Oppose BLM Plans to Eradicate 5,500 Wild Horses from Southern Wyoming

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to implement massive plans to eradicate over 3400 wild horses from more than 1.4 million acres of public lands in southern Wyoming and another 2,100 from the last remaining portion of the Adobe Town Herd Management Area (HMA). These wild horses will be forcibly removed from their home ranges, separated from their families, and face an uncertain future of holding facilities and/or adoption pipelines.

This plan would completely eliminate wild horses from Salt Wells Creek, Great Divide Basin, and parts of Adobe Town — sacrificing our nation’s wild heritage to benefit the Rock Springs Grazing Association, whose private livestock operations profit from these public lands.

This is a betrayal of the public trust. Our government is prioritizing private commercial interests over the will of the American people and the protections the law affords to wild horses under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.

• Please sign our petition today. Your signature will be submitted to BLM along with our comprehensive public comments regarding these two BLM projects.
• Then, help us spread the word — forward this message to friends and family, and share it on social media. We must show that Americans across the political spectrum stand united in protecting Wyoming’s wild horses.

Now, more than ever, we must keep fighting. Even when the odds seem stacked against us — especially then — our voices matter.

Will you be submitting comments on these actions directly to BLM? You may check out our friend Carol Walker’s blog post with additional suggestions for comments on the Adobe Town DNA and the Checkerboard Zero Out EA.

Please feel free to use her info and share.

Thank you for standing for the horses.

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