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In
November 2003, almost one year to the day before the Burns rider was slipped
into the Appropriations Bill, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
issued the recommendations listed below, including support for a wild
horse sale or disposal authority (See Section 3.).
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Thursday, November 20, 2003
WHEREAS,
excessive numbers of feral horses and burros continue to cause increasing
deterioration of range conditions in many areas of the West, and
WHEREAS,
NCBA is concerned with the escalation in costs of the Wild Horse and Burro
Program,
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that NCBA supports legislation that would provide for:
1. Immediate
identification of proper population levels where not currently identified,
enforce currently permitted numbers, and engage in the management and
removal of wild horses and burros, to levels that will allow the herd
population not to exceed permitted numbers
2. A re-opening of a period to allow ranchers to claim horses and burros
not previously removed from federal and private lands.
3. Authorization for sale (and immediate title transfer), or disposal,
of unadopted horses and burros by the BLM/USFS with sales receipts to
be used in the Wild Horse and Burro Program.
4. A finding that permittee owners of state water Rights and related
facilities, are not responsible for providing water for wild horses
and burros without prior agreement and unless permittees are compensated
for expenses incurred.
5. A restriction of wild horse and burro Populations to lands occupied
in 1971 when the Wild Horse and Burro Act was enacted.
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, the NCBA supports the recommendations of the Wild Horse and
Burro Advisory Board and urges the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior
to immediately implement them.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NCBA supports the non-profit North American
Wild Horse and Range System’s program for wild horse sanctuaries
and other similar sanctuaries.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the federal land management agencies should
stand all costs of maintaining range improvements damaged by feral horses.
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