Oh, how I wish we could work a little Magic for you, sweet boy.
You came to us in tatters, but no matter how hard we tried, time and again, you wouldn’t fixed.
The year turned had just 2014. You and you’re girl, Love, what a pair. Together, abandoned and neglected. Left to fend for yourselves. Not only malnourished, but many aggressive sarcoids and a squamous cell carcinoma. Fifteen in all was bad enough, but the conditions made them difficult to see.
Yesterday went better than we ever could have hoped.
Across the country, supporters like you stepped up on Giving Tuesday in a huge way. We blew through our initial $25,000 goal, and got almost 1,000 individual donations. And because of our matching gift, all of those gifts will go twice as far.
We can’t thank you enough for your support — and it couldn’t come at a more crucial time. Your donations will fuel these critical programs to save wild horses and burros:
Litigation: Right now, our legal team is defending wild horses in two federal appellate court cases. We’re fighting to uphold our lower court victories against a rancher lawsuit seeking roundup and slaughter of Utah wild horses and the BLM’s attempts to destroy the Saylor Creek wild horse population in Idaho bysurgically sterilizing every stallion and mare living there.
On the ground: As you read this, the AWHC team is in the field to document a BLM helicopter roundup underway today in Utah. We’re showing the world what’s happening to our wild horses and burros in these remote regions of the West, and we’re generating the public support necessary to stop our government’s cruel treatment of these national icons.
Advocacy: Our wild horses deserve the best possible representation in the halls of Washington, and that’s just what our bipartisan legislation team is doing — making sure that policies affecting wild horses are evidence-based, humane, and strictly enforced.
We can’t do this work without you. Thank you again for your support this Giving Tuesday and every day.
Bring the whole family and celebrate the Holiday Season with CHR. Get some early holiday shopping done in the gift shop and gourmet market and check out some great deals in our thrift store. Sip on hot cider while you tour the rescue and visit the horses.
— Thanks to a huge outpouring of support, we’ve hit our $25,000 Giving Tuesdaygoal. Now, a major donor has agreed to provide an EMERGENCY match of $10,000 more — if we can reach that goal before midnight.
Today is Giving Tuesday, and right now our team is on the ground in Utah to document an abusive government roundup. Starting tomorrow, helicopters will hunt down and trap wild horses, robbing them of the two things they value most: family and freedom. Worse, the lives of every one of these proud mustangs is in danger, thanks to a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to kill and sell for slaughter tens of thousands of wild horses and burros in holding facilities and on the range.
At AWHC, we’re working nonstop to keep wild horses and burros free and safe and to defeat attempts by the BLM to slaughter them.
Last week, we achieved a major victory in that battle when the Senate rejected BLM’s lethal plans. But earlier this year, the House passed a spending bill that would allow BLM to kill tens of thousands of healthy wild horses and burros. That means the fight goes on as Congress negotiates to reconcile the two versions of the bill.
In honor of Trey, the tiny pinto foal who was roped, hogtied, captured and separated from his mother at last year’s BLM roundup in the Cedar Mountains … and in honor of all the foals being captured right now in Utah, never again to feel the security of family or the freedom of the open range… please make your Giving Tuesday gift today.
Together, we can build a better future for our magnificent wild horses and burros. Thank you.
Today we celebrate giving! All About Equine is participating in this years #givingtuesday campaign. We hope you can join us today and help make a difference! This global day of giving is designed to give back to our communities and help those around us! Be the change you want to see in the world and help AAE make a difference in the lives of our horses! This year our goal is $2500. This will help with ongoing operational costs including, feed, farrier and veterinarian costs for our horses, as well as needed maintenance. OUR HORSES NEED YOU!
We can’t do this without your support and we THANK YOU for all you do!
As you may be aware, AAE opened a Used Tack Store in Shingle Springs at the end of October! All proceeds from the store support AAE’s operating costs including feed, veterinary expenses, hoof and dental care, and other day to day needs. If you haven’t already, please come check it out! Take a peek at our current inventory, and learn more about donating tack! We are always in need of your gently used tack, equipment and supplies.
AAE Used Tack Store
4261 Sunset Lane, Suite B
Shingle Springs, CA
Open Friday – Monday
12p-4p
To make arrangements for your donation, contact the store at tack@allaboutequine.org or visit the AAE Used Tack Store Facebook page for updates too!
The giving doesn’t stop there. Give time and VOLUNTEER!
AAE is a volunteer-based organization, and we always need volunteers.
Check out the Volunteer Needs section below for more details.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email us at volunteer@allaboutequine.org
Giving has never been so easy!!
GIVE THANKS this season and GIVE BACK!
Save The Date!!
Our 5th Annual Boots and Bling Event is on May 5, 2018.
Tickets are available now, get them while they last! Buy Tickets Here
Event sponsorship options are available or you can donate items for the event’s silent and live auctions?
For more information contact dani@allaboutequine.org
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Thanks to YOUR input in 2017, AAE is once again a Top-Rate nonprofit!
If you love our work, then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help us make an even bigger impact in our community in the future.
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Did you know YOU could earn grant money for AAE from your employer just by volunteering?
Many Employers offer money when their employees volunteer. Here are a few examples:
Intel provides a $10 grant to a nonprofit per every volunteer hour by an employee, and matches funds dollar for dollar up to $5,000 per employee or retiree.
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Check with your employer. You could help purchase our next load of hay!
Will you help the Unwanted Horse Coalition on this #GivingTuesday?
For the second year in a row, the UHC is participating in #GivingTuesday, but this time in two different ways!
1. Donate to the UHC to help support our popular Operation Gelding program, which provides materials, guidance, and financial support to organizations that wish to host low or no-cost gelding clinics. Our goal is to raise $2,000 which will allow us to provide funding for one clinic, or up to 20 vouchers for individual horse owners in need. Donate $20.18 to help us start 2018 off on a good note-Donate today!
2. Help support your favorite 501c3 equine welfare organization for a chance to win them $500 in Operation Gelding vouchers by participating in our second annual #UNselfie contest on Facebook. To do this, take an #UNselfie with a previously “uwanted” horse, or a photo of that horse, while holding a sign with the name or logo of the 501c3 equine welfare organization you want to support on #GivingTuesday. We have extended the deadline to enter and the contest will run until midnight on November 28th. Photos can be posted on the original Facebook post here.
The UHC operates underneath the auspices of the American Horse Council Foundation. We are an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 52-1760034.
Today is Giving Tuesday, and right now our team is on the ground in Utah to document an abusive government roundup. Starting tomorrow, helicopters will hunt down and trap wild horses, robbing them of the two things they value most: family and freedom. Worse, the lives of every one of these proud mustangs is in danger, thanks to a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to kill and sell for slaughter tens of thousands of wild horses and burros in holding facilities and on the range.
At AWHC, we’re working nonstop to keep wild horses and burros free and safe and to defeat attempts by the BLM to slaughter them.
Last week, we achieved a major victory in that battle when the Senate rejected BLM’s lethal plans. But earlier this year, the House passed a spending bill that would allow BLM to kill tens of thousands of healthy wild horses and burros. That means the fight goes on as Congress negotiates to reconcile the two versions of the bill.
In honor of Trey, the tiny pinto foal who was roped, hogtied, captured and separated from his mother at last year’s BLM roundup in the Cedar Mountains … and in honor of all the foals being captured right now in Utah, never again to feel the security of family or the freedom of the open range… please make your Giving Tuesday gift today.
Together, we can build a better future for our magnificent wild horses and burros. Thank you.
I apologize for the lack of newsletters. Between heading off to CA for the Donkey Welfare Symposium, coming home just long enough to unpack, wash my clothes and repack. I was then off to set up and (wo)man our booth at Equine Affaire along with great helpers Jennifer Molnar, Pamela Simmons, Joan Gemme, and Mike Dunham. As always it was great to see many old friends who stop by every year to see what’s new for merchandise and to share stories of their donkey friends, many of whom were adopted from SYA! I also look forward to meeting new friends every year at this exhausting, but fun event.
Just before leaving I had a call about a very sad donkey named Sal. Sal’s person suffers from mental illness and had left his home for parts unknown leaving poor Sal behind. A kind neighbor called to see if Save Your Ass could help. Of course we were happy to take him in. This poor fellow had not had his hooves trimmed in a very long time. They were sadly overgrown and misshapen.
Sal is a sweetheart of a donkey. Even though he must have been very uncomfortable, he came in just as loving as can be. We let him settle in a bit and spoiled him with lots of love and attention. He was just seen by our veterinarian who gave him his vaccinations and a clean bill of health. Our farrier was here and gave him a fabulous trim, so he is once again walking like a “normal” donkey rather than one wearing high heels!
On top of it all, he met his new person this week and will be going to his forever home next weekend. A very happy ending for a formerly very sad donkey.
It is due to the generosity and kindness of supporters like you that we are able to take animals like Sal in to the rescue, rehab them, and then happily send them off to start a wonderful new phase of their life.
I am hopefully optimistic that with your help we can reach our end of the year goal of raising $35,000. to ensure that we are able to give every animal that comes to the rescue all the help it needs to get started on the next part of their journey.
I thank you in advance for your belief in me and the work all of us at Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue do to help long ears in need.
Separated from his mother. Hog-tied. Penned. This just a glimpse of what happened to to Trey, a 2-month-old foal, during a horrific Bureau of Land Management roundup of wild horses in Utah. Fortunately, Trey made it out — but not all horses are so lucky.
These kinds of roundups occur routinely on our public lands. Wild horses are being harassed, abused, and even killed. But we’re making a difference: by documenting BLM activity, by saving individual horses, by advocating for humane policies like fertility control, and by fighting to stop the BLM’s plan to slaughter these innocent and iconic animals.
We must keep our vital work going strong. In honor of Giving Tuesday, a generous donor has agreed to MATCH every gift we receive between now and midnight on Tuesday. Are you able to take advantage of this opportunity?
AWHC staff were on site when Trey and his mother were captured in a major BLM roundup of 534 wild horses in Utah. The day of the roundup was cold, but many horses were soaked in sweat — a result of stress and exhaustion from a several miles-long helicopter stampede. Once trapped, they began to panic, piling on top of each other while attempting to escape the pen.
Trey and his mother were relentlessly pursued by a helicopter, terrorizing and confusing them. Eventually, the mare was captured, and Trey was left all alone. He was then roped by wranglers on horseback, hogtied and flipped on his side. Despite being far too young to be separated from his mother — two months old at most — Trey was put in a pen with other terrified foals just ripped away from their mothers’ sides.
AWHC tracked Trey to the BLM holding facility and a member of our team adopted him and another orphaned filly from the roundup. They’re now living full lives in their new home. But far too many horses just like Trey — once proud and free — now sit languishing in holding pens, at risk every day of being killed or sold for slaughter. Please help us do more for wild horses like Trey.
AWHC staffers work every day to document events like the Utah roundup and create policy that keeps wild horses and burros alive, free and thriving on our public lands. Thank you for standing with us in this fight.
In Freedom,
Suzanne Roy, Executive Director
The American Wild Horse Campaign is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.
The American Wild Horse Campaign is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work.
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As I reflect on the coming holidays, I think about how important family is to our magnificent wild horses and burros, and how grateful I am for our community of advocates fighting so hard to save these incredible animals on our Western public lands.
Your voice, your financial support, your dedication are the backbone of our work… the critical ingredient to our success.
On behalf of the AWHC board and staff, I thank you and wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. May the grace, beauty and the untamed spirit of our wild horses and burros continue to inspire us during the Holidays and into the New Year.
Monday’s news that the Senate Appropriations Committee has maintained protections for wild horses against killing and slaughter was a major positive development in the fight to protect wild horses and burros from Interior Secretary Zinke’s plan to destroy tens of thousands of these iconic animals in holding and on the range. But the fight’s not over yet. Here’s what’s next and what you can do.
BLM Continues to Round Up Wild Horses as their Fate Hangs in Balance
As the BLM waits to hear whether Congress will grant its request to kill tens of thousands of wild horses and burros in holding facilities, the agency is moving ahead with a handful of roundups. In a new twist, captured horses are being taken directly to private holding facilities, where the public is unable to see them to identify captured horses or ascertain their condition. Read more about the roundup pending in Utah next week and the one just completed in Nevada by clicking below.
As the holidays approach, you can show your love to friends and family and protect wild horses by purchasing gifts that will benefit our work. Click here to find great holiday giving ideas, including our spectacular 2018 calendar, magnificent art by renowned photographer Kimerlee Curyl, and or very special (and delicious!) Wild Grounds Coffee by Thanksgiving Coffee Company. A great way to launch the holiday season!
The American Wild Horse Campaign is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.
The American Wild Horse Campaign is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work.
Our team just got word after months of campaigning: the Senate has maintained protections for wild horses and burros in its version of the Interior Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2018.
Even better, the Senate directed the BLM to come up with “humane and politically viable” solutions to wild horse management. Clearly, our Senators realize that killing our cherished mustangs or selling them for slaughter is neither humane nor politically tenable.
This is a huge win! Your phone calls, emails, donations, protests, and petitions paid off. You were heard. Our strength was shown. Thank you.
But the fight isn’t over. Here’s what’s next: the Senate (which included protections) must now negotiate with the House (which didn’t). This “conference” will determine the fate of wild horses and burros in our country.
We’re actively tracking who will be in this conference and how we can impact the negotiations. We’ll be in touch as we know more.
You know the stakes: if protections are removed and slaughter or “euthanizing” begin, tens of thousands of wild horses will die. It would be an unprecedented mass slaughter. It would be tragic and defy the recommendations of scientists.
You have done an incredible job of making that case. We’ve won a major victory, but the battle is still on. Please keep it up.
I am home from the hospital and desperately hoping that we can make this Holiday one to be thankful for. Another “48 hour deadline is here”.
We just got “the call”. _ As I write this, there are babies at risk of being loaded onto the slaughter truck tomorrow night if we do not step up and save them._ We need to let him know ASAP! if we will be there or if these babies die.
However, the last time we got a call for 6, it was 14 babies two hours later and by the time Matt did the pick up it was 22. So we need to be prepared for a much larger number. We are praying it won’t be more, but we have never, ever, not had “more” babies upon arrival in WA.Right now it is 4-5??
As usual, it’s last minute and definitely not convenient, but this is what we (Y’ALL) do! We step up no matter what and save these young lives!!!
The only thing we can do is to ask y’all to help us once again so we can save these babies. They are definitely big enough to be stuffed onto that trailer and shipped straight to slaughter, so time is of the essence.
So much for a relaxing Thanksgiving, lol. But being thankful is something we should do every day. I am very thankful our neighbors will be able to feed the horses for me and check in on me while Matt is picking up the babies. Last year we were in stuck in South Dakota for Thanksgiving. We were hoping to be home together this year, but these babies need our help.
So please help if you can, and share far and wide. Matt will be bringing these kids back to Chilly Pepper, and we are pretty full. Anyone interested in adopting please contact me.
Thank you and praying everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. Please hug your family for me as I will be home with the critters thinking about y’all, and Matt will be on the road once again.
Thank you again for being part of our Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang family. Together we are a force to be reckoned with. Y’all Rock!
You can see Midnight Onyx’s story in the December 2017 issue of Equine Wellness.
Thank you for all the love and support and all the lives you’ve saved! We could not do this without you!
To our monthly donors, Due to joining WIN, our tax ID number changed. We appreciate all the ongoing support and are asking you (with so much love and appreciation) to please transfer it to the new Paypal – Palomino@chillypepper.org as we will be closing the old paypal acct. Thank you so much for being part of the Chilly Pepper family.
If you want to help You can go to You Caring – to help us keep saving lives..
You can donate via check at Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang, P.O. Box 190 Golconda, NV 89414 PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO “WIN”, as Chilly Pepper’s bank account is now under the name of our parent company
You can also donate via credit card by calling Palomino at 530-339-1458.
NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL – WE SAVE THEM ALL!
As Congress continues to negotiate a final spending package for FY2018, the horse industry and its allies have an opportunity to assure that lawmakers include H-2B guest worker visa relief in the final bill. Federal lawmakers must address this issue prior to the expiration of the FY2017 appropriations measure, which occurs on December 8. This creates a three week window to contact your elected officials in Washington and tell them you need common-sense, guest worker visa flexibility.
Please contact your federal lawmakers today! By clicking on the TAKE ACTION button below, you canurge them to support any provision that will provide H-2B visa cap relief within the context of FY2018 appropriations bills.
NOVEMBER 2017
The UHC Roundup is an online publication that compiles news articles and events related to unwanted horses. It highlights UHC member programs and success stories spanning all breeds, disciplines, and regions.
If you wish to share your story of unwanted horses becoming wanted again, contact the UHC atafurst@horsecouncil.org.
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UHC NEWS
UHC Publishes Estate Planning Guide for Horse Owners
“My mission is to rescue neglected, abused, and abandoned miniature horses, while educating as many people as I can that miniature horses are a lot more than pets. That’s how Mini Miracles Horse Rescue, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was created.”
Please forgive me if this is poorly written. I am sitting in the hospital (actually after care at Renown Skilled Nursing). There are some pain meds involved, so hopefully you will have patience with any grammatical errors.
WOW – What an adventure. Matt and I were prepping to pick up the 14 babies y’all came through for. It was Sunday and we were maybe 10 minutes from pulling out of the driveway. I was in the office grabbing my purse when I took a step and “snap”. I had been on my crutches for about a week and my leg felt like it was going to snap every now and then. The last time it felt like this they had to add cadaver bone. I didn’t think it actually would break, but it did. Shown above you can see the initial hardware below the break.
So instead of heading out with both trucks and trailers, we sat waiting for the ambulance to come. We still had to pull the babies, but obviously I wasn’t going anywhere. We immediately called my neighbor Ammy Gorsuch and she and her hubby came over right away. She would immediately take on providing Hope and Gypsum’s milk and their care.
So Matt and I both got to go to the hospital in Winnemucca, and then went our separate ways. I had to go to Reno for surgery, and Matt headed out to Washington to pick up the babies. As usual, the number was no where near close, and Matt picked up 22 babies from the shipper, in addition to another youngster waiting for us at Mel’s. So now we had 23 babies to bail, get vetted and it was no longer Matt and I with two rigs.
As usual, Matt stepped up and “got ‘er done”. We have a pretty good set up at Mel’s to get the younger ones vetted, and although Matt wanted to be home with me, as usual we just had to do what was needed. (When Matt was in the hospital having his knee replaced several years ago, I was on the road saving Cowboy.).
Thankfully we have some amazing folks who are helping adopt these kids out and taking on some for their 4-H projects. We want to thank everyone who not only made it happen financially (the cost was roughly $5,750), but also everyone who stepped up and took on the physical care of these babies.
At this time we have 18 at home in NV. We have some special needs, some waiting for adoption, and some of them are permanent kids at Chilly Pepper and we need to provide them the care they came for. As soon as I get home and can safely do so, we need to get Kyle, the Blonde Belgian, checked out for his front legs, the stallion gelded and multiple other chores done. Then we can start getting ready for winter.
Y’ALL CAME TOGETHER AND SAVED ANOTHER 23 ORPHANS……..!!!!!!
A special thanks to Mel, Kenny & Cam, at the Yakima Foal Orphanage and to Helen & Marla of Thunder Mountain, and Kim Clark and the rest of our angels out there. There are so many more folks involved in each and every one of these rescues, Wendi Clark, Dannielle Dawn Dustin, Theresa Bowman, just to mention a few. WE are not the ones saving all these horses. It is ALL OF Y’ALL, and ALL of the folks who step up and take on the responsibility of finding these kids a home instead of leaving them to load up in the slaughter truck.
Thank you for all the love and support and all the lives you’ve saved! We could not do this without you!
To our monthly donors, Due to joining WIN, our tax ID number changed. We appreciate all the ongoing support and are asking you (with so much love and appreciation) to please transfer it to the new Paypal – Palomino@chillypepper.org as we will be closing the old paypal acct. Thank you so much for being part of the Chilly Pepper family.
I apologize for the lack of clear photos. However, Matt and the gang were pretty focused on keeping the kids safe while they were being vetted, so we pulled this off a quick video.
If you want to help You can go to You Caring – to help us keep saving lives..
You can donate via check at Chilly Pepper – Miracle Mustang, P.O. Box 190 Golconda, NV 89414 PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO “WIN”, as Chilly Pepper’s bank account is now under the name of our parent company
You can also donate via credit card by calling Palomino at 530-339-1458.
NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL – WE SAVE THEM ALL!
Senate Unveils Tax Reform Details, Doubles Estate Tax Exemption without Full Repeal
On the heels of the House of Representatives’ release of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) last week, the Senate Finance Committee began to roll out details related to its tax reform bill on Thursday afternoon, not releasing text and an official revenue “score” until Thursday night. There are some major differences between the two bills that both chambers must reconcile prior to presenting legislation to the president’s desk for his signature. Notably for the equine and broader agriculture sectors, the senate plan would double the exemption for the estate tax without eliminating it altogether, as provided in H.R. 1. The Senate Finance Committee will begin to mark-up the legislation on Monday, November 13. Please see the below highlights, outlining some key provisions that will impact the equine industry:
Business Provisions
Corporate Tax Rate: The senate bill delays reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent until 2019. By contrast, H.R. 1 provides an immediate corporate tax cut, effective in 2018.
Expensing: The senate bill provides “100% bonus depreciation within five years,” which is similar to a provision in H.R. 1.
Business Interest: The plan states that small businesses will be able to deduct interest on loans intended to finance the growth of operations and inventory.
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) – Like H.R. 1, the senate bill eliminates the unpopular AMT, which doubles the amount of time taxpayers must spend to calculate their business or individual tax liability within any given year.
Estate Tax: The senate bill doubles the amount of the estate tax exemption, currently valued at $5.39 million for individuals, but falls short of an outright repeal. By contrast, H.R. 1 eliminates the estate tax within six years of enactment. AHC partners are already reaching out to senators to offer a repeal amendment during the mark up scheduled to begin early next week.
State and Local Taxes (SALT) – The senate bill includes a full repeal of the SALT deduction for individuals. The House bill, however, includes a compromise provision allowing limited deductions for state and local property taxes.
Mortgage Interest: Senators state that the provision will cap the deduction for mortgage interest indebtedness at $1 million. H.R. 1, however, establishes a $500,000 cap on interest from new home purchases, a provision drawing criticism from the homebuilders.
Charitable Contributions: In cases of individual cash contributions, the senate bill increases the percentage-limit deduction from the current rate of 50% to 60%.
Next Steps
Because of the major differences between the House and Senate tax bills, the two chambers will likely convene a conference committee to negotiate a final package to send to the president. The House Ways and Means Committee concluded its four day mark-up of H.R. 1 on Thursday afternoon, and will send the bill to the floor for a vote next week. This puts the House on track to pass its tax bill prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Senate, however, will likely vote on its final package after Thanksgiving, according to a statement from Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX).
To keep track of ongoing tax policy developments, AHC is conducting a webinar featuring congressional and industry presenters on Monday, November 13 at 3:00 PM ET. To view a copy of an outline of the bill’s key provisions and revenue impacts, please click here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11.9.17%20JCT.pdf. To see a two-page copy of the plan’s “policy highlights,” please click here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11.9.17%20Policy%20Highlights.pdf
To view a 253-page description of the bill’s provisions, please click here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11.9.17%20Chairman’s%20Mark.pdf
For more information, please contact Bryan Brendle, Director of Legislative Affairs, at bbrendle@horsecouncil.org.
I’m writing you today on-the-ground in Nevada where community organizations have been protesting outside the Governor’s office.
As you know, our organization was working with the the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) on a successful, humane wild horse management program. Two weeks ago, it was abruptly halted. We know our opponents prefer slaughter to seeing success in humane birth control.
It’s not too late to save this incredible program. Today, we’re presenting the results of the first year of humane birth control program. The results are overwhelmingly positive: at no cost to taxpayers, our partnership built a database of 2,700 Virginia Range horses, we prevented more than 146 births in 2017 using humane birth control, and we project more than 200 births will be prevented in 2018.
There is no reason to halt this program. Earlier this year, the NDA Director noted how pleased he was with the program. The National Academy of Sciences recommends humane birth control. And our results in the field are validating that recommendation.
Keep up the fight. With your help, we are optimistic about resuming work with the NDA to allow this very successful public-private partnership to continue.
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