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Jack,

Did you know that a representative in your state has a key role in deciding how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will allocate and spend the Fiscal Year 2025 Wild Horse and Burro Program budget? As a member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, they will help decide what language goes into the House’s Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations legislation.

Last month, we were grateful when Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) submitted pro-wild horse language to this subcommittee, supported by Dina Titus (D-NV), Steve Cohen (D-TN), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and 74 other representatives. This bipartisan language would hold the BLM accountable for the implementation of robust, in-the-wild conservation through the use of humane fertility control, to ultimately reduce helicopter roundups. We need your help to make sure these crucial requests make it into the final version of the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations legislation. Can you take a moment to call on Congress to support this pro-wild horse language? [[link removed]]

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For the last two fiscal years, Congress has directed the BLM to use up to $11 million to implement fertility control initiatives in the West’s wild herds, but the vast majority of these funds remain unspent. Despite Congress' clear directive, the agency has failed to implement a robust fertility control program, instead relying on outdated, unscientific, and costly roundups and removals.

This newly submitted language would hold the BLM accountable by requiring the agency to:

*
Allocate
no
less
than
10%
of
the
agency's
budget
for
the
implementation
of
humane
fertility
control
programs
in
at
least
five
additional
Herd
Management
Areas
(HMAs) *
If
the
BLM
fails
to
do
this
120
days
after
the
passage
of
this
bill,
it
will
incur
a
$100,000
fine
per
day
until
it
implements
acceptable
fertility
control
programs.


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Ensure
no
funds
are
used
for
ovariectomy
procedures
*
Study
humane
alternatives
to
the
use
of
helicopters
and
manned
fixed-wing
aircraft
*
Stop
cash
incentive
payments
for
adoptions
*
Identify
HMAs
and
Herd
Areas
that
could
be
redesignated
for
relocating
horses
as
an
alternative
to
off-range
holding
*
Continue
to
prohibit
the
sale
or
adoption
of
healthy
wild
horses
and
burros
that
results
in
their
destruction

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These are important steps toward ensuring the humane treatment of our wild horses and burros and ending the current costly and cruel practice of rounding these animals up with helicopters and incarcerating them for life in holding pens. Will you speak up for wild horses in the appropriations process by asking Congress to support this pro-wild horse language? [[link removed]]

Thank you for your advocacy and support,

Team AWHC



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