OpEd by Susan Wagner – President of Equine Advocates

“What is needed now is a public revolt to save these horses!”

Although the #NewYorkTimes is a great newspaper on many levels, it has never, in our opinion, accurately reported on wild and domestic #equine issues, including #HorseSlaughter.

I cannot say why that is, but this latest attempt to report on a “solution” to the #WildHorse and #Burro crisis is nothing less than mystifying. As bad as it is, I think there is something else afoot.

Of course, it all boils down to money, special interests and a ghoulish plan that the #BLM has been discussing behind closed doors. #Congress demanded that the BLM submit a management plan to them which it did. It actually reads like a roadmap to #extinction. It includes sterilization, gruesome reproductive experiments, sale “without limitation” which means slaughter, sale to slaughter, killing/execution and other destructive programs, non of which have anything to do with protecting and preserving these animals which the vast majority of Americans support. You may read the BLM’s plan for yourselves here: https://www.eenews.net/assets/2018/04/26/document_pm_02.pdf

However, not all of the BLM’s “ideas” are stated in the plan it submitted to Congress. There are more sinister solutions which have not yet reached the news media. We hope in the coming days and weeks that more of these outrageous ideas will be exposed.

What is needed now is a public revolt to save these horses!

It’s not enough to wait until the mid-terms. It could be too late by then. Your activism and advocacy are needed now! Please be pro-active and contact your lawmakers now!

Sadly, many in our government are active participants of the #PaytoPlay agenda. Our wild horses and burros, as well as our domestic equines are all in grave danger of falling victim to those corrupt officials who are willing to set policy based on how much money is being offered to them. This has become more and more evident every day as we watch the news and see corporations paying off politicians and government officials in order to influence government policy.

Our wild horses and burros are among the latest victims of this corrupt hot mess. Only a powerful public outcry can stop this juggernaut to extinction.