STOP THE ROUNDUP OF WILD HORSES ACROSS THE NAVAJO RESERVATION NOW

From noequineslaughter.org:

“ Horse Slaughter: New Mexico Government Rangers Storm Private Properties Searching & Seizing Horses" 

"New Mexico – September 10, 2013 -The Navajo Nation (NN) Government is conducting a large-scale roundup of wild horses despite opposition from many tribal people. Local tribal members have reported government rangers coming onto their property and confiscating virtually every horse, even from within their stalls and pens. The sweeping roundups, if not stopped, will result in the distressed removal of countless horses and burros across the 17 million acre Navajo reservation which spans four states including New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Horse owners are said to have two days to claim or save their horses, but in many cases owners didn’t learn about the roundup until the very moment when rangers were storming their property. The NN Department of Agriculture is taking the horses to holding facilities, then auction, and selling the unclaimed horses to kill buyers. Many are going straight to slaughter.”
 
The roundup of wild horses on the Navajo Reservation, including going onto private property and seizing horses, is beyond belief. I have always thought that the Navajo revered the horse. Instead the Rangers are terrifying them, causing many deaths during the roundups, separating foals from mares and sending horses to slaughter. Is this truly part of an effort to wipe out every wild horse?  Foals and mares sent to slaughter?This madness must stop. Wild horses are the symbol of America and many studies show that it is not the wild horse that is causing destruction to the land but the over grazing by livestock. Are the Navajos taking orders from the BLM now?. With every passing day the threats to both our wild and domestic horses increase. This is truly a holocaust of horses. Stop the roundups now.

STOP THIS MADNESS. SIGN THE PETITION. MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.