The Associated Press reports: (August 3, 2010) -- A bipartisan group of 54 lawmakers pleaded with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to halt a series of wild horse roundups on the Nevada range. A letter sent Monday by Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, cites wild horse deaths in recent… Continue reading Lawmakers seek to end wild horse roundups in Nevada
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Ask Congress to call for an immediate moratorium on Mustang roundups
Rep. Nick Rahall and Rep. Raul Grijalva ask wild horse and burro lovers and advocates to support their call on U.S. Interior Secretary Salazar and BLM Director Bob Abbey to order an immediate moratorium on all roundups of America’s wild horses and burros. You can join them by sending a copy of the Rahall-Grijalva Dear… Continue reading Ask Congress to call for an immediate moratorium on Mustang roundups
Congressional Cmte to call for halt on wild horse gathers (US)
Advocates have long been calling for a moratorium on the roundups and removal of America's wild horses and burros from our public lands, and further for an investigation into the conduct of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the government agency responsible for managing them. It appears we are getting closer to achieving those aims.… Continue reading Congressional Cmte to call for halt on wild horse gathers (US)
Salazar wants to move West’s Wild Horses East
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer Cross-posted from CBS News, Channel 4, Denver Story URL WASHINGTON (AP) ― Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken… Continue reading Salazar wants to move West’s Wild Horses East
Protected: ROAM Act is home alone on the range (US)
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Rahall and Grijalva spur changes for wild horses with new bill (US)
Cross-posted from MSNBC By KRNV-TV RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would give added protections to thousands of wild horses and burros that roam Western states and prevent the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from killing healthy animals removed from the range. The bill was introduced by Democratic Reps. Nick… Continue reading Rahall and Grijalva spur changes for wild horses with new bill (US)
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