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HR 1018 – The Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act passed in the House of Representatives on the morning of July 17th, 2009.
This bill amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. – adding important new protections and provisions which include banning helicopter round-ups and reclaiming land lost by America’s wild horses over the past 30 years.
Thanks to all of you who voiced support for this crucial piece of legislation.
Please continue your support for the Senate vote!
Tuesday, July 14, is “Horses on the Hill” day – a national lobbying day against horse slaughter.
On this day making your voices heard on Capitol Hill is more important than ever!
While the ideal is to keep wild horses in the wild, we must also ensure that the thousands of wild horses unnecessarily rounded up each year do not end up at slaughterhouses. Although the last remaining U.S. slaughterhouses have shut their doors, Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses are still in operation. Presently, slaughter remains our wild horses’ greatest threat once they have been removed from the range.
AWHPC Coalition member The Humane Society of the United States has helped arrange for a national call-in day so that everyone can join “Horses on the Hill”.
Date: July 14, 2009
Time: 10am – 5pm EST
Number: Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121
and ask to be connected to your two US Senators and US Representative’s offices (to find them visit www.congress.org and enter your zip code).
Your 30-second phone calls urging your legislators to please support H.R. 503 and S. 727 to protect horses from slaughter are critical.
Source:
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org
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