The MARR PLAN is finally going mainstream! - in HORSE NETWORK. Following is the segment on the MARR PLAN which serves as conclusion of the article:
THINKING OUTSIDE THE CORRAL
So far the proposal approved in the Senate spending bill is the only one being seriously considered by the government, but it’s not the only one in existence. As the situation grows more dire, so are activists inspired to come up with different solutions.
Anthony Marr is a lifelong animal activist—best known as “Champion of the Bengal Tiger”—who has worked with countless species. Today, he’s fighting for wild horses, and his proposition is quite literally outside of the box.
That’s because it calls for releasing the 50,000 horses currently corralled, with the exception of geldings, which would be put up for adoption, then increasing the AML to 150,000 horses and relocating 12% of cattle from public to private lands to allocate enough resources for the existing horse population. A 12% decrease would equate to about 250,000 head of cattle.
Marr suggests that the government could compensate the ranchers who move the cattle to private land with a small part of the $60 million in BLM's budget that would be saved from closing the expensive holding facilities.
“HSUS/ASPCA plan is a very expensive and inhumane plan, which is conditional of a healthy economy. If the economy takes a nosedive, what do you think is going to happen to the horses?” he said. “Many of these horses will be in holding facilities for life (at a lifetime-care cost of $48,000 per horse); they (may face wholesale slaughter if the BLM's budget is drastically reduced).”
Despite government initiatives to encourage mustang adoption, and even a resurgence in adoption interest, only a fraction of captive horses will find homes, Marr explained.
“Right now it’s a one horse race with the HSUS/ASPCA plan, but we’re trying to propel the MARR-Plan onto the Congressional stage,” he said.
To that end, Marr introduced a petition, which has secured over 12,500 signatures to date, and is planning a motorcade event on November 16th in Washington D.C. alongside other groups in the coalition.
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Special thanks go to Cheryl Turner, Donna Brorein, Marty Irby, Eva Jones, Kimberley Knapp and Dianne Schneider for their participation and assistance in the MARR PLAN Campaign, and of course to Shannon Wright for her implicit support.
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