National Wild Horse Adoption Day Resolution Passed by Congress
Fort Worth, Texas, September 28 – A resolution supporting an annual National Wild Horse Adoption Day passed both houses of Congress late last week as events promoting National Wild Horse Adoption Day September 26 were set to get underway.
Introduced in the Senate by Senator Harry Reid D-NV and in the House by Congresswoman Dina Titus D-NV, the resolution recognizes the iconic role the wild horse plays in American history and encourages Americans to adopt a wild horse or burro as a way of honoring the historic and pioneering spirit of the American West.
More than 30 events promoting National Wild Horse Adoption Day have been held across the country since July and nearly 400 horses have been placed in homes through September 26. An additional 100 horses are expected to be adopted at events to be held through October.
Wild horse and humane animal advocacy groups from across the nation joined forces to establish the first National Wild Horse Adoption Day. The groups supporting National Wild Horse Adoption Day, in addition to the BLM, include Wild Horses 4 Ever, the American Horse Protection Association, the Mustang Heritage Foundation and The Humane Society of the United States.
“The first National Wild Horse Adoption Day has been a tremendous success,” said NWHAD Coordinator Julie Bryant. “Even with a still uncertain economy, a caring public has given more than 400 horses a new home and thousands of Americans took the time to visit an adoption location to learn more about adoption and issues surrounding the wild horse population.”
Nearly 33,000 mustangs roam federal lands across the West. In order to manage the herds and maintain both land and herd health, the Bureau of Land Management oversees the adoption of wild horses and burros through public adoptions held throughout the United States. Since 1973, more than 220,000 wild horses and burros have been adopted.
The groups are working together to educate Americans about wild horse issues while promoting adoption of BLM wild horses through adoption events, training programs and motivational experiences.
For more information on events go to nationalwildhorseadoptionday.org or call 817-559-5650.
Let’s hope the future NWHADs are even more successful! One of these days I’ll feel ready to become a TIP trainer and Flagstaff, AZ will have more Mustangs, I promise!
I became another adopter on that day; this adds my fifth mustang to my herd. I have never worked with a better horse than the mustang, and I do believe everything Frank T. Hopkins said when he raved about the mustangs. Hopefully, more preservation of these iconic horses will pass legislation as ROAM is sitting in the senate now; we need to make sure generations will be able to see these amazing animals running free! We need to fight for their freedom and their lands!
Well, what about the Native Americans? They were hear long beforebus on their own lands free and no one protected their freedom. We should stand up for what we belwive in and what is right, but sadly we as a nation just don’t do that, and we should. If we did, my generation might be able to see native americans living free in their homelands.