By Katia Louise | Project leader
Happy New Year! Today marks the first of a new year for all of us two-legged beings. However, for our four-legged brothers and sisters, it’s just another day.
At Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) we believe it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why we are doing everything we can to provide lifesaving rescue and sanctuary services for victimized wild horses and burros facing life threatening circumstances including roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty all year long. And today is no exception.
In 2023, we are going to kick it up a notch by stepping up our outreach and education efforts to raise the bar for the protection of wild horses and burros. With your support, we will of course continue to provide high quality continuum of lifesaving care for victimized wild horses and burros in need. However, through the ongoing work of our charity, WFLF, we have found that the number of horses and burros falling victim to roundups, slaughter and other forms of cruelty is increasing to the point where it’s about to spiral out of control, and it’s happening at no fault of their own.
The answer is prevention and at WFLF we have found the best way to prevent cruelty is through education and outreach. To that point, beginning today, we will be sharing more of that information with you through this project so that we can make an even bigger difference together for the horses and burros today and for generations to come.
As noted in our September 2022 report, we have received multiple reports from the Dine’ (Navajo people) that the Navajo government is back at it again. They are roundup up Native wild horses & burros off the reservation, and they are reportedly even taking privately owned horses as well.
Unfortunately, we are seeing evidence of the same thing happening on other reservations too, including transports with dozens of foals who have been orphaned after their mothers were taken away and shipped to slaughter.
The only way to stop this is to put an end to slaughter. Countless wild horses & burros are disappearing across federal borders, and there’s no end in sight, unless we join together and fight for their federal protection.
Now that the last congressional session has ended, new legislation supporting a permanent ban on horse will soon be introduced. We are working hard behind the scenes to help get this done as soon as possible. Please stay tuned for updates about this and other essential information that can help protect our sacred horses and burros.
WFLF is committed to meeting the challenge of sustaining this lifesaving project and to raising support for protection for all horses and burros from the torturous agony of roundups and slaughter through permanent federal bi-partisan legislation that forbids slaughter on American soil and forever bans the export of live horses to slaughterhouses in other countries, and that safeguards wild equines from extinction, exploitation, harassment, and killing through responsible, humane and nonlethal management practices on both tribal and public lands.
Please also visit our other projects here on GlobalGiving where you can learn more and make a difference in other important ways. Visit us at Saving America's Horses and at WFLF's Hay Donation Drive.
In addition to raising awareness, this project helps WFLF to provide safe harbor habitats and essential provisions for the continuum of quality care and protection of rescued wild and domestic horses and burros in need, including a number of rescue horses, burros and Navajo mustangs whose lives had become at risk due to roundups and slaughter.
We are working around the clock to carry out these objectives and your generous donations help pay for things like veterinary care, quality hay & feed, farrier, transport and a safe sanctuary where these animals will never be at risk again. Our all volunteer charity thanks you for making this lifesaving work possible.
Please join us by making a difference and share this update with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) is a lifesaving program which provides rescue and sanctuary services for wild horses and burros that have been saved from roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
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