America’s
Disappearing Wild Horses
In
our feature article, Laura
Moretti examines the
government's history of wild horse extermination.
Links
to specific sections of our four-page feature are listed
below for your convenience. Also listed lower on this
page are
Horse Resources to other
web sites for information,
essays, and related commentary, photos and video.
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It
is believed that the horse is the only domesticated
animal capable of reverting to a wild state after
escaping human bondage. It did so 300 years ago,
and its numbers reached more than 2 million. But
by the time the wild horse received federal protection
in 1971, it was believed that only about 18,000
of them roamed America’s plains. More than
1 million horses were conscripted for World War
I combat; the rest had been hunted for their flesh,
for the chicken feed and dog food companies, and
for the sport of it.
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1971 Free-Roaming Wild Horse & Burro Act
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Law 92-195) "To require the protection, management,
and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros
on public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That Congress finds and declares
that wild free-roaming horses and burros are living
symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the
West; that they contribute to the diversity of life
forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the
American people; and that these horses and burros
are fast disappearing from the American scene. It
is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses
and burros shall be protected from capture, branding,
harassment, or death."
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RESOURCES
Wild
Horse/Horse Protection Organizations
AnimaLinks:
Horses & Other Equines
Books,
Images, & Film
Our
Recommended Reading and Viewing List
Video
At
Our Hands: A Pictorial
of Animal Exploitation
(very graphic)
El
Caballo (High Plains Films)
Additional
Wild Horse
Material & Information
A
New Strategy for Wild Horse Advocacy
(Animal Protection Institute)
Hoofprints
in the Sand: Feral Horses of the Atlantic Coast
BLM
Begins Gathering Wild Horses & Burros
(11/02)
Wild
Horse News/Press
Why
Do They Kill Horses? (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Man
Guilty of Wild Horse Shootings (Associated Press)
Essays
& Commentary
Protecting
Wild Horses
(Animal Protection Institute)
Groups
Demand Environmental Study of
Wild Horse and Burro Program
(The Fund for Animals)
Wild
Horses: Exposing the Myths
(Animal Protection Institute)
Wild
Horse Eradication
Government
Agencies/Information
Bureau
of Land Management National
Wild Horse and Burro Program
Commission
for the Preservation of Wild Horses
(State of Nevada)
BLM
Herd Information and Statistics
BLM
Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption Home
BLM
Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
BLM
Wild Horse and Burro Public Interest Groups
BLM:
Code of Federal Regulations
BLM's
Frequently Asked Questions
Public
Lands Grazing
Range
Net: The Ecological Conditions of
America's Public Rangelands
Links
to Organizations Working on Behalf
of America's Public Lands
Cow
Free (RangeNet)
BLM
Grazing Statistics (1999-2000)
Non-American
Wild Horse Issues
Przewalski's
Wild Horse, Mongolian Wild Horse
Wild
Horse Documentary/Multimedia
Wild
Horses: An American Romance (PBS)
The
Mustang Dilemma (PBS)
Horse
Evolution
Evolution
of Equus
Ashfall:
Life and Death at a Nebraska
Waterhole Ten Million Years Ago
Horse
Evolution (essay by Kathleen Hunt)
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