Salt River Wild Horse Defense Fund

HELP SAVE THE SALT RIVER WILD HORSES,...AGAIN!

The Salt River wild horses are being targeted in federal court, and we need your help urgently to defend them! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO SAVE THE SALT RIVER WILD HORSES AGAIN!?

The same organization who accomplished the cruel removals of the Alpine wild horses; the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), has teamed up with hunting organizations and together, they are gunning for wild horses everywhere, including our highly beloved humanely managed Salt River wild horses! They have sued our Forest Service over NEPA and are asking the judge for a halt of the humane management programs. This ofcourse would spell the end of the Salt River wild horses as we know it.

The humane management programs are what have kept the Salt River wild horses safe and healthy, and it has also reduced the foaling rate from 100 foals a year to just one or two per year. (for the past 3 years). So why would they attack these programs? Because they want to see the Salt River wild horses removed down to 44 horses!

So we have to enjoin this lawsuit by intervening with our own attorneys to help the Forest Service defend their position. The attorneys are experts in NEPA requirements and are not cheap. We want only the best of the best since this will determine their fate!

The Center for Biological Diversity is throwing claims around without scientific evidence and are wrong on the number of wild horses, wrong about blaming the horses for environmental damage, and wrong about the Forest Service requirement to do NEPA, because NEPA only sets in when the Forest Service wants to do something that is damaging to the human environment.

Humane management is a very responsible and highly succesful way to manage wild horses and is more sustainable than removals in the long run,! not to mention, more humane! The Salt River Horse Long Term Management Plan, is consistent with the Salt River Horse Act of 2016, consistent with the will of the public, consistent with the Salt River Horse collaborative, and consistent with keeping the population down and their environment healhty.

Our attorneys will show all of the evidence to the judge that shows that Center for Biological Diversity and their hunter friends are wrong. This is why we need the funds URGENTLY and quickly to benefit Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Inc (SRWHMG). To start we need 10,000 for the retainer and after that it continues at 400 dollars per hour!

If you can, please buy one hour of legal representation for $400 dollars, and you helped defend this herd, but if you can't, any donation will help make an impact.

We know that hundreds of thousands of people care about the Salt River wild horses and if everyone did just a little, but really did it, we will win this last battle! Don’t let them become history!!

###The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group (SRWHMG) is an Arizona-based non-profit organization (501 (c)3, dedicated to the protection and humane management of the Salt River wild horses and is leading the way for humane treatment of wild horses everywhere. EIN number 46-5280587. Your donation is tax deductable. Thank you.