Today at the meeting of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board the BLM announced it was postponing a decision to kill large numbers of wild horses to control herds and increasing costs. They will try reducing roundups and finding funds to maintain the horses through the fiscal year, according to the Associated Press.They received over 40,000 comments. The deputy director, Henri Bisson, who had first announced the plan to kill horses, is retiring, and said he didn't want to leave a legacy of a rush to judgement. This will give wild horse advocates a year to come up with possible solutions to propose to the BLM.
Thank heavens OUR beautiful horses won't be killed because of human mismanagement. They're the victims of the economy just like domesticated horses are. I don't have any easy solutions, but I sure feel a lot more hopeful tonight. They are national treasures. (Photo by The Cloud Foundation)
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Hi Gayle, Do you have info on adopting any of these horses and/or burros? I've called, emailed and even faxed BLM to no avail. Thanks - again, great blog.
Kellie Fitzgerald
fitzgeraldtoo@yahoo.com
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