America's wild horses and burros are just that. AMERICA'S. Technically, by law, every free-roaming wild horse or burro belongs to the American people. Since we the people have a right to these animals, why is our government ignoring our pleas to save them?
Daily, our horses are being sold to slaughter. Yearly THOUSANDS are taken from their homelands. Chased by machines that terrify them, with no explaination. Shoved into tight corrals, and dark trailers. They cannot see the sky. Huddled together with other horses they don't know. So close, fights break out. Shown cruelty they'll never understand. Never deserved.
According to The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, "Wild Horses and Burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the west." If this is what the law says, why aren't the animals being treated as the law says they should?
"It is the policy of congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands." In other words, Congress originally made round-ups illegal, because these animals are play an important part of the West's ecosystem! Now, however, round-ups are as common and cruel as ever! Here Congress has made cruelty illegal, yet our Government has found a way around actually protecting the wild ones to make a profit. Killing innocent creatures for money. Selling our "Living Symbols of the Historic and Pioneer Spirit of the West" to SLAUGHTER.
Everyone has a voice, but how many individuals voices' are ignored? Most. Standing together as a whole, of those who care about these incredible creatures, we would be nearly impossible to ignore. Stand up for what you believe. Stand up for animals with no voice. Make a difference, not just to the horses and burros, but to the people who also care about them.