Dear Friends of Wild Horses and Burros, You have the power to make change. People protested and public outcry grew with the number of signatures on the petition. When we investigated Nevada’s captive pens filled with roundup survivors, we found young captive wild horses were dying in the triple digit heatwave. A few months later, the BLM held a public workshop in Reno, Nevada to address public outcry for shade and shelter in BLM holding pens. Instead of working with the public to brainstorm they announced their decision to place shade only in the sick pens and informed the public they would be conducting shade “studies” to determine if captive wild horses needed shade. Now BLM Wyoming at Rock Springs is making similar changes. You can read about it here: www.ProtectMustangs.org They will be Installing wind screens along the west side of the facility and placing protective shelters in the sick pens. This is not enough! The feds’ proposed remedies in Nevada or Wyoming are a small step in the right direction. We must bring them to understand that ALL the captive wild horses and burros need access to shelter from the elements. The BLM is dragging their feet and the federal employees whose salaries are paid for with your tax dollars are very lazy. They will only change their inhumane policy if we all get much louder! Keep up the pressure and turn up the volume. Share the petition daily to get more signatures. http://www.change.org/p/bring-emergency-shelter-and-shade-to-captive-wild-horses-and-burros This is a grassroots effort and together we can do this for the captive wild ones! Meet with your senators and representative. Show them the petition to bring shelter and shade to captive wild horses and burros. Play for them the video exposing roundup cruelty: http://bit.ly/1w5l4pp Politely request they intervene to put an end to the suffering in the pens. Let them know you would like a response to your request and follow up with them often. If you cannot meet with your elected officials then mail them a handwritten letter requesting they bring access to shelter and shade for all captive wild horses and burros at the holding facilities. After all, this is what the BLM requires of adopters so why should it be any different for the BLM? The cruelty must stop now! Keep fighting for the voiceless who suffer. Together we can turn this around. Many blessings, Anne Anne Novak Executive Director Contact@ProtectMustangs.org www.ProtectMustangs.org