An alliance with dedicated advocates around the world for the protection and preservation of American wild horses and burros. American mustangs and burros are currently being "managed to extinction". They have no voice of their own. We must be their voice. The government has proven it believes these icons of the American frontier and western heritage are expendable by continuing roundups, despite
public outcry. Captive mustangs and burros in government holding facilities now outnumber those left in the wild. The Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have been given a job by America's citizens, entrusting to them the care and protection of these symbols of the American West and our fierce pioneering spirit. However, the people's wild horses and burros are being removed from public rangelands at alarming rates, with herd numbers falling below recommended healthy levels for genetic viability. In addition, lands originally set aside by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 have been reduced by 19 million acres, and since year 2000, coincidentally, America lost nearly 50% of their wild horses and 85% of its wild burros. Correlation? It is recognized that America's "wild mustangs and burros" and the North American last frontier ~ the "wild west" are synonymous, and both to be cherished and protected.
