http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#46020 To much I think and I feel for this critical thinker. Fact is horses and mules did help build America. They provided transportation and FOOD. As to our American heratage we rode and ate horses before Columbis broght the first load of elegal imigrants. Just try to think with open rational minds.... 46020@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#45006 Reading between the lines I hear outrage, ignorance and apathy from so many people. Unfortunately, just like everything else in this world, the idealist try to preserve what we value and the people with power mow down anyone that get in their way. It's alway about money and power. It's the systeme we created and it puts too much power in too few hands. I pray to God that we can preserve our own dignity as well as the dignity of these magnificient creatures.... 45006@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#36599 This is just what ONE state is dealing with trying to save the wild horses. While certain individuals at the Nevada Department of Agriculture seem possessed with telling legislators and the media how much the Department does with respect to the Virginia Range horses, and how much the herd supposedly costs the taxpayers, here is a little insight as to just who is really walking the walk and who is just talking the talk. Here's a link that's already 38 parts of a continuation of what wild horse advocates are up against with the Nevada Agriculture Director. Horse $laughter all about greed!!! http://www.kbrhorse.net/news/vre-nda38.html It's time Congress listen to the majority of Americans that want our wild and domesticated horses safe from slaughter, we voted you in - we can vote you out!... 36599@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#36483 The world has BIGGER PROBLEMS....leave the livestock to the livestock owner's. Eat your beans and rice and shut up. Don't force us all into vegetarians, we were DESIGNED to eat MEAT...get over it!!... 36483@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#34978 These horses have the right to life - just as you and me. What makes some humans believe that they are GOD, thus taking lives that they have no right taking. Leave these wild horses and Burros ALONE.... 34978@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#32158 Just as I commented on the other bill H.R.503 the mustang too helped to build America .They are a symbol of our heritage.I don't want my great grandchildren to know them as a plastic model.Stop the Slaughter .Wake up AMERICA and be a voice.Call in and write in to petition against this injustice.... 32158@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#32159 America's Mustang has the right to be here just like the other protected wild animals. They were here before some of our forefathers.They blazed the trail of our New WORLD.Return the favor -help them by standing up and being a voice against the torture and slaughter.... 32159@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#30336 Are we going the way of the wild wolves of the Americas with the remaining Mustang Herds??? How many hundreds of thousands of dollars will be spent to "re-introduce" wild American Mustangs once the BLM and outside vested interest groups trying to maintain control over lands which are not theirs are eliminated or close to extinction... they are close enough now. Management of the herds can be done easily with a spring roundup and gelding of select members. It's probably cheaper than what they are now doing with the huge roundups and slaughters and will let nature maintain small groups of wild horses. I truly feel the remaining members of the Mustang Herds should be protected animals with just as much right as the American Eagle. JMO.... 30336@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#30127 Mustangs are part of us all, every horse you see is realted to a wild horse. They need to be protected from greedy humans who don't care about anything except for money! Would you like to be in their hoofs? I don't think so...... 30127@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#29886 I find it MOST dishearting to read ignorance.. Pro-slaughter is writing checks with their mouths that their knowledge can't cash! Is there actually ANY pro-slaughter people, besides the industry itself, that actually know the facts? The facts of how and why this is happening?? From all I've read from pro-slaughter people, I would strongly urge them to educate themselves. Maybe climb onboard with the horses from auction to death..Or even watch a few videos if you can't stomach the real deal? You sound like a bunch of educated idiots to me..... 29886@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#29475 Horses ARE livestock, not pets! As an environmentalist I recognise them as a non-native species competing with native ones - they have to be carefully managed. BLM mustangs were started by rejected animals - they are not well bred for any purpose other than survival. Economically, I agree that they should be harvested for food for those who like to eat them (I have and I liked it and I am a lifelong horse person) and to bring income to the agencies and businesses that produce them, BLM or otherwise.... 29475@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#29476 Oh by the way, euthenaisia is not so humane. Why else would they be arguing that it's cruel and unusual punishment for death row inmates? It's not easy or instantaneous.... 29476@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#29501 The libertarian argument that all game are "fair game" should be rejected. I urge my congressman, Erik Cantor, to vote tes on this important legislature.... 29501@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#29374 Wild horses and burros are part of our heritage and a national treasure. Tyey were supposed to have been protected but the WH&B Act of 1971 has been gutted due to corruption IMO. Cattle and sheep have destroyed our public lands while native species such as our wild horses are being wiped out. Millions are spent to subsidize the welfare ranchers. H.R. 249 needs to be passed immediately before OUR wild horses are extinct. There are less than 25,000 left in the wild and 7 million cattle and sheep overgrazing our public lands.... 29374@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#28477 Patti, look at the poll results. The majority of people DO want to protect the mustangs! They know that cattle and sheep will quickly render habitat free of all natural grasses and vegetation but horses do not. Horses have lived on public lands for centuries without harming the eco-balance. Wealthy cattle ranchers lease public land for pennies on the dollar from our government and want every wild horse eradicated so their cattle can strip the land bare. It's all about money and not about horses. I have been calling my Representative to support this bill and I hope all right-minded people are doing the same thing. They need to hear from us in Washington!... 28477@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#28084 Wild horses are destroying the land? Why doesn't anyone mention that MAN has taken all the land from nature! We can take in illegal immagrants and pay their upkeep and medical bills, but you taxpayers DON"T want to preserve the Mustang? Send all the illegal immagrints back to their repective countries! Then US Americans can keep OUR heritage INTACT! Save the Mustang! And I AM NOT PRESSING 1 TO SPEAK ENGLISH! All should speak it that live here!... 28084@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#27822 I am the proud owner of 2 Mustangs and they are a joy to have around.They are far from being worthless.They deserve their protective status to be restored as Wild Horse Annie fought for.... 27822@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#27616 We should feel a sense of pride that we have wild horses. They are beautiful creatures that symbolise the freedom upon which this country was founded. Horses helped settle America and should be treated with respect. Money hungry ranchers who want more land for their cattle are the ones who want to keep taking more of their habitat. They will not be happy until they can exterminate them all. Please protect our heritage.... 27616@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#27421 Horse and burro slaughter is an insult to Americans, history, and humanity. This torturous murder of our equines NEEDS TO STOP YESTERDAY.... 27421@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#27422 Horse slaughter is an insult to Americans, history, and humanity. This torturous murder of our equines NEEDS TO STOP YESTERDAY.... 27422@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#26995 Studies are starting to show that horses were here long before people thought. They've been here long enough that they should be considered native, not feral. The BLM rounds up the wild horses because they are eating the forage that the ranchers want for their cattle. The ranchers make money off of those cattle and get the grazing rights very cheap. This is about money. Ask your Representative to Vote yes for HR249.... 26995@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#27051 The wild horses are very underpopulated and are being squeezed off their legal herd areas by corrupt vested interests who have not learned how to share with such magnificent returned natives!... 27051@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#26722 Euthanize 1. an easy and painless death 2. act or practice of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering: advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases Slaughter 1: to kill (animals) for food : butcher 2 a: to kill in a bloody or violent manner : slay b: to kill in large numbers : massacre The AVMA and AQHA needs to join with the USHS and the majority of American Citizens who are against slaughter and find a pasture,food , shelter, and Vet care for all America's Horses. The WILD ones muse be allowed to run and be self supporting (they don't need our "care") or they will go the way of the buffalo...We will have to go to a zoo to see them . MUSTANGS think about it !... 26722@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#26540 Horses and burros are native to this country. As it stands, they are being blamed as the reason for the destruction of lands. That IS NOT TRUE. Cattle and sheep destroy the land. Get down on your hands and knees and watch the way a cow eats versus the horse or burro. Also, when the wild horses and burros are rounded up, less than honest people are hoarding them, hiding them, until it is safe to send them off to a kill buyer. I live amongst all of this. I speak the truth. Once again, this is all about money, greed, theft, and lies. Do your homework everyone. All is not as it seems.... 26540@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_249.html#26599 Protect our American heritage! These animals belong to EVERYONE and to the future Americans. This is not a humane way to treat our animals...there are other alternatives to controlling populations if deemed necessary.... 26599@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST