THE APRIL 23d DEMONSTRATION RESULTS

Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates
Sent Saturday April 19, 2008, 17:16 Hrs.
Subject: Wild horse advocates develop coordinated horse plan.

Contact: Willis Lamm, Media Officer
Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates
willis@kbrhorse.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Representatives from wild horse groups convened in Carson City Saturday to develop a coordinated plan to address the threat to the wild horses of the Virginia Range by the Nevada Department of Agriculture. The groups' immediate objectives include pressuring the Department to be honest with citizens and lawmakers, securing lasting protections for the Virginia Range horses, and educating the public about the horses and how they have been managed.

Members of the Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates plan to stage a demonstration Wednesday, April 23rd, with the theme, "Clean up the Department of Agriculture." The demonstrators will be in front of the State Legislative Assembly Building between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM.

The advocates are protesting a plan by the Nevada Department of Agriculture to remove large numbers of horses from the Virginia Range. They argue that the plan is based on false descriptions of the conditions of the range and horses, and a fabricated "crisis."

Wild horse advocate Karen Mayfield of Silver Springs looks over mops to be used in the wild horse groups' "Clean up the Department of Agriculture" campaign.

Photo Credit: Willis Lamm