Wild Horse Advocates gather at Capitols in Carson City, Nationwide to protest mustang roundups
On Saturday, wild horse advocates gathered at the state capitol building in Carson City to protest BLM roundups of mustangs.
This was a coordinated event throughout the US, with advocates gathering at other state capitals as well.
According to advocates, “these rallies are a grass roots effort by local activists all across the United States to bring attention and broad public awareness to the inhumane treatment and illegal mismanagement of Americas wild horses (scientifically proven to be a native keystone species) and burros by the Bureau of Land Management.”
Wild horses and burros are only present on 11 percent of the 250 million acres of public lands, they say, and still have to share their protected areas with commercial livestock.
“Wild horse ‘Herd Management Areas’ or ‘HMA's’ set aside for wild horses in 1971, are now being used primarily to graze privately owned cattle and sheep,” they said. “Private livestock should not be allowed in HMA's.“
The advocates gathered at 1 p.m. to hold signs, sign up potential advocates, and give speeches about the mistreatment of wild horses.