Save Mustangs From Extinction

I have always loved horses and as a child drew them all the time. These are magnificent creatures and a part of our heritage. Drawing the wild mustangs saddened my heart thinking about the plight of these wonderful creatures. But what really maddens me is what is going on in our nation and the BLM. This organization is not doing its job as they were hired to do. They are not up upholding the R.O.A.M Act which was put into effect in 1971.

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Why does the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) need to round up wild horses and send them to slaughter? In the BLM’s words, the agency can't "allow horses to multiply unchecked on the range without causing an environmental disaster." But there are less than 30,000 wild horses on the range versus at least 3 million grazing cows. Rather than address the environmental damage caused by cattle overgrazing and expanding oil and gas exploration on our public lands, the BLM would rather give in to corporate cattle ranchers who view mustangs as competition for grazing land, and drive wild horses — one of our land’s symbols of free spirit — to extinction. This drives my passion to preserve their beauty.

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I am sick and tired of all the 'privileges' the government give to the ranchers. These people are literally stealing the public land and getting rich with our tax dollars. Farmers are also getting rich with tax dollars: they are being paid $42.oo/acre for not cultivating their land. I know of a farmer, here, in Seal Rock who owns 3000 acres in Idaho. He does not cultivate it and gets $42/acre per year from the government $42.00 x 3000 = $126,000.00 per year. He is a millionaire and it is all in tax dollars that we have to pay. This guy still live in Idaho, but a few years back he built a mansion on the Coast in Seal Rock. The majority of the public does not know about these deals that the gov. makes with special interest group.

For the wild horses, I am sick to know they are going to be killed to favor the cattle ranchers. It is shameful... I wish I could adopt some horses.
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Help philanthropist Madeleine Pickens, save wild horses in America at www.SavingAmericasMustangs.org