Alrighty! Very little has happened this week in comparison to others... Friday I wrote & submitted my press release (to MHF for review, then I will submit it to some sort of magazine or something). In it I focused mainly on telling people around my age the benefits of getting the job, which include major flexibility, learning, getting paid, and getting a chance to make a difference. The reason I took this approach instead of just telling people about mustangs and what I've learned about them is that, for one, in all honesty I am more likely to read something primarily about a job having to do with mustangs, a little bit about somebody's experience with that job, and then a little bit about mustangs rather than somebody's story about just their experience learning about mustangs. Also, if I succeed in encouraging people to get the job rather than just telling them one story or a few facts about mustangs an myself, it's more likely that they'll learn about mustangs and they'll tell others about mustangs because they would also be reading and researching and writing... Anyways, I hope I took the right approach on that.
I am trying to figure out, still, exactly what I'm supposed to be putting up on the blog. So from now on, each week I'm going to post a little bit about what I'm doing, how I'm feeling or what I'm thinking about what I'm doing, and then post some sort of online news, fact(s), article, or something like that, having to do with mustangs (or burros, if it so happens), of course. This week, it's going to be a link to a petition on theanimalrescuesite.com (which, is by the way, a great site. You should go everyday and click! I do). This petition is urging the BLM to stop wild horse roundups.
https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4663
So if you could take a few seconds to sign that, that would be great. I've signed a bunch of petitions from the animal rescue site & humane society and I never get spam mail, so you don't have to worry about that.
I went ahead and signed the petition to stop the wild horse roundups but was wondering if you know about any other legislation out there to stop the round ups or return the mustangs to the wild. I believe there was legislation out there last year. I don't remember what the Bill number was but believe was something like Return Our American Mustangs or R.O.A.M. Do you know the status of that bill? Is there anything we should be doing?
ReplyDeleteI don't know the status of R.O.A.M., but I did find another petition having to do with R.O.A.M if you would like to sign that. it's at http://environment.change.org/petitions/view/stop_the_summer_roundups_of_americas_mustangs_burros
ReplyDeleteR.O.A.M.,The Restore Our American Mustangs Act would amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burros Act. It was introduced just over a year ago as S.1579. It has been referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee so it would be great if you could get people to contact the Committee members and voice your opinion on the Bill. This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. I went ahead and cut and pasted the Official Summary for you.
ReplyDeleteOfficial Summary 8/5/2009--Introduced.Restore Our American Mustangs Act - Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to revise provisions concerning the management of such animals. Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] administered lands) or the Secretary of Agriculture (for Forest Service administered lands) to:
(1) ensure that acreage available for wild and free-roaming horses and burros is at least equal to the acreage where they were found in 1971;
(2) update the inventory of such horses and burros annually and make it publicly available on the BLM website every two years;
(3) take specified actions to manage such horses and burros and to achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on lands where such horses and burros are found;
(4) identify new rangelands, arrange for supervised protection on private lands, and establish sanctuaries or exclusive use areas for such horses and burros;
(5) report to specified congressional committees on the effects of new ranges, sanctuaries, and exclusive use areas on rangeland health, riparian zones, water quality, soil compaction, seed bed disturbance, native wildlife, and endangered or threatened species;
(6) research, develop, and implement enhanced fertility control for mares, stallions, or both;
(7) exhaust all practicable options of maintaining a thriving natural ecological balance on the range before removing horses and burros;
(8) take specified actions to promote the adoption program;
(9) temporarily remove horses or burros from the range if their immediate health or safety is threatened;
(10) remove horses and burros determined to be a threat to the health and well-being of native plant or wildlife species; and
(11) provide specified public information on animal removals, range changes, and treatment. Revokes provisions that allow the Secretaries to destroy:
(1) old, sick, or lame animals; and
(2) excess horses and burros for which an adoption demand does not exist. Requires adopters of such horses and burros to affirm that adopted animals and their remains will not be sold or transferred for consideration for processing into commercial products. Prohibits:
(1) containing such horses and burros in corrals or short-term holding facilities for more than six months while awaiting disposition; or
(2) destroying such horses or burros unless the Secretaries determine that the horses or burros are terminally ill or fatally injured. Removes the limitation on the number of titles to horse and burros that may be transferred to qualified individuals. Expands the membership of the advisory board on the management and protection of such horses and burros. Applies criminal penalties to any person who transports a live or deceased horse or burro for processing into commercial products. Lifts a restriction on the authority of the Secretary to relocate such horses and burros to public lands where they did not exist at the passage of such Act. Sets forth new reporting requirements on the management of such horses and burros.
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