Moving Forward: A Unified Statement
The following is from The Cloud Foundation and The American Wild Horse Campaign:
As you probably are aware, 2017 presented major threats to America’s wild horses and burros. In 2018, the assault on our beloved wild herds is continuing and will intensify.
With the input of others that value our wild horses and burros, we’ve developed a Unified Statement. Its purpose is to detail and demonstrate common cause among equine welfare, photography, eco-tourist and other citizen organizations that support humane, evidence-based management of wild horses and burros on our public lands. By outlining principles and recommendations for ways to keep free-roaming equines on their homelands, the statement shows that we’re not only against a cruel and broken system of roundup and removal, but are also banding together around sensible alternatives. We’re excited that over 110 groups across the country have chosen to participate.
Last month, Congressional appropriators defeated an administration proposal to destroy tens of thousands of wild equines and allow “unlimited” sales of those deemed unadaptable. This month, the Trump Administration again called on Congress to grant authority in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget to authorize killing and selling to slaughter tens of thousands of captive and free-roaming wild equines. Therefore, the Unified Statement could not be more timely. Read the Unified Statement and learn how you can support this effort.