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 WILD HORSES~FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS
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 Wednesday, July 9, 2008
 Americas Mustangs & Burros
 
 On June 30th, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the
 Wild Horse and Burro Program had reached a crisis point of epic proportions.

 As a result of removing over 75,000 wild horses and burros from public
 lands since 2001, BLM now claims the cost of holding 32,000 warehoused
 animals has exceeded the programs financial limits and something must be done.

 According to BLM, only three viable options now exist:

 *Allow BLM to grant Instant Title to adopters, almost a guaranteed
 slaughterhouse end.

 *Allow BLM to shoot tens of thousands of wild horses both on and off the range.

 *Give BLM more money to manage the Wild Horse and Burro Program.

 While BLM is attempting to focus the public’s attention on “what” should be
 done about BLMs reported crisis of “excess” wild horses and burros, the
 first question the public should really be asking is, does BLMs data back up
 their claims?

 Despite the massive cleansing campaign over the last several years, BLM
 continues to report 33,000 wild horses and burros still roam public lands.
 However, independent analysis utilizing BLMs own statistics and methods of
 annual population reports, removals and reproductive rates concluded most 
 likely wild populations still remaining is merely 13,500 wild horses and 
 burros - 20,000 less than BLM reported.

 BLMs own data fails to support their population claims by a large margin
 and evidence strongly suggests the agency has removed 11,000-14,000 more
 wild horses and burros than was necessary. In other words, BLMs own statistics 
 point to the conclusion that the current “crisis” has been manufactured.

 American Herds offers this timely report, “Americas Mustangs & Burros:
 What’s Left, The High Costs of Miscalculating and Will They Survive?”, a
 culmination of two years of research into a variety of BLM proposals,
 policies and management, both in the wild horse and burro program as well
 as other multiple uses of public lands.

 This comprehensive overview provides a wide variety of case studies,
 documents, statistics and data, most taken from BLMs own reports, as well
 as a brief history of the abuse and malfeasance over the years in the wild
 horse and burro program, some alleged, some proven, and where it stands today.

 Several versions have been created for easy access, portability and to send
 as attachments for anyone who wants to learn more about what has really
 been happening to Americas Mustangs and Burros.

 While BLM maintains options are limited, now narrowed to merely choosing
 which way the American public wants to see wild horses and burros die
 unless BLM is given more money, another option exists, though it is hardly
 one BLM will recommend, and that is to examine the validity of BLMs claims
 and investigate their management.

 Research and analysis based on BLMs own statistics has shown their current
 population reports or population goals cannot be valid. As a result, the
 simplest solution to the current “crisis” is to return the wild horses and
 burros back to the range, as statistics reveal they should have never been
 captured and warehoused in the first place.

 To learn more, click the links below and wait for them to download as some
 files are quite large. Giving it a "test run" found some gliches in the
 links but they were ususally fixed by clicking back and then retrying. Will
 continue  working  to fix.


  Americas Mustangs & Burros, What's Left, The High Cost of Miscalculating
  and Will They Survive?
  by C.R.MacDonald
  July 2008

  Summary Report

  Full Report ~ No Appendix

  Forward/Table of Contents

  Part I ~ What's Left

  Part II ~ The High Cost of Miscalculating

  Part III ~ Will They Survive?

  Appendix I

  Appendix II

  Appendix III

  Appendix IV

  Appendix V

  Appendix VI

  Appendix VII

  Appendix VIII

  Appendix IX
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