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How Children Can Help Save Our Wild HorseIn 1971, the President and Congress received so many letters from young people, who were concerned about wild horses, that they passed a bill called /The Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act/. This law was supposed to protect our wild horses and keep them safe and free on our public lands. Recently, /Congress changed that law and our wild horses are no longer protected/. More than 8000 wild horses are in danger of being slaughtered because of this change in law. But there is good news! There are bills in Congress that will prohibit the slaughter of any horse, wild or domestic. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act prohibits the slaughter of horses in the United States. This bill is referred to as *HR 503* in the House of Representatives and *S 311* in the Senate. There is also a bill that recently passed in the House that prohibits the sale or slaughter of wild horses. This bill is *HR 249* and it passed by a vote of 277-137! Now we need our Senators to pass the same bill. Since it has yet been introduced in the Senate there is no bill number. But you can still write to your Senators and ask them to support the “Senate version” of HR 249. Please write your Representatives and Senators, and ask them to support these bills. Young people can make a difference! Remember Wild Horse Annie and the children that helped pass The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. You can do it! Now it’s your turn to speak. You can write to your representatives in Congress by addressing them as follows:
Below is a sample letter:
Dear Senator/Representative _____________,
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