Thursday, February 19, 2009

House Committee Gets New Mustang Bill




From The Horse


February 13 2009, Article # 13613

Wild horses and burros could get more room to roam under a bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by Committee Chairman Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

The Restoring Our American Mustangs Act (HR 1018), amends the Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971 to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to increase acreage available to free roaming herds, and to develop wild horse and burro sanctuaries on public lands.

The bill also forbids the killing of healthy animals, and allows greater public participation in herd management decisions.

The BLM currently manages more than 33,000 wild horses and burros on public land. The new bill implements Government Accountability Office recommendations to improve BLM herd management.


2 comments:

Blackfeatherfarm said...

This is good news. I usually get these bulletins but didn't get info on this one, thanks for posting it.

Connie Peterson said...

Fantastic news about the new bill! Glad to see something is going in the right direction!!!!

Keep up that good work on Steve Holt! .. he is coming along just great!