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Wild vs Feral

4/3/2015

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WILD vs FERAL
What's in a name?

The BLM refers to them as "wild" just as wild horse activists do.

BLM definition:

What is a wild horse or burro?

A wild free-roaming horse or burro as defined by federal law is an unbranded, unclaimed, free-roaming horse or burro found on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or U.S. Forest Service (USFS) administered public rangelands in the western United States. Wild horses and burros are descendants of animals released by or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, miners, U.S. Cavalry, or Native Americans.

Yet the US Forest Service has come up with their own definition.

US Forest Service definition per their Q & A that they emailed out to those of us who have written to them:

"Wild horse" is a legal status provided to unmarked and unclaimed horses and their progeny that were considered wild and free roaming on public lands at the time of passage of the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act (WHBA)of 1971 (see 36 CFR222.60 (b)(13)). Wild horses are managed to achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance in wild horse territories established under the Act. Any horse introduced onto the Forest on or after December 15, 1971 by accident, negligence or willful disregard of private ownership is NOT a wild horse. Such horses are defined as unauthorized livestock. (see 36 CFR262.10) Unauthorized livestock do not have the status of a wild horse under the Act. However, animals in this category are protected by state laws as stray livestock.

It makes you say, "Hmmmmm."


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April 03rd, 2015

4/3/2015

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                        HEBER WILD HORSES
                 Freedom Preservation Alliance


    The Heber wild horses are in danger of roundup and removal by the US Forest Service

    The Heber wild horses are under the management of the USDA/US Forest Service...not the BLM
    
    These horses are unclaimed, unbranded, and living on federal land in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona and therefore fall under the protection of The Wild Free-Roaming Horses Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-195)
    
    The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act states:  “Congress finds and declares that  wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West...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.”  
                
    The Heber Wild Horse Territory was dedicated in 1973 and consists of 19,700 acres in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
    
    Most of the wild horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests do not live on the dedicated Territory however according to the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act they still deserve the same protections.

    As of the last aerial count made in February, 2015, by the U.S. Forest Service, there are approximately 320 horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
    
    The Forest Service has stated that they are not considering a relocation destination for any of the horses they remove.
    
    The Forest Service said that any horse they roundup for removal that is not claimed by an owner will go to auction and be sold to the highest bidder.   We fear most of the horses will be bought by kill buyers and trucked to Mexico for slaughter.  
    
    The Forest Service has told us their Notice Of Intention (NOI) should be released before June 1, 2015.  The official objection/comment period will open after that.  At that time they will give us a new email address for our objections and comments.  
    
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