NORTH DAKOTA'S ONLY WILD HORSE HERD IS IN DANGER
The wild horses who call #NorthDakota 's Theodore Roosevelt National Park (#TRNP) home are in serious danger.
The National Park Service (#NPS) is currently seeking public input on the Draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed plan that could lead to the complete elimination of this historic #herd, the ONLY wild horse herd in the state.
Currently, the park is home to approximately 195 #WildHorses.
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The #TeddyRoosevelt horses have roamed the badlands for centuries, and many believe they are descendants of #SittingBull 's horses and related to the rare #Nokota breed. They are a significant part of the historical and natural #heritage of the park, but the NPS' proposed plan threatens to wipe them out.
During the scoping period, 19,000 public comments were submitted, with the majority calling on the #NPS to maintain a genetically viable herd of at least 150 horses in the #TRNP –
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but the #NPS rejected these requests.
The #agency 's plan instead proposes three alternatives that would lead to the complete #destruction of this iconic herd:
• Limiting the herd to an unsustainable and unscientific 35-60 #WildHorses, requiring the removal of about 150 horses;
• Reducing the #population of the herd to zero in a phased approach;
• Or even expediting the reduction of the herd to zero. We can't stress how devastating this would be if allowed to happen.
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The Teddy Roosevelt wild horses need a better solution. Please join us in calling for the NPS to abandon these disastrous plans and speak up for this historic herd today!
Thank you,
- #AWHC Team
#HaltTheHelicopters #StopTheRoundUps #ProtectOurWildlife 🐎
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Thank you for the attention/actions to take on this issue.
Depts of Interior and BLM are waging war on our iconic wild horses - all so welfare ranchers can graze their livestock on our public lands.
Criminal and shameful. 💔🤬💔
@anna_lillith This sounds absurd by the NPS. What is their reason behind this? Does it cost them money? Are the horses a danger to other animals?
Just imagine the NPS would propose the same for the Bison in Yellowstone?
And why ask for public opinion/input if they clearly had no desire to listen and adjust?
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