Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Saving America's Wild Horses

In case you missed the show when Jane Valez-Mitchell spoke with Carol Walker about America's wild horses, here it is. ~Declan

Saving America's wild horses

By HLNtv.com Staff
with Jane Valez-Mitchell
As posted on HLN

updated 2:55 PM EST, Wed December 18, 2013

Almost 50K wild horses & burros currently in government facilities
Critics say horses in government pens are suffering

There are approximately 45,000 wild horses being kept in government holding pens as a result of the wild horse round-ups. Now, we are learning almost 700 of these horses are in open pens in Wyoming and Utah where temperatures dip below 20 degrees.

Jane Velez-Mitchell spoke to a Carol Walker, a photographer, who visited one of these pens.

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Declan Bio

Declan is honored to be the 2012 ASPCA's Humane Kid of the Year and the first ever recipient of the ASPCA Junior Equine Angel Award. Declan is also an ASPCA Junior Equine Welfare Ambassador.

After hearing about the inhumane and cruel practice of horse slaughter, now ten-year-old Declan, decided he needed to raise his voice. He created Children 4 Horses, to spread the word about horse advocacy issues and worked diligently with the Million Horse March campaign to collect letters from children to inspire lawmakers to end the slaughter of American horses.

Declan’s dedication to horse advocacy brought him to the nation’s capital twice, where he represented over 1,000 children from the United States by presenting the letters to legislators in Congress. While in Washington DC, Declan met with Congressman Frank Guinta of New Hampshire, where he shared his opposition to the inhumane treatment of horses and subsequently garnered the Congressman’s co-sponsorship of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S.1176/H.R.2966).

Declan also joined forces with the “Horses on the Hill” campaign, speaking before celebrities, Congressmen and Senators to lobby against horse slaughter and advocate for the protection of horses under S.1176/H.R.2966. In addition to his three Washington DC visits, Declan testified at a hearing for a bill opposing horse slaughter at the New Hampshire State House in January, 2012.

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