By thecloudfoundation For Immediate Release
OIG Whitewashes BLM Mismanagement of Dwindling Wild Horse & Burro Herds
Timing suspect as Congress considers budget increase for unwarranted and costly roundups; Foundation calls for defunding of roundups
Washington D.C. (December 14, 2010)—Failing to look at the actual numbers of wild horses and burros left in the American West, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report yesterday condoning BLM’s documented abuse of America’s Wild horses and burros, even ignoring wild horse deaths at the roundups OIG attended. The BLM allows the destruction of public lands by millions of privately owned livestock, repeatedly blaming a few thousand wild horses and burros for the damage. 30 years ago there were three times more wild horses and burros in the wild than there are today.
“The BLM is getting away with murder and the American taxpayers are paying for it,” states Cloud Foundation Director, Ginger Kathrens. “Our government is letting down our wild horses and burros as well as the American public who want them preserved. This OIG report is clearly just a case of one government agency talking to another.”
Press release continued online here…
OIG Report: http://bit.ly/DOI-OIG
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