Contacting the White House and the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI)
1. Send postcards or letters
2. Follow up with an email and a fax (if possible)
3. Follow up with a phone call using the message you wrote on your postcard or in your letter, or using the script I have written below
4. Use your social media pages to tag the President, Vice President, Secretary of the Interior, your US Representative, both of your US Senators, and your state Rep and Senators if you live in a state with wild horses and/or burros
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
A week later please call #202-456-1111 to leave a message, and email the message below to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
See here for additional message ideas to write on letters and postcards
Email and phone message:
"Hello President ______, I hope you received my postcard or letter. I am calling to ask you to ensure the Bureau of Land Management gives our wild horses their rightful protections the Wild & Free Roaming Horses & Burros Act of 1971 in the form of Herd Management Area Plans, that the abusive & inhumane roundups via helicopter will stop happening, and that our domestic & wild horses are protected from being shipped to slaughter in the US and over our borders to other countries. Protecting our wild horses will in turn help to protect our public lands and other wildlife. Thank you."
OR
"I am writing (or calling) today to ask the White House to be a hero for wild horses and ask Congress to place an immediate moratorium on all wild horse and burro roundups so the Bureau of Land Management can be investigated for their lack of transparency with the American public and Congress, for their wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars on unwarranted roundups, their violations of the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP), and their mismanagement of the Wild Horse & Burro Program."
2. Follow up with an email and a fax (if possible)
3. Follow up with a phone call using the message you wrote on your postcard or in your letter, or using the script I have written below
4. Use your social media pages to tag the President, Vice President, Secretary of the Interior, your US Representative, both of your US Senators, and your state Rep and Senators if you live in a state with wild horses and/or burros
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
A week later please call #202-456-1111 to leave a message, and email the message below to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
See here for additional message ideas to write on letters and postcards
Email and phone message:
"Hello President ______, I hope you received my postcard or letter. I am calling to ask you to ensure the Bureau of Land Management gives our wild horses their rightful protections the Wild & Free Roaming Horses & Burros Act of 1971 in the form of Herd Management Area Plans, that the abusive & inhumane roundups via helicopter will stop happening, and that our domestic & wild horses are protected from being shipped to slaughter in the US and over our borders to other countries. Protecting our wild horses will in turn help to protect our public lands and other wildlife. Thank you."
OR
"I am writing (or calling) today to ask the White House to be a hero for wild horses and ask Congress to place an immediate moratorium on all wild horse and burro roundups so the Bureau of Land Management can be investigated for their lack of transparency with the American public and Congress, for their wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars on unwarranted roundups, their violations of the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP), and their mismanagement of the Wild Horse & Burro Program."
U.S. Department of the Interior
Doug Burgum
Secretary of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240
A week later, email the message below to https://www.doi.gov/contact-us
"Hello Secretary Burgum, I hope you received my postcard and/or letter. I am calling to ask you to ensure the Bureau of Land Management gives our wild horses their rightful protections the Wild & Free Roaming Horses & Burros Act of 1971 in the form of Herd Management Area Plans, and that the abusive & inhumane roundups via helicopter will stop happening. Protecting our wild horses will in turn help to protect our public lands, other wildlife, and water resources. Thank you."
Doug Burgum
Secretary of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20240
A week later, email the message below to https://www.doi.gov/contact-us
"Hello Secretary Burgum, I hope you received my postcard and/or letter. I am calling to ask you to ensure the Bureau of Land Management gives our wild horses their rightful protections the Wild & Free Roaming Horses & Burros Act of 1971 in the form of Herd Management Area Plans, and that the abusive & inhumane roundups via helicopter will stop happening. Protecting our wild horses will in turn help to protect our public lands, other wildlife, and water resources. Thank you."
The Bureau of Land Management
Director _____________________
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
Director _____________________
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
The Government Accountability Office
https://www.gao.gov/about/contact-us
Message: "We are asking you to have the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the Bureau of Land Management’s mismanagement of livestock and wild horses & burros, and that there be a moratorium on all roundups until it’s done. Stop the roundups and help us protect & save our wild horses. The Bureau of Land Management is not being transparent with the American public or Congress, they are violating the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP), they are wasting taxpayer dollars on unwarranted roundups of our wild horses and burros, and they are mismanaging the Wild Horse & Burro Program."
https://www.gao.gov/about/contact-us
Message: "We are asking you to have the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the Bureau of Land Management’s mismanagement of livestock and wild horses & burros, and that there be a moratorium on all roundups until it’s done. Stop the roundups and help us protect & save our wild horses. The Bureau of Land Management is not being transparent with the American public or Congress, they are violating the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP), they are wasting taxpayer dollars on unwarranted roundups of our wild horses and burros, and they are mismanaging the Wild Horse & Burro Program."