Wild Horse Wednesday: March 3, 2010

WILD HORSE WEDNESDAY

Hello, everyone: The horses are speaking Feature columnist for Tuesday's Horse, Audrey Caprio, has written an article about the wild horse and burro situation, entitled "The Horses are speaking". Here is an excerpt: Pictures, videos on YouTube abound, and increasingly the American public is distraught and outraged by this wild horse and burro holocaust. The horses, contrary to BLM statements about their poor and emaciated states, appear quite robust and healthy on a voluminous array of pictures and videos gathered by wild horse and ecological photo journalists. And yet, rounded up they are, and the taxpaying public gets to view the inhumane practices of the BLM with their helicopter “gathers”, the terrified horses, the deaths, the stampedes, ad nauseum. How is it this animal abuse is permitted, and paid for, by us, the American taxpayer, and all we can do is watch, aghast at the scenes before us? Everything inherent in these roundups and “processing” is violent. May I quote an esteemed American scientist and inventor in saying, “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” Thomas Edison. Read full article here >> CONTACT THE PRESIDENT Tell the President you are outraged at the continuing acts of violence committed against our wild horses and burros, that only he can stop it as no one else in the government is willing to.  Ask him to call a moratorium on all wild horse and burro roundups, and order Congressional hearings and investigations into all BLM activities related to its manage of the Wild Horse and Burro program. Please keep the White House switchboard ringing, fax machine buzzing and email inbox full. White House Phone:  202 456 1111 White House Fax:  202 456 2461 Email the White House WASHINGTON DC WILD HORSE & BURRO PROTEST Thursday, March 25th, 1-3 pm, Lafayette Park. Details here >> MARCH MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Int'l Fund for Horses works on a myriad of issues, not just this one. We rely on donations from giving people like you to continue our work.   Please become a member today and be a part of our successful team.  Dues are $24.00 per year.  See link below. New!  We are issuing beautiful membership cards to all our members.   All of you who are already members, you will receive your card in the next 2-3 weeks. Best wishes, and thank you. Carol Poole Wild Horse & Burro Advocacy Team Join us. Become a Member. Membership is $24.00 a year. Help with a Donation.  Thank You!

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