Urgent: Public Comments Needed By Thursday to Stop Roundup of 2,500 Wild Horses in Nevada

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cross posting appreciated ..... Please consider signing. Thank you.CarolynPlease act on this. Every signature will make a difference. And they make it so easy. You just fill in your info and hit "send." Please forward this to everyone. Thank you! Anna--- On Tue, 11/10/09, In Defense of Animals <c+ida wrote:IDA Home | Action Center Home | Donate | Sign Up! | Tell a Friend Urgent: Public Comments Needed By Thursday to StopRoundup of 2,500 Wild Horses in Nevada Please Take Action NOW and Pass on to Friends & Family - every comment counts.The Obama Administration is continuing the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) war on wild horses by proposing to round up an astounding 2,500 wild horses -- fully 80 percent of the wild horses in the Calico Complex in northwestern Nevada -- and stockpile them in long-term government holding facilities. The roundups, which are set to begin December and last three months, will break horse families apart and permanently shatter complex horse society. To learn more about wild horse social and family bonds, see the wild horse series on PBS Nature, "Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies."The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has found that "BLM’s decisions on how many wild horses to remove from federal rangelands were not based on direct evidence that wild horse populations exceeded what the range could support and that removals were often not accompanied by reductions in livestock grazing levels or range management to increase the land’s capacity." The Calico Complex roundup plan continues BLM policy of removing wild horses, who are supposed to be protected by an act of Congress, for the benefit of private ranchers who graze their livestock on our public lands at bargain basement rates. The plan is an example of BLM's gross mismanagement of our wild horses and public lands. While the BLM intends to massively round up and remove thousands of horses purportedly over concerns about the health of the range, it refuses to even consider removing any of the more than 2,000 head of cattle currently grazing in the same area. A more cost-effective and long-term solution to preserving range health must include buying back cattle leases on public lands like the Calico Complex, which have been designated to be for the primary benefit of wild horses. The BLM is accepting public comments on an Environmental Assessment of this devastating plan until Thursday, November 12. Please act today to stop this latest BLM atrocity. More information on the proposed Calico roundup is here. In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 85,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA's efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa. In Defense of Animals is a registered 501©3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible. In Defense of Animals3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031idainfo Paranormal_Research - Scientific Data, Health Conspiracies & Anything Strange Paranormal_ResearchSubscribe:... Paranormal_Research-