Help Save Our Nation's Wild Horses

In December 2004, an omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress contained a rider that radically reduced protections for wild horses, protections in place for over 30 years since passage of the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act. The Rahall-Whitfield legislation would restore a federal prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.

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We encourage you to take action by April 20, 2005

Save our Nation's Wild Horses

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:
If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this alert by going to the following URL:

http://ga0.org/campaign/horsephonetree/

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA EMAIL:
Just choose the "reply to sender" option on your email program.

Your letter will be addressed and sent to:
Your Congressperson
Your Senators

----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME---- Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],

I am writing to ask that you support H.R. 297, a bill that will stop the slaughter of over 8,000 wild horses in our country and restore the protections afforded to horses and burros for over 30 years until the passage of an omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress in December 2004.

By voting for this bill it also will restore the public's confidence in our Congress by assuring that it operates under the principals of "for the people and by the people."

As you know, the support for wild horses crosses all political, cultural, and social lines. When the rider #142 was surreptitiously added to the appropriations bill last November, it was done without the will and support of the American people.

We trust that you will rectify this terrible injustice done to our "last living symbol of the West," our wild horses and burros.

----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----

Sincerely,
[your name]

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