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Loading...BLM Admits Horses Were Whipped And Shocked In Roundup, But Not Treated Inhumanely
- by Sharon Seltzer
- December 14, 2011
- 4:21 pm
Altogether the team made 11 recommendations to change BLM wild horse roundup procedures.
Abbey said he is “instituting a proactive process for conducting internal reviews of many aspects of the program to ensure that we are moving toward the ‘new normal’ of wild horse and burro management.”
Wild horse protection organizations had mixed responses to the BLM review.
“This review is a first step in addressing the cruelty that is pervasive in the BLM’s wild horse and burro program, and we commend the BLM review team for its honesty,” said Suzanne Roy, director of the Americas Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, a coalition of more than 40 groups that includes the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Anne Novak, founder of the California-based advocacy group Protect Mustangs questioned BLM’s definition of inhumane?”
Laura Leigh, from the Wild Horse Freedom Federation said, “This is just words, not action. They say, ‘We found this wrong, but we did nothing wrong,’ which is typical BLM contradictory speech.”
The government’s wild horse program began in 1971 as a way to “protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them.” Animal rights advocates have long complained that the roundups are cruel because they traumatize the horses and many are injured or killed.
About 33,000 wild horses live in 10 Western states and half of those are located in Nevada. Another 40,000 have been rounded up and live in government owned facilities.
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Read more: animal cruelty, animal rights, animal welfare, blm probe, BLM review roundup procedures, blm roundup, wild horse roundup, wild horses, wild mustangs
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+ add your ownIf that is not inhumane treatment then what is, cutting off their legs,
BLM round -ups are cruel and inhumane they should get the exact dose of treatment they give to the horses ! BLM and Ken Salazar are all LIARS!
Maybe we should WHIP KICK DRAG & SHOCK THEM & ask then ask them if they feel like they were treated "INHUMANELY" I would also like the BLM to tell my and ALL of us WHY this is has to be done? What are these Wild Horses doing that is harming the land or people? NOTHING, that is the problem so, they should NOT be doing this! They are doing it for MONEY & GREED, bottom line. All the same BS our Government runs on... This country has gone to hell and I will never ever vote again or vote just to make sure the underdog get it. I'm ashamed to be a part of this country because of this. Go Feed Japan you Greedy S.O.B.S.
Ken Salazar not only shames his Latino brothers and sisters, he makes James Watt (Reagan's looney Dept. of the Interior Secretary) look like John Muir in comparison. He MUST go! He doesn't "care" about anmals. He's a rancher so what the fig does he care about wild horses or burrows? Our tax dollars are used, everyday, to abuse, exploit and kill animals in the name of "management." WHY do they need to be managed at all? Why do we feel we must slaughter wolves, mountain lions, coyotes, and prairie dogs? Why? And we call ourselves civilized? Ugh!
“We are talking about two simple premises here: handle our horses with care and demonstrate accountability to the public.
Why is this so difficult to accomplish within the agency tasked, and paid, to do exactly that?”
I will help lead the treatment of Bob Abbey like they treated the horses. Then lets see how much he thinks it was not inhumane. I like the saying 'What goes areound, comes around'.
They say the horses were both whipped and shocked yet were not treated INHUMANELY?! Well, just what in the hell would THEY consider "inhumane"? I wish I could whip and shock them--but I wouldn't do anything INHUMANE, you understand! B......S!!
The BLM is out of control and answers to none. Whipped, kicked, cattle prodded is cruel and inhumane. Not allowing horse advocates in to see the horses in holding pens means there is something horrible to hide. Sneaking horses to slaughter is another problem. The BLM needs to be closed. Horrible people and horrible policies.
Salazar shames the Latino race....
Wish I could WHIP, SHOCK, KICK and PUNCH some of them in the face, then we'll see if it's not INHUMANE!
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