres that the BLM leased out, thereby reducing the wild horse habitat.

This is land that would not cost the taxpayers a cent to set aside for wild horses. He also states that the horses that will be placed in these preserves will be non-reproducing. So when they die, there gone! Kinda reminds of the how the government treated the Indians!

Instead Mr. Salazar proposes to round up thousand of horses, load them up and ship them clear across the country. Who do you think will have to foot the bill, and do you think these horses will really end up on some lavish ranch to live out their days being free? I think not. On more than one occasion, Mr. Salazar has made mention of his authority to make these decisions. Since when should one government official be aloud to make decisions that will affect the American taxpayer?

Mr. Salazar also failed to mention that equine geneticists have charged that the BLM roundup over Labor Day week, reduced one herds numbers beyond genetic viability. Some animals were injured as well in a helicopter driven stampede down a 5,000 foot rocky slope for up to 10 miles.

This is a video taken from the roundup of Cloud's Herd. Cloud is the most famous of the wild horses.

To Learn more about Cloud and his herd go to the TheCloudFoundation.org. You can also go to this website and sign a petition, every name helps!

The question was raised to Mr. Salazar, about the removal of wild horses to make room for more cattle grazing? Of course, they answered, “Absolutely Not”. What else did they expect him to say? Did I mention that Ken Salazar’s family owns a huge cattle ranch in the heart of Colorado?

Congressman Nick Rahall states that it is incredible that this nation would even think of allowing the commercial sale of horse flesh for human consumption. He further states that we must put a halt to this process, one that is nothing short of inhumane. In 2005 and 2006, Rahall successfully offered legislation as amendments to the Interior Appropriations bill. However, neither of them were signed into law, leaving thousands of wild horses and burros victimized, and at increased risk to sale or slaughter.

We as taxpayers need to make sure that these make it through the Senate. Laws have to be passed now, before anymore of these beautiful animals are captured.

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