BLM wants you to let them kill more wild horses
You know what problem @BLMNational has with wild horses? It's not that there are too many horses -- there are -- but that too many horses is not the problem but the result of the problem. The problem is that BLM never has actually managed wild horses on public land, they only cull. They do it even though the public doesn't want BLM dealing with over-population by treating the horses like crops, weeding out and discarding the excess. The public doesn't want BLM to chase wild horses with helicopters and ground vehicles, running foals to exhaustion, panicking horses so they crash into barbed wire fences and cut themselves up, forcing them to run with broken legs, packing bands of horses in corrals with horses from other herds, letting them stand around in their own poop getting no exercise for weeks and months before auctioning them off to low bidders for who knows what kind of a life -- or death. This is not management. It's abuse. So I say BLM needs to stop abusing wild horses on public lands, and instead come up with an actual humane and effective management plan. Because, as Albert Einstein famously (never actually) said: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." And that's what BLM has been doing from the start. PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BLM'S PROPOSAL TO USE MOTORIZED VEHICLES, INCLUDING HELICOPTERS, TO "MANAGE" WILD HORSES AND BURROS!!!! Info below. ___ PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION! ___ BLM schedules public hearing on use of motorized vehicles for wild horse and burro management WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a virtual public hearing regarding the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the management of wild horses and burros. The hearing is scheduled for April 26, 2022 from 3 to 5 p.m. MT and will be held using Zoom video conferencing technology and live-streamed at BLM.gov/live. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 requires BLM conduct an annual hearing to consider the use of motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros. The BLM typically uses motorized vehicles to conduct gather operations, complete population surveys, and transport animals to/from corrals, pastures, and adoption, sale and transfer events. To provide comment during the virtual public hearing, members of the public may register in advance by April 25. Written comments may also be sent to [email protected]. Please include ‘‘Motorized Vehicle Comment’’ in the subject line of the email. Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. Mountain Time on April 26. For additional information regarding the public hearing, please contact the Wild Horse and Burro National Information Center at 866-468-7826 or [email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) at 711 to reach the National Information Center during normal business hours. The BLM manages and protects wild horses and burros across 26.9 million acres of public lands in 10 Western states. More information on the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program can be found at BLM.gov/whb. WARNING: the linked video contains graphic images of what really happens when BLM "manages" wild horses. https://equimed.com/news/general/harrowing-new-videos-show-ongoing-abuse-at-blm-wild-horse-roundups