TAKE ACTION

1. Send your version of the sample letter (right) to your two U.S. Senators.

2. Go through the letter, and where you see square brackets, insert the correct information. Be sure to remove the brackets too!

3. Print and you are ready to go.

4. Fax or email it.

Note: At this critical stage, with winter roundups underway and more planned, snail mail is too slow.

You can contact most U.S. Senators via a webform on their websites.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Find contact information for your two U.S. Senators including links where available to their webforms.

Photograph courtesy with special thanks to Elyse Gardner, a true hero for horses everywhere. 

SAMPLE LETTER

Here's what the downloadable sample letter says. Please make it your own for impact! 

[Date]

Sen. [Name]
[Address]
Washington DC [Zip]

Re: Wild Horses and Burros: Co-Sponsor and Vote Yes for S. 1579

Dear Sen. [Name]

Our wild horses are a symbol of American freedom and spirit. They are an integral, irreplaceable part of our national heritage who are disappearing at an alarming rate. Without quick intervention, our wild horses and burros are in danger of becoming extinct.

I ask you to co-sponsor S. 1579, call for a quick vote and vote "yes."

Introduced by Senator Robert Byrd, S. 1579 will, among other things:

1. to the extent practical, make available as much land as was set aside in the original Wild Horse and Burro Act for wild horses

2. provide an annual inventory of our wild horses and make public that information

3. provide a fair and thriving ecological balance for wild horses on our public lands

4. assist in establishing sanctuaries on private lands

5. develop a policy standard to assess the Appropriate Management Levels of wild horses on our public lands

I also ask you to call for:

1. an independent census of our wild horses herds,

2. a full and comprehensive review of the BLM's management of the wild horse and burro program

3. an immediate halt to all roundups pending this review

Please respond to this letter stating what action you are taking. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

[Name]
[Address]
[Phone No.]
[Email Address]