Final Push To Prevent Onaqui Herd Roundup By BLM

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Thanks to the American Wild Horse Campaign for sending this easy way to send comments to the BLM.  The BLM is within weeks of rounding up 90% of the Onaqui Herd and removing nearly 400 of these beautiful horses to spend the rest of their lives in a pen somewhere in the Mid-West.  We are so lucky to have this herd within an hour drive from Salt Lake.

The BLM doesn’t seem concerned about reducing the 2,500 head of sheep and the 2,000 head of cows it grazes in the Onaqui Herd Management Area.  According to the BLM only the 500 head of Wild Horses need to be reduced.  Please follow the link below to submit your comments to the BLM.

Thanks!!!

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Greig,

Earlier this week, we wrote you about the urgent need to speak up for the wild horses in the Onaqui HMA in Utah. Many of you had trouble with the BLM site that was accepting public comments, so now we have secured an easier and more reliable way to submit comments.

Please take action today to stop the removal of 379 cherished Onaqui horses from their homes on our public lands.

Thanks,

The AWHC Team

American Wild Horse Campaign
P.O. Box 1733
Davis, CA 95617
United States

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2 Comments

  1. It seems to me the force driving these decisions to decimate our wild horse herds are being driven by special interest groups and the cattle and sheep ranchers. These horses are on PUBLIC lands and BELONG to the American people. Most citizens are IN FAVOR of keeping our wild horses on the lands they have called home for centuries in some cases and who are a drawing force to thousands of people who come to see and photograph them every year. Why is there no control over the numbers of cattle and sheep that are grazed on these lands? Horses never do as much damage as sheep to the grasslands and in some cases cattle. Funny that the horses did not destroy these resources for centuries then all of a sudden when cattle and sheep are introduced it is all of a sudden the horses that are destroying the environment. Sorry I just do not buy that. Leave these horses on their lands. If birth control is need use scientific data and means to do so without destroying genetics or managing them to extinction. Shame on you BLM.

    • Roxane,

      Your comments are right on! Thanks for caring about these wonderful national treasures…

      Greig

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