Save Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses from Emergency Roundup
Save Sand Wash
The Sand Wash Basin wild horses in Colorado need you to be their voice today! Right now, 783 of these cherished wild horses are in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s crosshairs as the agency gears up for an emergency helicopter roundup scheduled to begin on September 1. This cruel operation will decimate the iconic herd of mustangs that call the HMA their home and turn off a key source of visitor revenue for the region.
The reason for this emergency designation? Drought. But while on-the-ground advocates acknowledge that much of northwest Colorado is in a seasonal drought, they say the dramatic move to deploy the helicopters and leave only 163 wild horses on the 160,000 acres range is out of proportion with the reality on the range.
Wild horses are truly the survivors of the West. And the Sand Wash wild ones are no different. They have survived seasonal droughts for generations. In fact, recent rains in the area have refilled the pools and have restored vegetation, and horses remain in good body condition.
In short, there is no drought emergency in the HMA to justify displacing nearly 90% of the herd by stampeding and capturing wild horses in a helicopter roundup that will rob hundreds of horses of their freedom and cost many their lives.
Join us in calling on the Secretary of the Interior and the BLM leaders to drop the ‘emergency’ plans and come to the table with wild horse advocates to work collaboratively on a modified plan to preserve and humanely manage the incredible Sand Wash Basin herd.