Friends of Animals says ASPCA/HSUS’s proposal for the management of America’s wild horses is the opposite of what needs to be done.... Wild horses have lost more than 20 million acres of habitat since the passage of the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971 to doomed cattle and sheep.
Wild Horses in Oregon...
In a statement released Tuesday, Friends of Animals said ASPCA/HSUS’s
proposal for the management of America’s wild horses is the opposite of what
needs to be done.
“The ASPCA and HSUS have thrown in the towel when it comes to protecting
America’s wild horses by capitulating to the Bureau of Land Management and
its wild horse extinction plan. It’s the exact opposite of what a
compassionate, thoughtful animal advocacy group should do, and wild horses
deserve better than to be sold out this way,” said Priscilla Feral,
president of Friends of Animals, an international animal advocacy group that
has been litigating for wild horses for the past several years.
“It’s telling they say there needs to be targeted roundups in ‘densely
populated Herd Management Areas.’ The only thing HMAs are densely populated
with are doomed cattle and sheep. Wild horses have lost more than 20 million
acres of habitat since the passage of the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971.
“HSUS holds the registration for the fertility pesticide PZP so it’s no
surprise they’ve become a mouthpiece for the BLM and are advocating for
robust fertility control and ignoring recent studies that show PZP has
unreasonable adverse side effects on wild horses. Anyone supporting those
physical assaults is morally bankrupt and undermines the integrity and
importance of wild horses.”
Unlike the coalition, Friends of Animals has some rational options that
truly protect wild horses for Congress to consider: