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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>There is still time to voice <a href="https://mas.to/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> to the roundup of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LittleBookCliffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LittleBookCliffs</span></a> wild horses. Please join us in speaking out against the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> 's proposed plan by signing onto our <a href="https://mas.to/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> comments calling on the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/agency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agency</span></a> to reconsider its plans to round up the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/herd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herd</span></a> and instead focus on expanding the humane fertility control program that has already been successful!</p><p>- American Wild Horse Conservation <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a></p><p>4/4</p><p><a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/Vt4tw_QQyUmLqjJYgFrqAQ2?emci=dc97915b-b522-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&amp;emdi=22a9162b-c622-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&amp;ceid=12486219" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.everyaction.com/Vt4tw_Q</span><span class="invisible">QyUmLqjJYgFrqAQ2?emci=dc97915b-b522-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&amp;emdi=22a9162b-c622-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&amp;ceid=12486219</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>the BLM used a separate land use process to approve a plan to “zero out” (eliminate all wild horses from) the Salt Wells Creek and Divide Basin HMAs and slash the size and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> number in the Adobe Town HMA. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> and our partners are currently in litigation fighting that devastating plan. </p><p>Although the current RMP revision leaves out analysis of wild horses, it remains the appropriate vehicle</p><p>3/9</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>The Teddy Roosevelt wild horses need a better solution. Please join us in calling for the NPS to abandon these disastrous plans and speak up for this historic herd today!</p><p>Thank you, <br>- <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> Team</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HaltTheHelicopters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaltTheHelicopters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopTheRoundUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheRoundUps</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ProtectOurWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOurWildlife</span></a> 🐎 </p><p>4/4</p><p><a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/uPCRult4YUaFYzVPO7liHA2?emci=42f979ab-076a-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&amp;emdi=4162ca60-b36a-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&amp;ceid=12486219" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.everyaction.com/uPCRult</span><span class="invisible">4YUaFYzVPO7liHA2?emci=42f979ab-076a-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&amp;emdi=4162ca60-b36a-ee11-9937-00224832eb73&amp;ceid=12486219</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>where every single wild horse was forcibly taken from the lands they have called home for centuries. </p><p>We couldn't let this removal happen in vain – the team at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> took my reports and photographs and disseminated them to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>. The results have been impactful – the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SteamboatPilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteamboatPilot</span></a> featured roundup coverage on its front page while other regional outlets including the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ColoradoSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoSun</span></a>, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DurangoHerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DurangoHerald</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ColoradoPublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoPublicRadio</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Westword" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westword</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> used our imagery, </p><p>4/6</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>In this report, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> investigators uncovered the following: </p><p>- Over 1,000 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> -branded <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WildHorses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildHorses</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/burros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burros</span></a> were identified in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KillPens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillPens</span></a> in 22 months.</p><p>- Over a dozen known groups of related individuals have adopted multiple wild horses and burros to the same address, then flipped all the animals to kill pens as a group after receiving the full <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IncentivePayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncentivePayments</span></a>.</p><p>2/5</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>DEADLY CONSEQUENCES OF ADOPTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM </p><p>Last year, the American Wild Horse Campaign (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a>) released an explosive investigative <a href="https://mas.to/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> that detailed the devastating and deadly consequences of the Bureau of Land Management's ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> ) cash incentive-based adoption program, known as the Adoption Incentive Program ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIP</span></a> ). The AIP pays individuals $1,000 per <a href="https://mas.to/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/adopt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adopt</span></a> up to four wild, unhandled BLM <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mustangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mustangs</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/burros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burros</span></a> a year.&nbsp;</p><p>1/5</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Last week, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> on-the-ground observers captured photos and video of a beautiful <a href="https://mas.to/tags/palomino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palomino</span></a> stallion who suffered a painful broken leg while trying to escape the trap site. The valiant stallion managed to garner all his strength to run off on three legs, but was eventually pushed by a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/helicopter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helicopter</span></a> toward wranglers, roped, and euthanized 35 minutes after sustaining the horrific injury.</p><p>3/4</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Left with only two companions, Selena awaited her fate until <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a> 's Executive Director, Suzanne Roy, came across her. On a mission to investigate the tragic death of the two dozen foals, she discovered that only Selena was left unadopted, and she knew she couldn’t leave her behind. She contacted AWHC Board President, Ellie Phipps Price who agreed to take her into the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuary</span></a> and training center she co-founded, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MontgomeryCreekRanch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontgomeryCreekRanch</span></a> (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/MCR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MCR</span></a>) in Elk Creek, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a></p><p>3/8</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>SELENA: A SURVIVOR AGAINST AMAZING ODDS </p><p>By Boo Geisse, Volunteer to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a></p><p>Selena is a special horse—not just because of her soft eyes, kind nature, and comfortable gaits-- but because she has survived against amazingly dire odds. </p><p>Selena’s mother, along with nearly thirty other pregnant mares, was rounded up in 2016 by the Forest Service in Modoc County, California, from a Wild Horse Territory(WHT) known as Devil’s Garden.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HaltTheHelicopters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaltTheHelicopters</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopTheRoundUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheRoundUps</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ProtectOurWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOurWildlife</span></a> 🐎 </p><p>1/8</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>During this government <a href="https://mas.to/tags/roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roundup</span></a> on this habitat 11 wild horses, including four babies, died at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trap</span></a>, not even making it into the holding pens.<br>The next series of roundups start tomorrow. The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanWildHorseCampaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanWildHorseCampaign</span></a> (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/AWHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWHC</span></a>) are working hard to stop these brutal helicopter operations from being used against wild herds. <br>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Wildhorses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildhorses</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Burros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burros</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/roundups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roundups</span></a> are happening because powerful <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ranching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ranching</span></a> private interest groups have <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lobbied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbied</span></a> for roundup and removals in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> for decades.</p>