URGENT: Speak up for the Tassi-Gold Butte burros!
The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:
The Tassi-Gold Butte burros in Arizona’s Mojave Desert are in urgent need of your help. Right now, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Park Service (NPS) are considering a proposed action that would remove every single burro from their home in the 100,000-acre Tassi-Gold Butte Herd Management Area (HMA). We can’t let this happen!
The BLM and NPS are accepting public comments on this plan until September 9th, and your voice could help make a difference. Will you speak up for these wild burros by sending a letter to the agencies opposing this unscientific and destructive plan?
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In 1998, the BLM and NPS set the Appropriate Management Level (AML) for burros in this area to zero – a decision based on unscientific information, which hasn’t been reevaluated in over 25 years. Now, they are using that decades-old AML to justify the complete removal of these historic animals from the land they call home.
The agencies claim the removal is necessary to protect the critically endangered Desert Tortoise, but research shows the real threats to the tortoise are human-caused: habitat loss, invasive grasses, and habitat fragmentation due to roads. These wild burros are being unfairly blamed, while the actual problems go unaddressed.
This cruel and costly plan threatens not only the Tassi-Gold Butte burros but also the balance of the desert ecosystem. We need to stand up for these innocent animals and demand a more humane and scientifically sound approach. Please take a moment to send a letter to the BLM and NPS opposing this disastrous proposal and calling for humane alternatives instead!
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Thank you,
Team AWHC