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Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Subject: ACT/ Horses Face Eradication In Nevada

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4/22/08: Horses Face Eradication In Nevada

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LEFT: Wild horses graze outside Virginia City on July 6, 2004.
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Special to Review-Journal
www.lvrj.com/news/17543794.html

RIGHT: www.best-horse-photos.com/Wild-Horses.html

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Nevada Department of Agriculture
350 Capitol Hill; Reno, NV 89502
ph: 775-688-1180; fax: 775 688-1178
web mail: agri.state.nv.us/AGRI_ContactUs.htm
Tony Lesperance, Director: tlesperance [at] agri.state.nv.us
Rick Gimlin, Deputy Director, Administration Division: rgimlin [at] agri.state.nv.us
Edward Foster: efoster [at] agri.state.nv.us
Philip LaRussa, State Veterinarian: plarussa [at] agri.state.nv.us

Governor Jim Gibbons
Carson City State Capitol; 101 N. Carson Street; Carson City, NV 89701
ph: 775-684-5670; fax: 775-684-5683
web mail: gov.state.nv.us/ARCHIVE/Contact_Us_NORTHX.htm
Ben Kieckhefer, Governor’s Press Secretary: bkieck [at] gov.nv.gov

Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas
5442 Holbrook Drive; Las Vegas, NV 89103-2439
ph: (LCB) 775-684-8537; fax: 702-222-0145
email: bbuckley [at] asm.state.nv.us

Assemblyman Tom Grady, R-Yerington
43 Fairway Drive; Yerington, NV 89447-2170
ph: (LCB) 775-684-8507; email: tgrady [at] asm.state.nv.us

Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee
Fiscal Analysis Division
ph: 775-684-6821; fax: 775-684-6475; email: fiscal [at] lcb.state.nv.us
Legal Division
ph: 775-684-6830; fax: 775-684-6761

COPY LETTER TO:
Nevada Commission on Tourism
401 North Carson Street; Carson City, NV 89701
ph: 800-638-2328; Tourism Commission employee emails BELOW, in EMAIL BLOCK.

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
3150 Paradise Rd.; Las Vegas, NV 89109
ph: 702-892-0711; fax: 702-892-2906; email: TAinfo [at] lvcva.com

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tlesperance [at] agri.state.nv.us, rgimlin [at] agri.state.nv.us, efoster [at] agri.state.nv.us, plarussa [at] agri.state.nv.us, bkieck [at] gov.nv.gov, bbuckley [at] asm.state.nv.us, tgrady [at] asm.state.nv.us, fiscal [at] lcb.state.nv.us

Nevada Governor’s web mail:
gov.state.nv.us/ARCHIVE/Contact_Us_NORTHX.htm

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Dear Nevada Officials,

I understand state officials intend to depopulate horse herds in response to allegations some 1200 wild and abandoned horses are starving to death across the Virginia Range. I question the validity of this assumption and whether Nevada’s Agriculture Department plans to eradicate horses at the behest of cattle ranchers vying for grazing grounds.

Citizens worldwide are outraged horses face removal from their range in the mountainous region near Dayton past Virginia City and the south rim of Reno. While their initial destination may be holding corrals at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, some will ultimately wind up at auction, sold to killer-buyers.

I ask state officials to preserve horses — not play politics with their lives. Please do not remove Virginia Range herds. In fact, the unprofessional “management” of these horses, based upon questionable data, can only serve to harm tourism in Nevada.

I encourage authorities to suspend roundups until a thorough assessment confirms actual numbers of wild and abandoned horses. I also urge in-the-wild management as opposed to roundup and removal.

Agriculture Director Tony Lesperance defines controllable numbers as 250 to 400 horses. Yet he cites findings from an NRCS analysis of just 85,000 acres. The department’s estimate of 1200 horses covers a much broader 200,000-acre range. This 115,000-acre discrepancy in the total area where current herds roam should not be presented as “fact” for lawmakers to base complex budget decisions upon.

Of further dispute are government claims adoptions are infeasible because the process costs $2000 per horse. This figure represents another possible exaggeration that demands scrutiny before management plans are finalized.

The public widely objects to removal schemes that lead to livestock sales and horses sold for slaughter. The fate of Virginia Range horses should not hinge upon a relative handful of cattle ranchers.

Sincerely,

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION / REFERENCE LINKS

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PETITION: NEVADA’S WILD HORSES an ENDANGERED SPECIES!
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/nevadas-wild-horses-an-endangered-species

SAVE OUR WILD HORSES
www.freewebs.com/saveourwildhorses/nevadaswildhorses.htm

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org

Official says Nevada won’t feed starving horses
www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8152710

No money to feed wild horses near Virginia City
news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080411/NEWS18/80411010

State plans to round up more Virginia Range horses
nevadaappeal.com/article/20080412/NEWS/319153590/

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Erin Russell, Kinship Circle supporter, wheelin126 [at] yahoo.com

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