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From over 2 million in 1900, America's wild horse population has dwindled to less than 30,000. By end of summer 2005, there will be more wild horses in captivity than in the wild, with many of the remaining herds on our public lands managed at population levels that do not guarantee their long-term survival. Still, the round-ups continue.
Over the past thirty years, federal law enacted by the people on behalf of their wild horses has been ignored. No strategic plan to keep viable herds of wild horses on public lands was ever developed.
Please take action now.
(from http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/issue.html )
Educate
- The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
- As part of our national heritage, The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign is dedicated to preserving the American wild horse in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come.
- Return to Freedom, Home of the American Wild Horse Sanctuary
- Return to Freedom is home to The American Wild Horse Sanctuary, a non-profit animal sanctuary and educational retreat - providing a safe haven for animals and offering educational programs.
- The International League for the Protection of Horses
- Operating internationally, the ILPH is one of the world's leading equine welfare charities and improves the lives of many of these horses.
Blogs of Interest
- Mark Treitel's Blog
- Tuesday, November 01, 2005 -
Cowboy President About To Send Wild Horses to the Slaughter House
More links
- Wild Horse Sanctuary
- Rather than allow 80 wild horses living on public land to be destroyed, the founders of the Wild Horse Sanctuary made a major life decision right then and there to rescue these unwanted horses and create a safe home for them. And just as quickly, they launched a media campaign to bring attention to the plight of these and hundreds of other wild horses across the west that eventually led to a national moratorium on killing un-adoptable wild horses.
The Sanctuary is located near Shingletown, California on 5,000 acres of lush lava rock-strewn mountain meadow and forest land. Black Butte is to the west and towering Mt. Lassen is to the east. The current location features better accessibility for the public, a milder winter climate with more natural cover, and other benefits for the horses.
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Hidalgo (Widescreen Edition)
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Missouri Wild Horse Information
- Missouri Wild Horses (Eminence, Missouri)
- The Ozark National Scenic Riverways is the home of the only two Wild Horse herds in the Midwest
- The Missouri Wild Horse League (Eminence, Missouri)
- The The Missouri Wild Horse League (MWHL) was formed on 1992 to protect and maintain a small band of wild horses that roam the lands surrounding the Current and Jack's Fork Rivers in Shannon County, Missouri.
