End the Roundup of Wild Horses and Burros

FROM Friends of Animals

Tell Secretary Salazar and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials to end the capture and slaughter of wild horses and burros and allow them to remain free on our public lands.

CONTACT

Ken Salazar
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street N.W.
Washington DC 20240
phone (202) 208-3100
fax (202) 208-6950
email

Assistant Director Edwin Roberson, Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5644
phone (202) 208-4896
fax (202) 208-5010
email

Director Bob Abbey, Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665
Washington DC 20240
phone (202) 208-3801
fax (202) 208-5242
email

Deputy Director Marcilynn Burke, Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665
Washington DC 20240
phone (202) 208-3801
fax (202) 208-5242
email 

INFORMATION / TALKING POINTS

Wild horses and burros living on public lands in the West are under siege. Unfortunately, the agency entrusted to protect them, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is to blame.

At the behest of cattle ranchers and others who want to the horses removed for their own private gain, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the BLM have declared war on these animals, savagely rounding them up by the tens of thousands. Those horses and burros who manage to survive the roundups are forced to spend the rest of their lives in BLM "holding pens," or worse yet, wind up in slaughterhouses where they are butchered for their meat.

Wild horses and burros must be respected - not captured, not corralled and not sold to be slaughtered.

Please sign our petition demanding that Secretary Salazar end the roundup of wild horses and burros.

Public lands are not the private domain of those who seek to exploit them for their own use. They belong to everyone. We have a right to demand that wild horses remain on public lands, free from intrusion and capture.

The indelible spirit of wild horses and burros has become a part of our psyche. Please help us insure that they stay on our public lands, without human interference.

With more terrifying roundups already scheduled, it is imperative that we take action now.

Thank you for everything you do for animals!