76th (2011) Session
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AB329
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Against		May-27-2011
Against	The lying transparency of the cattle ranchers and hunters has been exposed! The PEOPLE want mustangs and burros to be wildlife!! Always have, always will. The world is watching and waiting for you to do the right thing. This law would seriously damage Nevada's reputation the world over...consider carefully how you will devastate peoples' hearts not to mention the burros and mustangs....and also the revenue of Nevada. Las Vegas needs to get involved because people are considering canceling their travel plans if this bill goes through.	May-23-2011
Against	Please do not deny the horses and burros water. This would be sinful.	May-22-2011
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Against	This bill is atrocisous. It is cruel and inhumane.	May-20-2011
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Against	All living human things need water. This is down right mean...	May-20-2011
Against	This is awful to deny wildhorses and burros water rights. It's cruel and inhumane.	May-20-2011
Against	AGAINST THIS BILL!!!	May-20-2011
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Against	This is horrible to deny water to horses and burros. They are part of the NV wildlife.	May-20-2011
Against	PLEASE do not pass thi bill.	May-20-2011
Against	What are you thinking? Why deny our native animals water? Do you want to kill them off? This will just cause a chain reaction. Aren't there better issues to work on?	May-20-2011
Against	I think this is crazy to exclue wildhorses and burros from the defination of wildlife. That is inhumane.	May-20-2011
Against	Passing this law would make wild horses not wild life, and prevent them any access to water. If this passes, which according to news reports, cattle ranchers are in support of it's passage. What will happen to these wild horses? Will there be mass die off? Horses dropping dead all over Nevada? Then because they have no water, the BLM will have to gather more horses and put them in long term holding pens. Costing tax payers even more money to hold even more wild horses, instead of allowing them to roam free as before. Can't there be a compromise? I find it ironic that cattle men use horses for their business, but these wild horses are worth nothing to them. When their own horses in America evolved from wild horses, and are now domesticated. Isn't Nevada more than casinos? Don't we need to diversify our economy here in Nevada. People, many people love wild horses, and would like to come to Nevada to do other things than just gamble in either Vegas, Reno, or Laughlin. We can tell this change in tourism, by increasing dollars being spent for food and entertainment. Our unemployment is the highest of anywhere in the U.S. We must create new jobs, new business opportunities, we can't just do what we have done before. The economy in Nevada is very slow to recover, foreclosures are still high also. People want something to spend their money on, without the chance of losing it, we have had plenty of that in recent years. Eco-tourism would give a quality entertainment experience, without the fear of losing your hard earned money. People have changed their spending habits since the economic melt down. I just can't imagine the reputation Nevada will have, once water is taken away from wild horses. There must be some type of solution, and compromise. Yes, cattle are important, we do need to eat, beef is a main staple in the American diet. But, I think many will lose the taste for Nevada beef, when they know many wild horses died for the sake of the American hamburger or hot dog	May-20-2011
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For	Stop dumping unwanted horses in Nevada. It is inhumane to simply release a horse you no longer want or can afford. In these difficult times many people find themselves in the position of caring for horses they no longer need, want, or can afford to feed. This is where these horses are coming from. Over the past 100 years this has been the primary source of these feral animals. There are no true "wild horses" or "mustangs" and there never has been in Nevada. Native peoples in Nevada never had a historical relationship with horses because there simply were not any horses before European man brought them. Water needs to be dedicated to true wildlife. People need to come to grips with how to deal with their responsibilities and stop expecting the government to solve their problems for them. The BLM must remove excess horses. Ranchers need to control their horses as well. Cattle need to be held to prescribed allotment quotas. Everyone needs to live within the law and the limits of a very fragile ecosystem.	May-20-2011
For	Feral Horses aren't 'Wildlife". They are, however, destroying the habitat & waterholes where the true Wildlife waters, chasing deer & antelope & even cattle from the troughs & springs.	May-20-2011
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For	Control of water and wildlife are state perogatives, not that of the Federal government; therefore, feral horses over which the Federal govenment claims jurisdiction should not fall under that classification.	May-19-2011
For	This law needs to be passed to protect our natural resources, wildlife and public lands grazing.	May-19-2011
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Against	Please do not deny wild horses and burros water.+	May-19-2011
Against	I should never deny the wild horses and burros water. It would cruel and we can't exclude them from the definition wildlife.	May-19-2011
Against	How can you keep the horses from the water? Get a grip. Aren't there other issues that are more important to pass legilation on?	May-19-2011
Against	I'm totally opposing the Bill 329 which prohibit wild horses and burros to the access to water sources. I want to Nevada to be a wild animal friendly state and I want to be proud to be a Nevadan and let lead other states to follow us.	May-19-2011
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Against	It is in humane to exclude wild mustangs and burrows. We know what it is like not to have water.	May-19-2011
Against	I think this is awful to deny water to the Mustangs and Burrows. It is very cruel.	May-19-2011
Against	I think this is cruel to deny these mustangs and burrows water.	May-19-2011
Against	I want our Mustangs and Burrows to have access to water	May-19-2011
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Against	Wild horses were here when the Indians were here. They are wild animals. We can't give into the pressure of the Cattleman's Assoc to destroy them. They are a symbol of our state as they are on the state quarter. This bill would be unconsiousable to wild horses and all wild animals.	May-19-2011
Against	These horses and burros have been battered enough. To take water away from them would be inhumane. The people who want this should have water taken away from them. I am a past President of Equestrian Trail Inc. for 12 years.	May-19-2011
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Against	This would be horrible to deny water to the wild horses. We have no right - they are federally protected.	May-19-2011
Against	These animals are federally protected. Do deprive them of water - how much more cruel can NV be. Is that how we want to know in the USA. The wildhorses and burros are apart of the attraction of tourism. This is unconscienable.	May-19-2011
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Against	You can't deny the wildhorses and burros water.	May-19-2011
Against	Anyone who would want to pass something like this has to be inhumane. I will work to defeat this bill.	May-19-2011
Against	I can't believe any state would consider being that inhumane. You can't change the definition of wildlife to leave out any wildlife.	May-19-2011
Against		May-18-2011
Against	Restricting water rights to wild horses and burros is a very cruel way to coerce the BLM to manage the animals. Obiviously, the cattlemen are taking over the ranges, although so much would not support a cow/calf unit.	May-18-2011
For	If all you see in Nevada is a wasteland that you can dump your left over feral horses then please stay out.	May-18-2011
For	What about the Pronghorn Antelope? Do they count? Do they get a quarter? Does anybody back east even care? Am I boring you? Have you ever seen one? Is it okay if they go extinct? Is it okay that there are more feral horses on the National Antelope Refuge than Antelope?	May-18-2011
Against	The fact that this is even up for discussion, say a lot about our American politician, and who they are. Who lobbied and pay for this bill to even exist? BLM, Sue Wallis better know as Slaughterhouse Sue... Come on folks, I won't step one foot in NV, if things don't start to change... Between the handling of our National Icon, the Mustangs, the Water issue and Rancher, or the Horse Tripping, that everybody seems to turn a deaf ear on... Why would I want to go to NV, for a visit, vacation or support NV.. Brenda Du bois	May-18-2011
Against	I oppose any restrictions on where wildlife, all undomesticated animals, get their water, a substance essential for life.	May-18-2011
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Against	PLEASE, NEVADA LEGISLATORS AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS BILL WOULD POSSIBLY TERMINATE WILD HORSES AND BURROS IN THE GREAT STATE OF NEVADA TO HAVE ACCESS TO WATER. IT DOESN'T SOUND POSSIBLE TO MY FRIENDS AND I BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ENOUGH TO EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS TO YOU. PLEASE, DO NOT ALLOW THIS TRAVESTY TO OCCUR. WE KNOW, IN YOUR HEARTS, YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. IN THE MEANTIME, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THESE WILD HORSE AND BURROS TO SAINT FRANCIS AND EVEN SAINT JUDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION. MOST SINCERELY, CLIFFORD AND CHREISTINE SCHMUTZ ces1333yahoo.com	May-18-2011
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Against	This is horrible. Why would you exclude wild horses and burros from the definition of wildlife.	May-18-2011
For	IT IS THE FERAL HORSES THAT ARE TAKING THE WATER FROM INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE. No one is building any fences. I applaud the courage of our legislators that stand up to this ignorant lynch mob and their threats. Threats are the last words of a desperate group of bullies. Do you run your state by who offers up the most threats? Let Nevada run Nevada. No I am not a rancher. I am a conservationist that has seen first hand the damage feral horses do the the Great Basin ecosystem. Butt out!	May-18-2011
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For	To the Assembly; Thank you for passing this bill 35 to 7. By an incredible margin of 5 to 1 you have shown outstanding political courage and a deep understanding of the real threat to Nevada's indigenous wildlife. To the Senate; Please show the same leadership you displayed on SJR5 when you passed that measure 21 to 0. Your continued support of Nevada's indigenous wildlife will ensure it's continued survival for generations to come. Thank you all again for your insight, courage, and support.	May-18-2011
Against	How can the people of the beautiful state of Nevada even think of doing such a cruel thing to the American Wild Horse ? Do the RIGHT thing and vote NO on AB329. God bless the state of Nevada and God bless the American Wild Horse.	May-18-2011
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Against	I am against denying water to OUR wild horses on OUR federal land. It doesn't matter who is leasing the properties.	May-18-2011
Against	Save our Wild Mustangs!!!	May-18-2011
Against	I think this is inhumane. I was under the impression that the Federal land belonged to everyone.	May-18-2011
Against	I think this very wrong to deny the Mustang and Burrows water. They were here first and need to be taken care of.	May-18-2011
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Against	Our mustangs need protection as does our freedom, This bill will harm them both. =	May-18-2011
Against	All living creatures deserve water INCLUDING wild horses	May-18-2011
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Against	please oppose AB329	May-17-2011
Against	Wild horse tourism is alive in Nevada. Whereas this part of the tourism industry is still in its infancy, this bill will undermine it as groups are already threatening to boycott Nevada in response to this bill. Is Nevada so well off that it can afford to eliminate another revenue source?	May-17-2011
Against	HOW DARE YOU	May-17-2011
Against	This is unfair to take away the water rights of the horses and burros. They have been here for long time. It's like trying to take water from a human.	May-17-2011
Against	Wild Horses are Wildlife, and were Protected under ROAM, due to Convoluted Agendas, They are not wild, and are sold for meat to Mex and Canada. To further confuse the Wild Horse and Burro Issues' The BLM must Apply for water rights??? I am no friend to the blm, as they time and time again have shown no Concern for Wild Horses and hve LOST Sight of their Mission. to create a bill that takes away riparian rights is ABSURD!!! and Probably Illegal.	May-17-2011
Against	I am a wildlife biologist. It is unfair to say that wild horses and burros are not wildlife. They contribute to the state and it's discriminitory to say they don't belong. They fill a ecological niche.	May-17-2011
Against	I've lived in LV for 50 years. I can't believe this bill has made it through the Assembly. It's cruel and comments from the Farm Bureau are ridiculous. Wild horses and wild burro's are wildlife. It's obvious the intent is to kill the animals off of federal land, so privately owned animals can have more water. I'm paying taxes to keep the Cattlemen's Assoc in business. The only ones to benefit are cattle owners.	May-17-2011
Against	This bill is a round about way to not allow wild horses and burros drinking water. These animals are federally protected. They are indeed WILD. They are not someone's pet that was released to turn feral. For generations, these animals have been born in the wild. The Los Angeles Museum has 5000 yr old proof that they are indeed a native species. By passing this bill, you will be passing into law a reason to not allow these majestic animals access to water. The cattlemen want this bill passed in order to have the horses removed to allow more cattle on the land. Maybe they even want yr round leases. Please do not allow this bill to pass. We have been to your state many times and have children and friends who live there as well. The wild ones belong to everyone in the US, not just the people who live in the state they happen to be in. Please take the time to think about this. What other reason would this bill have even been written? Don't let this bill kill your tourism. Many who live there will leave your beautiful state as well if this bill passes. My own daughter moved there and bought a house just to be closer to the wild ones. There would be no point for her and her family to stay if this bill passes.	May-17-2011
Against	Please vote against this Bill. Water is going to be denied to wild life. You do not consider Mustangs and Burrows to be wild life. I believe this is inhumane and agains our american principles.	May-17-2011
Against	I am totally against this bill. This is murder to deny any animal water. It is very disappointing to know some Legislators are for this bill. Wild horses are a beautiful assest for people to see and it would be a travesty to deny them water. They are part of the American heritage.	May-17-2011
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Against	I think our Legislators should be spending time in getting our state turned around. The are our States National Treasure.	May-17-2011
Against	I am originally from NV and will be moving back next year. This is cruel, rude, and greed from the the Cattlemen. This will hurt the tourism and people will boycott the state. If this passes I will not move back to NV.	May-17-2011
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Against	As a frequent tourist to Nevada I won't be coming here is this bill passes. I will actively boycott the state NV.	May-17-2011
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Against	This is animal abuse and murder, to deny ANY animal access to water, wild or domestic! Our wild horses and burros are supposed to be protected under Federal law and for Nevada to decide how to kill these wild horses and burros (which this bill will!), is downright WRONG and we will no longer be spending any of our tourist $$$ in the beautiful state of Nevada if this insane bill passes! You should be ENCOURAGING and ENTICING visitors to your beautiful state to see your gorgeous wild horses, still living wild and free on our open BLM lands! You are one of the very fortunate states to be able to say you still have part of our Nation's heritage and National treasure, still living wild and free in your state. Please, defeat and kill this bill! Thank you.	May-17-2011
Against	Although I love Nevada I will never return if the bill passes.	May-17-2011
Against	This is abhorrant. I do visit LV, but am starting to feel a very unfriendly vibe from NV.	May-17-2011
For	"Nobody ever goes to Nevada to see the deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, birds, flowers, grasses, sage brush, or riparian zones. There is nothing there that anybody wants. Face it, to those from other areas it is a dry worthless waste land undeserving of any protection. Very little of the Great Basin is green. Very few people live there. Most people refer to it as a barren desert or the Great American Outback. Hell, we could dump all the feral horses out there and nobody would ever give a hoot. Hell, those dummies would be glad to sell what pride they have in what is left of that place for a few eco-bucks. If they don't go along with us we could boycott or out vote those locals."	May-17-2011
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Against	I believe that is will zero out the mustangs for NV if this bill passes. It will be cruel and it will cause a nightmare for sanctuary. There will be thousands of people angry.	May-17-2011
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Against	This is very upsetting to me to deny the mustangs and burrows while there are cattle grazing on PUBLIC LAND..	May-17-2011
Against	CONTINUED FROM HISTORY BELOW: It was in the 1978 PRIA Amendment that the words excess, overpopulation and removal were first introduced into the Act. This was summarized quite succinctly in a federal Appeals Court decision -- AHPA v. Watt – that still stands as precedent in the DC Circuit (694 F.2d 1310, 224 U.S.App.D.C. 335): The main thrust of the 1978 amendments is to cut back on the protection the Act affords wild horses, and to reemphasize other uses of the natural resources wild horses consume. The amendments introduce a definition of “excess” horses: horses are in “excess” if they “must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in that area.” 1317*342 16 U.S.C. § 1332(f) (Supp.IV 1980).FN30 This definition makes explicit what was, at most, implicit in the 1971 Act: public ranges are to be managed for multiple uses, not merely for the maximum protection of wild horses. (this legal analysis from an employee at a large legal organization) THE SAGEBRUSH REBELLION As important as the 1971 Wild Horse & Burro Freedom Act is to wild horse & burro issues, it is also important to know about the Sagebrush Rebellion, as these two forces act as weights on opposite ends of a teeter-totter of policy-making. The "Sagebrush Rebellion" in Nevada during the 1960's through late 1970's targeted wild horses as an expression of people's contempt for increasing federal interevention in their lives and ways of doing business. Animosity toward wild horses from the ranching community continues to this day. To understand wild horse politics, it is important to know about the Sagebrush Rebellion and the powerful effect it has had in the region, and continues to have. (PLEASE SEE: http://www.mustangs4us.com/history_5_modern_era.htm)	May-17-2011
Against	I want the wild horses and burros protected as they should be. This attitude is appalling. There is enough land it just needs to be managed properly.	May-17-2011
Against	Look at the history of politics: THE WILD HORSE PROTECTION MOVEMENT INTERVENES Tired of the cruelty and concerned about the possibility of wild horse extinction, Velma Johnson, aka "Wild Horse Annie" led a campaign of public awareness, and persuaded Congress to pass the Wild Free-Roaming Horse & Burro Act. Under the provisions of this law, wild horses and burros may not be captured for slaughter. Instead, the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) is charged with protecting and managing the wild herds. "In 1971, Congress introduced and passed The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHBA). President Richard M. Nixon signed the new Act into law (Public Law 92-195) on December 15, 1971. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act required the protection, management and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros. Local livestock operators now had to claim and permit their private horses and burros grazing on public lands or lose ownership of them. After a specified time period following passage of the Act, any remaining unbranded and unclaimed herds inhabiting BLM or Forest Service lands were declared "wild free-roaming horses and burros" and became the property of the federal government." In 1978, the Public Rangelands Improvement Act amended the WFRHBA and basically gutted it. PRIA gives the Secretary of Interior broad discretion to determine what and where excess horses are and to remove them. They can make the excess determination based on merely “all information currently available” to the Secretary, no matter how slipshod or invalid. The 1978 PRIA amendments stressed the multiple use concept and removal of horses to maintain a thriving ecological balance and protecting the range from deterioration associated with overpopulation of wild horses and burros. It gutted the provision that required herd areas be managed “principally” for the benefit of the wild horses. It was in the 1978 PRIA Amendment that the words excess, overpopulation and removal we	May-17-2011
Against	Just because the water is in Nevada doesn't make it yours or give you the right who can or can't drink it. Shame on you people, a GOD given gift and you use it for greed!! “If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”—Francis of Assisi “Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission—to be of service to them wherever they require it.”—Francis of Assisi “Animals are God’s creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals.”—Catechism of the Catholic Church “Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight…Christians whose eyes are fixed on the awfulness of crucifixion are in a special position to understand the awfulness of innocent suffering. The Cross of Christ is God's absolute identification with the weak, the powerless, and the vulnerable, but most of all with unprotected, undefended, innocent suffering.”— Reverend Andrew Linzey “Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance.…There is something so very dreadful…in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.”—Cardinal John Henry Newman “Animals, as part of God’s creation, have rights which must be respected. It behooves us always to be sensitive to their needs and to the reality of their pain.”—Dr. Donald Coggan, former Archbishop of Canterbury "When a human dies there is a bridge they must cross to enter into Heaven. At the head of that bridge waits every animal that human encountered during their lifetime. The animals, based on what they know	May-17-2011
Against	Nevada think good and hard to what you are suggesting...AB329 will be CATASTROPHIC....to not only YOU BY CHOOSING TO KILL ALL THE WILD HORSES & BURROS OF NEVADA But to your already struggling economy...	May-17-2011
Against	Please vote against this bill. If not my family will boycott Nevada.	May-17-2011
Against	If this Bill becomes law, do you folks in the west think it will stop in Nevada? Surely the people and tourists in Oatman, AZ realize the wild burros and all other wild life within the short span of 100 miles to Nevada state line will be affected. Our children will ask us, "Why can the horses and burros have drink mommy?" "Daddy, why do people want to see horses and burros die of thist in 120+ heat?" Perhaps the New Govenor Sandoval can answer our kids questions and ours!	May-17-2011
Against	I am against this bill and I will not be coming to nevada. I will tell my friends also. The only reason we come to Nevada is to see the wild mustang and burrows.	May-17-2011
Against	This is absurd. Who would want visit Nevada if this passes?	May-17-2011
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Against	This is horrific to single wild horses and burros. All animals that live on federal land are wild animals. Stop serving special interest of cattlemen. This would be a big black eye on the state.	May-17-2011
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Against	I can understand why you would want to deprive our wildhorses and burros of water. I am beyond furious.	May-17-2011
Against	I attended Gov Natural Resources last Friday. I was very impressed with the Senators especially Senator Manendo. Tourism benefits from the wildhorses. I take people out all the time to see the wildhorses. We would suffer as a state if this bill pass. Cattle are the spurge on the federal land.	May-17-2011
Against	I believe this unfare to the horses and burrows and a waste of tax payers dollars and a waste of time for the Legislators to even have this bill. I know a lot of people that will not come to Nevada for tourism and will vacation in another State.	May-17-2011
Against	I think this is horrible to deny horses and burrows water.	May-17-2011
Against	This is a travesty. Do deny the wild horses and burros water is shocking. This is their rightful land. People would boycott the state which would be more devasting for the economy.	May-17-2011
Against	I have a condo in NV and love to visit the wild mustangs. If this bill is passed I will sell the condo and never set foot in Nevada again.	May-17-2011
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Against	It's all about money, greed, getting that vote. It's time to stop thinking about yourselves and look at what's best for our state. These animals were here long before us and it is our responsibility to take care of history. Ranchers have it damn good and to keep wanting more and more that's greed and it needs to stop. You are the people that can. These animals deserve to live and survive just as good as any other wildlife. They are our history! For god sakes people, you chase them with helicopters and kills the young and old, now your looking to take their water rights! Is this the American way? You were voted in to do right now DO RIGHT! No more helicopters, enough of fighting over water...Money money money...ENOUGH!	May-17-2011
For	Boycott Hawaii, California, and Texas for killing wild hogs. Wild hogs are wildlife because they have no owners. Any free roaming animal is WILD! Hogs have been on earth longer than humans. There is DNA proof! They have as much right to be in Hawaii as the indigenous animals that have evolved in that unique ecosystem. Man has survived for thousands of years eating pork and we all owe the pig for their contribution to our life on this earth. Who are these people that would kill wild hogs? Hawaii should put the wild hog on it's quarter. PIGS ARE SMARTER THAN DOGS! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED IF YOU EVER ATE A PORK CHOP! WHAT WOULD GOD THINK OF US?	May-17-2011
Against	As an educator teaching in a language academy, I followed the definitions of "wildlife" "domesticated" and "undomesticated" as they are given in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Wildlife is all living things that are undomesticated. To domesticate means to adapt to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans. Wild horses are not living in intimate and close association with humans. “Un” means removed, released from, or ceased to be. Wild horses cease to be domesticated. The definitions are all here and would apply to wild horses being wildlife.	May-16-2011
Against	PLEASE STOP THE STARVING AND TORTURE OF OUR HORSES AND BURROS> LET THEM HAVE WATER !!!! PLEASE !!!!	May-16-2011
Against	I would like to see the Legislators go with out water for a week. I want the horses and burrows to have all the water they need.	May-16-2011
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Against	Wildlife is our most important national asset. Ecological diversity is as valuable as gold and needs protection.	May-16-2011
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Against	Wild horses & burros are to be protected for the benefit of the American people. Your state should be doing it's part to help carry out that mandate, not subvert it in favor of commercial interests.	May-16-2011
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Against	If this bill passes, I WILL NEVER SPEND A SINGLE PENNY ever again in your state and will never stop campaigning to keep others from spending tourist dollars in such a CRUEL state	May-16-2011
Against	Bill would deprive mustangs & burros of water. Mustangs & burros are entitled to designation of Beneficial Use.	May-16-2011
Against	Wild horses are indigenous to North America. Do not deprive them of water.	May-16-2011
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Against	The wild life in our state of Nevada have as much right to water if not more so than the Ranchers of this state....I do realize that we are in a drought cycle and that means all of us must learn to conserve our most precious resource that being water...Ranchers must keep there herds to a very minimum and our horses and burros must meet the same standard...The very thought of any of our wild life being denied access to our water resources is at very best insenitive if not totally insane..I have been told by more than one Rancher and a few of our politicians that the Burros and Horses are not indigenous to Nevada....but think about it....ARE WE. I ask you to do the right thing....for your own peace of mind and for our Children....You set the example for our children....Vote No On AB329. Sincerely : Daniel & Charlotte LeVar.	May-16-2011
Against	Those voting for this bill should be cut off from water themselves, or anything that has water in it.	May-16-2011
Against	Please do not pass this horrible bill. This bill will authorize the restriction of the wild horses and burros from water. Their lives are at stake, this is the most cruel and inhumane idea any one could possibly conceive. Shame on the people who wrote it, and shame on you if you pass it.	May-15-2011
Against	If an animal is not domestic, it is wild. A wild horse or a wild burro are not domestic, therefore they are wild, which in turn gives them the designation of wildlife. All horses and burros that now run wild, should be rounded up and domesticated, then they would not be considered wildlife, and could be removed from the wildlife designation. Until that happens, I am against removing wild horses and burros from the designation of wildlife.	May-15-2011
Against	Shame on anyone who would vote to keep any of God's creatures from their right's.	May-15-2011
Against	this bill has a major flaw in that it does not include (wild) horses and burros. this is a must have since Nevada has such a large population of such and their survival could turn tourism into an even larger industry. It would be in humane to not include them.	May-15-2011
Against	Burros and Horse were here FIRST. Denying the water is animal cruelty. I feel strongly about this and am AGAINST it. Please put your humanity OVER special interests.	May-15-2011
Against	Have the politicians is this State lost their mind, depriving life of water!The ranchers once cast their horses to the wild, the horses survived and have now become a western landscape. Now once again, ranchers, want to decide their fate, because there is no personal gain for themselves. Let's not forget stewardship, of this great land, and all it's habitants. I pay my taxes to Dept of Agric of this state, as well as other taxes, as so many other constituents, who delight at the horses story of steadfast will for survival and existence, their represented strength, endurance, magnificent beauty. horses, their strengh and magnificent beauty	May-15-2011
Against	As it has been put, the horses have water now, but what happens next year. why is this even being presented? Who is going to benefit from this? NO water, gives another reason to remove more horses and burros. tax payers paying for the care, when it cost $350,000 for the helicopter cowboys. waste of money. In our economy, we need to save our money. Wild horses have been on these ranges long before the cattle came. they were the ones who built this country. this bill is not fair to our country's historical icons.	May-15-2011
Against	I am a teacher in Nevada and have watched this current legislation as they have slaughtered our education budgets (and continue to do so). I make my voice heard against that and also against your proposals to now slaughter Nevada's wild horses and burros. Education doesn't bring in tourist dollars but the wildlife in Nevada does bring it in. I have seen numerous tourists looking for wild burros in Red Rocks and the thrill when they see them. I live and vote in Nevada and urge you to vote against AB329 which aims to deny wild horses and burros access to water on public lands. Please also reject SJR5 when it comes to the Assembly for a vote. That resolution would place the state in opposition to the creation of wild horse preserves in Nevada. I am a taxpayer and the public lands belong to all Americans - not just cattlemen who want to see wild horses and burros removed from them. AB329 and SJR5 only serve the interests of a small number of cattlemen. The bill offers no solutions to range land health or the wild horse issues. Nevada must take advantage of the fact that it has the largest population of wild horses and burros on public lands and must protect these animals. Nevada should not take any action, such as passing AB329 or SJR5, to undermine the long-term viability of these American treasures. Wild horses can be protected on the open range without compromising range land health. Wild horses and burros are few in number and greatly outnumbered by privately-owned livestock on public lands throughout our state. What is good for mustangs is good for Nevada - please vote no on AB329 and SJR5.	May-15-2011
Against	This is the most deplorable, cruel, inhumane and underhanded way to annihilate what is left of our majestic wild horses, for the sake of GREEDY cattlemen. Please continue to protect the wild horses and burros. VOTE NO on AB329	May-14-2011
Against	this bill is stricktly for the CATTLE ranchers . the wildhorse have FIRST water rights .this bill is pure EVIL . if we are not going to recognise first rights then GET THE RANCHERS OFF OUR FEDERAL LANDS ! I'm tired of the FRICKIN COW PATTIES next to the streams . at least the horse poo brakes down . and funny it's COWS that piss in the creeks and contaminate them .THIS BILL IS ONLY TO REMOVE WATER FROM HORSES AND BURROS !!! evil	May-14-2011
Against	I am boycotting the state of Nevada until the leaders stop protecting business-owners over our environment. I read many of the comments "For" this bill, and to imply that horses are "freeloaders" is absolutely insane. We need to take responsibility for the destruction of our planet and resources, and increase, not deny, protection to those animals and other wildlife and plants in our environment who do not have a voice to speak over the lobbyists. People need to wake up and realize that our governing forces don't do anything that doesn't involve a profit to them in the future. If the average individual really thinks our lawmakers keep the public's best interest in mind when they make these decisions, they are absolutely delusional. For whatever reason, the wild horses EXIST in Nevada, and as part of our cultural heritage, the symbol of liberty for our nation, and to protect any species' inherent "right to exist", we need to put an end to biased decision-makers' absolute disregard for the future of our planet. Boycott NEVADA products (especially cattle-related products and meat) until the legislators put an end to this insanity and do what's best for ALL our creatures, including US!	May-14-2011
Against	This is cruel and wrong. We're better people than this. At least I hope we are.	May-14-2011
For	Please pass AB329 and protect Nevada's natural resources. The truth is all other states have already done more to keep the feral horse out of their states. No other state has as many free roaming horses as Nevada. The federal government has already fenced them out of Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Everglades and all other national treasures because of their destructive nature. Why should Nevada have more feral horses than Texas, California, Colorado, Florida or any other state? Many states have more grass and water and would make a better home for these horses, but all of these states will not allow them to roam on their land. Most Nevadan's are kind and generous people and would not mind a few loose horses if the other states would take the rest. Just be fair.	May-14-2011
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Against	I cannot believe that the State of Nevada and all there would even consider passing such a callis law, my God people have you no respect for the Animal that settled your State and resides on the back of your quarter??????? have you all lost your minds , Please reconsider this horrible thing you propose to do.............TRhese are the living Breathing legends of your past and your future please PROTECT them don not Destroy them...........	May-14-2011
Against	There comes a point when you have to place a higher value on living things, period. Mustangs represent a special part of our life on Earth and should not be treated anything less than worthy of life.	May-14-2011
Against	EXCUSE ME? WILD HORSES AND BURROS NOT WILDLIFE????? AND YOU RICH CATTLE RANCHER'S WANT TO LINE YOUR POCKETS, WHAT NOT ENOUGH WATER TO GO AROUND? GUESS YOU WANT THE NEVADA STATE QUARTER TO HAVE DEAD HORSES ON THEM. GUESS NOTHING IS SACRED BUT THE GREED OF MONEY. HOPE THIS BILL DOES NOT PASS, KARMA WILL KICK YOU IN THE BUTT, MAD COW DISEASE HAS NOT BEEN ERADICATED. NEVADA IS IN THE HOT SEAT AND EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD IS WATCHING THE OUTCOME. NEVADA TOURISM IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW, FORECLOSURES AT THEIR HIGHEST. SOUNDS LIKE NEVADA WANTS TO BE A GHOST TOWN. BOYCOTTING NEVADA UNTIL HOPEFULLY SOMEONE HAS ENOUGH SENSE THAT WILD HORSES AND BURROS ARE WILDLIFE AND GET THE WATER THEY DESERVE LIKE ANY OTHER LIVING CREATURE. ALSO BOYCOTTING THE BEEF INDUSTRY. DON'T EAT IT ANYWAY AS YOU HAVE TO COOK THE SHIT OUT OF IT AS NOT TO GET E-COLI!	May-13-2011
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Against	Please protect Nevada's mustangs & burros. Fossil evidence shows the horse originated in The Great Basin. Please use a dictionary or standard definition to define words like wild animals and humane, and do not make special exclusions without public consent.	May-13-2011
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Against	An outrage to consider declaring wild horses NOT to be wildlife. What are they then? They are not feral, that is defined as an escaped domestic reverted to wild - these horses have been wild since the early 1500s! Wild horses are federally protected animals and declared by law to be principle features of the lands where they roamed in 1971 - that includes the ranges of Nevada. They are entitled to water and Nevada is not entitled to fence off water sources based on the ravings of cattlemen and big game hunters who would like ALL of the water for their interests and who would like ALL wild horses OFF "their" land, all for their own benefit. These interests do not serve wild horses, burros or even wild game. Americans derive no benefit from stopping wild horses from accessing water, in fact they are harmed by this. There will be a huge boycott of NV tourism, products & services if this law is passed because Americans are not in support of endangering America's wild horses.	May-13-2011
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Against	Wild horses and burros deserve access to water on public lands in Nevada; to vote otherwise is inhumane.	May-13-2011
Against	NO NO NO The wild horses are my legacy. They deserve water in Nevada. NOT cattle.	May-13-2011
Against	This is cruel and inhumane.	May-13-2011
Against	INHUMANE IN ALL RESPECTS	May-13-2011
Against	Unless a living creature is domesticated, it's wild life. Denying water to ANY creature is immoral; and doing it to line the pockets of interest groups like the hunting and cattle industries is even worse.	May-13-2011
Against	I do not believe in this. How can you deny them of water.	May-13-2011
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Against	I cannot believe you are trying to keep the water from the mustangs and burrows. It is un American. These mustangs and burrows have been here for years and years. The cattleman are taking over. There is no reason for this to happen.	May-13-2011
Against	I am shocked and disgusted with the humans whom vomited up this treachery, attack and bill to once again attempt to destroy the Wild Horses and Burrows to serve self interest. It is very clear whom is behind this Nazi Tactic and bill! Drum Roll, please, BIG CATTLE, SHEEP, MINNING AND OIL! Like the whole World does not know. I for one will not be brainwashed to buy or eat your cattle/meet! You’re NEED for greed and NARCISSTIC GRANDISICTY IS DISGUSTING AND REVIELING! WAKE UP! YOU DON’T OWN ANYTHING AND ANY LIVING BEING! GET THE ‘REAL’ WEALTH GROW A HEART AND GET SOME COMPASSION AND GROW UP! “LIVE AND LET LIVE!”	May-13-2011
Against	I live and vote in Nevada and urge you to vote against AB329 which aims to deny wild horses and burros access to water on public lands. Please also reject SJR5 when it comes to the Assembly for a vote. That resolution would place the state in opposition to the creation of wild horse preserves in Nevada. I am a taxpayer and the public lands belong to all Americans - not just cattlemen who want to see wild horses and burros removed from them. AB329 and SJR5 only serve the interests of a small number of cattlemen. The bill offers no solutions to range land health or the wild horse issues. Nevada must take advantage of the fact that it has the largest population of wild horses and burros on public lands and must protect these animals. Nevada should not take any action, such as passing AB329 or SJR5, to undermine the long-term viability of these American treasures. Wild horses can be protected on the open range without compromising range land health. Wild horses and burros are few in number and greatly outnumbered by privately-owned livestock on public lands throughout our state. What is good for mustangs is good for Nevada - please vote no on AB329 and SJR5.	May-13-2011
Against	Corruption is a problem for every state in the union, what is troubling is that a certain Group of Tax Payer supported (welfare)cattle rancher's with Grazing rights at an all time low for this section of the United state's They are stealing. What is troubling the most is they condone the behavior of depriving another living creature who resides in the area in question the State of Nevada is under federal protection since 1971 water signing their death warrant is inhumane and immoral. By voting for passage of this bill you are excusing this pattern of behavior for those that don't pay their far share of federal taxes and violating the humane laws just for a dozen of so tax payer supported ranchers. vote NO!	May-13-2011
Against	DO NOT PASS THIS!!! Animals are the most pure beautiful creatures on the planet!	May-13-2011
Against	This is unfathamble that this could be done to a living creature. People that are for the bill should go into the desert and not have water. I beg you not to pass this bill - have compassion. They are our treasures and respresent being an American.	May-13-2011
Against	I urge you to oppose this bill. Wild Horses in Nevada are one of our treasures and we should be doing thing to preserve them - not make it worse for their habitat. Many people come to our state to see the wild horses and many of us living here enjoy seeing them as well.	May-13-2011
Against	There have to be more reasonable and humane ways to address concerns about the wild horse population. I don't believe the potential ramifications of this bill have been adequately explored and fear that we are acting in haste - only to regret the unforeseen consequences for years to come. This rush-to-judgment bill, requested by ranchers, appears to push an agenda for a limited, special interest group for its own benefit, without regard to the horrific consequences to wild horses and burros - or to Nevada's image (important to economic growth). This bill makes Nevada look absolutely barbaric in the eyes of the world. Remember the dire economic consequences to Arizona in the aftermath of their recent controversial immigration bill? Can we afford that kind of negative publicity right now? Ranchers already get a great deal, grazing their cattle on public land supported by my tax dollars for pennies a head. As a tax payer, longtime Nevada resident, and an ethical, humane person, I want to ensure that wild horses and burros have access to any water on public land. Please, please do NOT let this inhumane and potentially devastating bill for Nevada see the light of day. There are better solutions.	May-13-2011
Against	Mustangs should be saved.	May-13-2011
For	IT IS THE FERAL HORSES THAT ARE TAKING THE WATER FROM INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE. No one is building any fences. I applaud the courage of our legislators that stand up to this ignorant lynch mob and their threats. Threats are the last words of a desperate group of bullies. Do you run your state by who offers up the most threats? Let Nevada run Nevada. No I am not a rancher. I am a conservationist that has seen first hand the damage feral horses do the the Great Basin ecosystem. Butt out!	May-13-2011
Against	Oppose this bill. It would be extremetly inhumane and a disgrace to withhold water to the wild horses and burros. Civilization would not have happened without the wild horse. They made the West and do so much for our economy.	May-13-2011
Against	This is a discrase to hold water from these beautiful mustangs and burrows.	May-13-2011
Against	In regard to wild horses, they are indeed entitled to drink water. It is inhumane to consider otherwise. They are part of our Nevada heritage and I know from first hand experience in bringing in groups of out of state professionals, that wild horses are a huge tourist draw. Denying them access to water is so wrong. It makes me wonder, what is the real agenda here. Please, let's talk about real issues and not punish innocent animals, important to Nevada and it's economy, because people want access to land use. Let's talk about that.	May-13-2011
Against	I live in Pa. Dear God who would propose a bill like this to make these Animals die of starvation. and WHAT IS WRONG WITH NEV.LEGISLATORS.	May-13-2011
Against	i can't even believe this is actually happening! why in the hell did u put wild horses on you're state quarter a few years back? remember? thought u loved them? and now u want to deny them water access? wanting them to have a long ,slow painful death? i am so in shock and pissed over this! if this bill passes i''m afraid other states will follow , and the blm will get their wish and all our living wild symbols of the old west will be gone eraticated out by the very people who are susposed to protect them! what a national embarishment this is! someone tell me this is a dream and wake me the hell up!!	May-13-2011
Against	While it is important to manage horse populations, a lot of bad management has taken place. To fence horses from water is an act of cruelty, to report that there is over population when there is not is deceptive and dishonest. I have family in NV and this bill "Takes the Cake" on cruel and unusual punishment to animals, especially the wild horses. Cattlemen would be charged for not providing water to their stock, well the horses are a part of america, and after the movie the War Horse comes out, there will be a LOT of public sentiment for what horses have done for us. NV is going to look like "Cruelty Central" and totally anti-american because social media is spreading this. This message WILL cost NV MONEY, the money you spend on public image and tourism will have to be increased to deal with the negitive publicity this generates. this is one of the hidden costs to this bill. "Your Gambling Dollars Kill Horses" has a nice ring to it for t-shirts and bumperstickers & postings on facebook, NV is this really what you want?? To deny animals water is an extremely cruel act.	May-13-2011
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Against	there are a group of 6 welfare ranches. They are trying to restrick our wild horses who are federally protected. I will leave this state.	May-13-2011
Against	We Nevadans put the horse on our quarter for a reason. the wild horse is the iconic image of our state. Nevada is simply not recognizing or acknowledging the gold mine in tourism dollars that these animals bring into the state. By the amount of comments against the bill it is obvious that wild horses have a great deal of support in Nevada. Lets get a few facts straight. Livestock destroy water sources, the hang around them and in them trampling all vegetation and soil the water with feces. Wild horses come to drink and move on, they recognize the water hole as a place of danger from predation. I have photographed many water sources destroyed by cattle and also photographed pristine water sources used by horses with the absence of cattle. It is simply not true that wild horses are doing the damage or drinking all the water when they are outnumbered some 50 to 1 by taxpayer subsidized cattle. This is just another tactic by ranchers and big game hunters to eliminate the horses and use our public lands as if it was owned solely by them. Vote No, please.	May-13-2011
Against	Those who can issue the yea or nay should know that AB329 could generate a firestorm of negativity towards the state and will definitely impact your number one industry. I just read that a single typical casino employs more Nevadans that the entire livestock industry, I'm certainly not trying to tell Nevada how to govern itself but since I am a regular patron I feel that if my money is good enough to be accepted my opinions certainly should be as well. This bill, AB329, will benefit only a very small number of Nevadans and even for those few would generate a minimal amount of revenue/income. On the opposite side, if passed, the potential loss of tourist dollars alone from those of us who adamantly oppose this "Reclassification" of OUR Wild Horses and Burros will surely far exceed what a handful of livestock ranchers will make. You do the math, Just 100 lost tourists could easily keep several hundreds of thousands of dollars coming into the state per visit. FYI if this bill does become law, besides the loss of tourist dollars, the state will most likely end up spending millions of dollars in litigation since there has already been judicial precedence set and it favors the US Congress which has designated a special status for OUR Wild Horses and Burros. Nevada Senators, really think about this one, there will be huge ramifications if AB329 becomes Nevada law.	May-13-2011
Against	It is absolutely incomprehencible to me how this could even be considered as a law. What backward poisoned minds came up with this evil and brutal idea? Mustangs are "Wild" and they are (currently) alive which translates to "life"...thus they ARE "WILDLIFE"!!! Not everyone that ventures into the state of Nevada goes there just to gamble in Las Vegas. Some, like me, wish to see the wild horses, roaming free in what is left of our undeveloped and unspoiled lands with the option to get a drink of water if they are thirsty.	May-13-2011
Against	This bill is unconstitutional. It will also deny ranchers on horseback, sheepherders and recreational users such as Pony Express Renactors use of these resources. Horses are indigenous to the US , as are bison, camels, llamas, and wolves. The penalty for killing horses is hanging so every one of you who votes for this will be subject to this law. Cows are not indigenous or healthy for the environment. Bison and horses can coexist on the range. Get the cattlemen to switch herds and there will be no problem. Wovoka the Paiute medicine man saw this. I am a Native american and you will lose our vote if any of you vote for this, we will oppose it and encourage the BLM to remove cattle from the range because they certainly do not belong there. We also know the mining industry wants this water as does Vegas but we will oppose this also. How can you regulate the water, or land, or air? God gave this to all of us to share and commanded us and the animals to multiply and replenish the Earth. These are magnificent animals who would not be overpopulated if four wheelers were outlawed on federal land. It is just plain lazy not to take care of a horse because you can park a four wheeler and go watch cable instead of taking care of an animal. It will hurt the tourist industry and have a very negative effect on the National finals rodeo money if you do this you put Vegas in danger of losing it once word gets out how you treat horses here in the state. There are many more PRCA MEMBERS who would vote to move the finals than live in Nevada. You might as well shoot yourself in the foot for such an act. I am a fourth generation cowboy and a veteran and will certainly email all of my family in the state who all own horses. You will also stop tours of Red Rock and impact many other buisnesses and sheriffs possees. No one has thought this through, stop now or I promise it will hurt the state much more than help. I am a biologist and wildlife volunteer and will hang this law up in court un	May-13-2011
Against	I understand that the farmers need water for their crops and animals, however, there has to be a better solution than cutting the wild horses off from getting any water. This is a terrible solution to the water situation - there has to be some way for the wild horses to co-exist with mankind. To imagine that we are consciously subjecting them to a certain extinction is unthinkable. Animal Rights people will have a field day with this and they should! This seems like just another way we are ruining our earth. Makes alot of us very scared about what the future holds for both animals and man. Please work to see that this does not happen. Make place for water areas for these animals. This is a horrible unconscionable way to deal with this situation. It is a sad day for man to allow this atrocity to happen.	May-13-2011
Against	I can't believe this would be considered. It is outrageous and inhumane!!!	May-13-2011
Against	Nevada! You have sorely missed your 'mark'. You could be MAKING tourism dollars by adding eco-tourism dollars to your coffers by taking visitors to your state to view these magnificent Mustangs & Burros.. Instead you want them dead? BLM will take the last animal out there unless you stop them, and STOP this ludicris bill. Dead horses don't make good tourism dollars. My yearly vacation to Vegas is permanently cancelled due to the fact that you would let a bill such as this even hit the 'floor'. How 'bout us folks from Colorado stop the Colorado River from sending all the water your way? How would Nevada feel about NO water? Not so good, I'm guessing. My friends and family are very aware of this and they assure me that their dollars will be spent elsewhere this vacation season. Joey Westhead, Golden Colorado	May-13-2011
Against	Wildlife has excluded wild horses. Not sure the purpose of this bill other than to make sure the state engineer handling water resources makes sure that they don't get water. Just another effort by ranchers and farmers to make sure there are no more wild horses. What happens to the rest of the 90% of the state who care about wild horses.	May-13-2011
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Against	Maybe you should stop shooting yourself in the foot. Look to develop win-win situations. Tourist are refusing to come to NV because of your war on the wild horse. Birth control and sanctuaries are two very viable POSITIVE solutions.	May-13-2011
Against	You have to be entirely cruel to even consider this. May you be the animal in your next life and experience the pain you wish to cause them. Boycott Nevada will be a huge Facebook Action if this goes through. Please vote for kindness not cruelty.	May-13-2011
Against	To with hold water from any living creature is to make it suffer and in itself is cruel.Nevada is sinking low on this one.Water for millions of cattle but not for our american mustangs.It wont only be them that suffer! I am against this bill "BIG TIME" !!	May-13-2011
Against	Wild Horses are and will always be wild life. Between this fiasco and the blm you are killing them off.My poker club and I go to Las Vegas every year, for the WSP and also come out there for the Rodeo in December. If this bill passes, I won't step foot in your State again. I am sure many feel the same. I saw the last herd in Red Rock, right before they were removed, I am heartbroken with what is happening to our WILD horses.	May-13-2011
Against	Why not just kill all the hores and feed the meat to our school kids.	May-13-2011
Against	Nevada's mustangs are the symbol on our state quarter - why would be not allow them access of "public" water. They are a wildlife. Cattle are not wildlife and yet they have access of "public" water. I have been a resident of Nevada for over 40 years and am an avid outdoors woman and hunter. I seldom see a wild horse, but I see plenty of cattle pooping in the "public" water supply. Vote no on AB 362 please.	May-13-2011
Against	We strongly urge you to vote against passage of AB 329 which removes wild horses and burros from the term "wildlife". Wild horses are the image voted to be on our state quarter and they deserve to be allowed access to public water resources that are available to all other wildlife in the state of Nevada. Removing wild horses from the designation "wildlife" is another ploy by huge private interest groups to remove wild horses from public lands for their own gain and not in the public interest. Please help save these beautiful magnificent animals. When you see them in the wild, they are representative of freedom that we all love and aspire to. As avid outdoors persons, we feel very strongly about the preservation of these beautiful animals. We have lived in Nevada more than 40 years and It is truly a breathtaking and inspiring experience to see wild horses running free. Robert and Amy Montgomery Henderson, NV	May-13-2011
Against	Have the lawmakers in the state of Nevada completely lost their minds? Wild horses and wild burros not wildlife? How absolutely preposterous and unbelievablyinhumane can you people be? The wild horse and burro herds are NATIONAL TREASURES. PROTECT THEM and stop selling out to ranchers who want the use of these lands for their own selfish money -making interests.	May-12-2011
Against	If wild horses and burros are not wildlife, why is the NV Dept. of Wildlife responsible for them when they stray from public lands? Either keep the laws as is, or make them tougher. NRS 504.490 Unlawful acts; penalty. 1. Any person, not authorized to do so, who: (a) Removes or attempts to remove a wild horse from the public lands; (b) Converts a wild horse to private use; (c) Harasses a wild horse or, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, kills a wild horse; 2. A person who willfully and maliciously kills a wild horse is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1889; A 1999, 2516)	May-12-2011
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Against	This is the most inhumane legislation I have ever seen. I was just in Nevada in February and enjoyed the wild horses immensely. If you pass this Bill, I don't think I will ever think of your state in a positive manner. We all know this really isn't about the horses, or the cattle for that matter! Why not consider the eco sanctuary concept...oh yeh, your trying to make that go away too, just like the mustangs. Well we're not giving up.	May-12-2011
Against	This bill has the potential to eliminate (i.e. kill) large numbers of wild horses in the cruelest way possible: by blocking their access to drinking water and letting them die from thirst. Under state law, “wildlife purposes” are designated “beneficial uses of water.” This bill could keep wild horses from their present and rightful access to water. By changing the definition of what constitutes "wildlife" to exclude wild horses and burrows. That’s what Assembly Bill 329 does—it removes wild horses and burros, and only these animals, from the State of Nevada’s definition of “wildlife.” This bill, which has the potential to devastate Nevada’s majestic wild herds, has already passed the Nevada Assembly and is now being debated in the Senate. I urge you to vote NO on AB329. Thank you. One of your voting constituents, Marianne Merriam	May-12-2011
Against	http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nlguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A38FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5313 THIS ARTICLE FROM 1906, STATING AND OBSERVING THOUSANDS OF WILD HORSES ROAMING THE PLANES AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 6 GENERATIONS IN 1906, PROVES THAT THE WILD HORSES HAVE BEEN IN NEVADA FOR OVER 200 YEARS. IT PROVES THAT WILD HORSES ARE WILD LIFE!!	May-12-2011
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Against	The impact of such lunacy will affect all Nevadans. The monopolizing by special interest groups who have the audacity to dismiss the truth for greed will be noted by the rest of the world and bring Nevada down. The sabotaging of facts by ranchers is an outrage and insult to all Americans who treasure this icon. Mustangs are native, not feral - Nevada will go down in history as a corrupt and unworthy state, blind manipulators who shame America and its history which was built on the mustangs' back !!!	May-12-2011
Against	Wild horses are wildlife in my nevada, and they deserve the same rights to acess water as all other wildlife.	May-12-2011
For	horses and burroes are not native to this state they were turned loose many years ago like so many cats and dogs and I am very tired of seeing taxes go toward supporting them you should pass this bill . ab329	May-12-2011
Against	5-13-2011 MY TESTIMONY REGARDING 0PPOSITION TO AB 329. My email on 4-21-2011 to the 7 Nay voters in the NV Assembly: Thank you so much for your Nay vote on AB329. It is clear that free-roaming wild horses and burros of Nevada are wildlife and must be recognized under the term “wildlife”. They are Wildlife by Nature and Wildlife by Federal Law. History as well as evolutionary and Mitochondrial DNA (Fazio/Kirkpatrick) evidence confirms this. Why are we trying to “destroy the horse we rode in on”? Please, please help to stop the passage of this immoral bill in the Senate. ADDENDUM 5-13-2011: To Honorable Members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources: Please stop AB329. See the multiple references I have complied below regarding America’s Wild Horses-Burros. Nevada must once and for all cease the ongoing propaganda raged against America’s wild horses-burros on our public lands and welcome them into the 21st Century as Wild Horse Annie and the children intended under the 1971 Wild Horse Annie Federal Act. Water rights are as much theirs as any other creature on our public lands. How can the few remaining free-roaming wild horses-burros have any significant impact on public lands water when there are allegedly only 17,000 (quote by NV Senator Dean Rhoads) remaining free-roaming wild ones VERSUS several million grazing domestic livestock (5-18-1999 Work Session on SB 310, BLM estimated 2,306,665 AUMs within Nevada which is at least 4,600,000 cows and their calves) grazing and partaking of water from our public lands? Ludicrous! “These horses belong to all the people of America and they exist on lands that belong to all the people of America.” Velma “Wild Horse Annie” Johnston.? Sincerely and Respectfully?, Betty Kelly, M.D. (retired pediatrician and long time wild horse advocate/rescuer.) 25 Lewers Creek Road Carson City (Washoe Valley) NV 89704 Northern Nevada resident since 1970 775-883-5488-home 775-741-7423-cell A few historical RE	May-12-2011
Against	If I were part of the Nevada legislating governing body I would think long into the proposed bill AB329, to vote on this would equate to political suicide.	May-12-2011
Against	Who are you to redefine wildlife!? Nature dictates what is wild and gives freely her food and water to all who roam. By stealing water from the "wildlife" you deem unworthy, you take away their right to survive on land that was set aside for them! Stop your bulldozer of greed and let them be!	May-12-2011
Against	Our family has traveled to Nevada and and enjoyed viewing the wild areas of Nevada and the Wild Horses. I don't understand how a few ranchers can pass such a ridiculous bill to keep the Wild Horses from water. Maybe they need to take the Wild Horse off the face of the state quarter also? We won't be coming back if this bill passes. Many states including mine, Pennsylvania, now have casinos with table games as well as horse racing so Nevada tourism needs to look at ALL of it's resources including the Wild Horses and lobby to keep this bill AB329 from happening.	May-12-2011
Against	Please immediately halt consideration of this misguided, irresponsible, and cruel bill. It will spell a slow dehydration death for Nevada wild horses and burros, for the ranchers will fence them off from their water sources! Federal legislation gave the land to the wild horses and burros, and now lawmakers are buckling to greedy business interests. This rampant spinelessness on the part of politicians and policymakers is despicable and yet you have the opportunity to step up and do the right thing. Please do so at once. To show such blatant disregard for wildlife (yes, wildlife--ask an ecologist) is morally reprehensible.	May-12-2011
Against	It's blatantly obvious that you politicians are getting paid off by special interests, in particular the cattle ranchers. You are probably big buddies of Salazar. Tired of you good ole boys putting your damn special interests before our wildlife -- of course wild horses are wildlife, idiots -- and our environment. If this bill goes through, may bad karma come back and bite you in your evil political asses for passing such an evil, inhumane and evironmentally unfriendly bill. And if the cattle ranchers aren't to blame for this, then my next best guess would be oil or gas. Shame on you all. You are a disgrace to the American people and America would be a much better place without evil, greedy politicians like those of you who would pass such a bill. Please prove the American people wrong and show some integrity! Jayne Foreman	May-12-2011
Against	To restrict access to water for any animal, domestic, feral, or wild is simply unconscionable and cruel. Animals do not build fences, nor do they intentionally hoard resources. They do attempt to meet their own needs according to the natural order of biology. The wild horses and burros that continue to range in Nevada are an asset to the environment rather than a burden when allowed to follow the natural order. They are also an asset in terms of tourism. Without the horses and burros, I have no desire to ever visit Nevada again.	May-12-2011
Against	On Federal Land, wild animals first, livestock second. Wild horses and burros belong to the land and should be protected, with a benefit to tourism.	May-12-2011
Against	I find this bill to be appalling in it's contradiction as well as it's intent. "As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, “wildlife” means any wild mammal, wild bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, mollusk or crustacean found naturally in a wild state, whether indigenous to Nevada or not and whether raised in captivity or not. The term does not include any wild horse or burro." Seriously? I absolutely do not support this bill and will be watching for which of you does when considering whom to vote for in the next election.	May-12-2011
Against	If this special-interest bill passes, "every wild animal in Nevada — whether native or non-native, captive or wild-born, from mollusks to mammals — except wild horses and burros will be entitled to access water in the state."	May-12-2011
Against	Keeping animals from water is inhumane, appalling, and a political time bomb. I am from a ranching background and it shocks me that politicians and some ranchers are even considering support of this bill. If it passes, Nevada will feel the backlash from all who care about animals, including "ranchers" who understand that this bill is indicative of an all-time moral low point. Next time (and IF) I visit Nevada I will keep my hand out of my wallet. This bill is disgusting - truly!!!	May-12-2011
Against	wild·life n. "Wild animals and vegetation, especially animals living in a natural, undomesticated state" "all living things (except people) that are undomesticated" "flora and fauna, animals" "all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms." In other words, HORSES. (And federally protected horses at that.)	May-12-2011
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Against	Our Wild Horses and Burro's are a National Treasure, this bill has only been put in place by the greedy ranchers and the Hunters who are harvesting crops for money so they will have more Elk,Big Horn Sheep,Etc. to shoot and kill. The Wild Horses and Burro's have a place in our eco system just as all the others living animals due. The number of Wild Horses and Burro's is declinded in resent years even though the BLM will tell you they are to many, PLEASE take the time to read the 2009/2010 Gather Reports of the BLM, you will see for your self the numbers they quote are untrue. This is just another way to remove the Wild Horses and Burro's from the PUBLIC RANGES that the ranchers have enjoyed for so many generations to profit from, and we the TAX PAYER get the bills. This needs to stop, and the hunters who have formed huge profits in the millions each year from tags that are purchaced. The Greed is now wanting to take the water away from living animals for profit, that have been here for hundreds of years and that American People want to see and enjoy. Please VOTE NO ON this BILL, Please Help Save whats left of OUR AMERICAN WILD HORSES AND BURRO'S IN THE WEST. THANK YOU	May-12-2011
Against	I find this bill appalling and unnecessarily cruel. I am ashamed that Nevada’s lawmakers could even consider such a barbaric piece of legislation, let alone vote for it. As usual the instigators, cattlemen, want to use even more public resources for their own selfish purpose. Through history, cattlemen have proven themselves to be poor stewards of our public lands, letting their cattle destroy the landscape, streams, vegetation and wildlife habitat. Now they want to appropriate public waters, water that sustains all wildlife but that isn’t all they want. Now they want the right to pick and choose which wildlife they deem worthy of access to our public waters. Cattlemen want it all; they want it as cheap as possible; and they don’t care who or what is hurt by their greed. This bill is a step backwards to the mentality of 150 years ago. No wonder Nevada’s economy is dying. It is time to realize that travelers to Nevada deeply appreciate our iconic wild horses and burros. They are beautiful and romantic remnants of our history. Do not condemn Nevada’s wild horses and burros to a cruel death, for the greed of special interests, the barbaric, unconscionable cattlemen.	May-12-2011
Against	Are you in the legislature keeping count of the for/against comments here? If you are, and if you are doing your jobs, you cannot possibly pass this abominable bill. It is beyond clear that a vast majority of voters commenting here are 200% AGAINST this bill and its depraved purpose. This bill is not only bad for wild horses and burros, it is very bad for Nevada--can you begin to fathom the damage to Nevada's tourist industry that's already been done just by the fact that this bill has gotten this far in the legislative process? And the people (are they really that?) who wrote and passed this bill in the House this call themselves human beings?	May-12-2011
Against	Instead of trying to destroy the wildness of NV to serve a few big interests, how about preserving and BUILDING on it for the interests of the entire nation! We do a lot of advertising for tourism for Las Vegas, but what of the thousands of people who would prefer to see nature at its finest. These are the people - now and generations to come - who need to be served, not the ranchers!	May-12-2011
Against	The wild horses and burros in NV are just that...WILD. They are protected by the ROAM ACT of 1971. They must be given access to clean water sources. We know that NV is selling out to big mining interests. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. If this bill passes, I will NEVER go to NV again...for any reason.	May-12-2011
Against	This is unethical, bad for Nevada, and only supported by special interests. All animals deserve equal access to water, and tapping into mustangs for ecotourism would bring much needed jobs and dollars to our state.	May-12-2011
Against	I will boycott Nevada if you pass this bill. These are my wild horses. This abuse to wildlife, which our wild horses and burros are a part of, is unacceptable!	May-12-2011
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Against	Well when I do my tour of the US in a couple of years time, Nevada will NOT be on my list of places to go if you deny the wild horses and burros what Mother Nature provides for them - water!	May-12-2011
Against	The impact of such lunacy will affect all Nevadans. The monopolizing by special interest groups who have the audacity to dismiss the truth for greed will be noted by the rest of the world and bring Nevada down. The sabotaging of facts by ranchers is an outrage and insult to all Americans who treasure this icon. Mustangs are native, not feral - Nevada will go down in history as a corrupt and unworthy state, blind manipulators who shame America and its history which was built on the mustangs' back !!! Mustangs are not feral !!http://www.mustangs4us.com/WildlifeStatement.pdf	May-12-2011
Against	To deny any living creature water, is inhumane. That someone would even think of doing this makes me very sad.	May-12-2011
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Against	I am so sadden to think any human being would keep water from our Mustangs.	May-12-2011
Against	Statement for the 110th Congress (1st Session) in support of H.R. 249 A BILL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House Committee on Natural Resources (Introduced January 5, 2007) (Bill updates at The Library of Congress Website: http://thomas.loc.gov/) To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. Wild Horses as Native North American Wildlife By Jay F. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. and Patricia M. Fazio, Ph.D.* Are wild horses truly “wild,” as an indigenous species in North America, or are they “feral weeds” – barnyard escapees, far removed genetically from their prehistoric ancestors? The question at hand is, therefore, whether or not modern horses, Equus caballus, should be considered native wildlife. The genus Equus, which includes modern horses, zebras, and asses, is the only surviving genus in a once diverse family of horses that included 27 genera. The precise date of origin for the genus Equus is unknown, but evidence documents the dispersal of Equus from North America to Eurasia approximately 2-3 million years ago and a possible origin at about 3.4-3.9 million years ago. Following this original emigration, several extinctions occurred in North America, with additional migrations to Asia (presumably across the Bering Land Bridge), and return migrations back to North America, over time. The last North American extinction occurred between 13,000 and 11,000 years ago.1 Had it not been for previous westward migration, over the land bridge, into northwestern Russia (Siberia) and Asia, the horse would have faced complete extinction. However, Equus survived and spread to all continents of the globe, except Australia and Antarctica. In 1493, on Columbus’ second voyage to the Americas, Spanish horses, representing E. caballus, were brought back to North America, first in the Virgin Islands, and, in 1519, they were reintroduced on the continent, in modern-day 1 "Horse Evolution" by Kathleen Hunt from http://www.talkorigins.or	May-12-2011
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Against	As an American Taxpayer I want Wild Horses and Burros to be left alone, to have access to the land AND the water that the Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 that was granted to them by Congress. 85% of Americans support wildlife, and yes, that includes our Wild Horses and Burros. For a handful of ranchers to get together and decide the are not wildlife is quite frankly an insult to anyone's intelligence and reasoning. We as wildlife advocates of tired of ranchers thinking they own the entire country. If someone wants to raise cattle, let them do what my grandfather did. Buy a piece of land, put a fence around and put your livestock there. Problem solved. Keep cattle off PUBLIC grazing land and give it back to the Wild Horses and Burros. As tourism is Nevada's main source of revenue, it would seem a far better fiscal decision to support the incredible wildlife that the State of Nevada is fortunate enough to have, rather than to support ill-conceived ideas of a handful of ranchers. This I can assure you: if the State of Nevada allows AB329 to pass and deprive these icons of the West to die the incredible cruel death of dehydration, you will never get a penny of my hard earned tourism dollars.	May-12-2011
Against	NO! This is wrong wrong wrong. These horses are icons of of AMerican History. We cannot allow big money to wipe them out. Please protect our National treasures, our Mustangs! Please vote NO!	May-12-2011
Against	The horses and burros ARE wild animals and should be able to get to water, whether by natural sources (ranchers want to block the natural sources) or by transporting water. For years, the ranchers have had their way with the horses and burros.	May-12-2011
Against	NEVER will I step foot again in Nevada if this bill passes. What a terrible way to treat the animals who made the settlement of America possible! ! !	May-12-2011
Against	The 1990-91` Government Accounting Office study proved that the millions of cattle on public lands caused the destruction of the range and riparian areas. Wild horses were found to be innocent since they are not in excess. Most of the Herd Management Areas do not even have enough wild horses for them to be gentically viable and sustainable. To give over most of public ranges for the use of cattle and other special interests is against the 1971 Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act. Nevada will suffer the loss of a great deal of tourist dollars if this bill is passed to benefit a few greedy ranchers and hunters. It is an atrocity .Wild horses are a native wildlife species as proven by DNA and paleontological studies and date back millions of years.It's tinme ranchers and hunters stop hating these beautiful wildlife species and promote and protect it instead. Nevada owes them that much and more.	May-12-2011
Against	This is total abuse from the state of Nevada and the BLM. These Wild Mustangs and Burros are federally protected and the Public Lands were deemed theirs by the United States Congress not the rich cattle ranchers. If this is protecting our Wild Mustangs and Burro’s then this country is in worst shape then I thought. It is about time we stop this abuse to our Wild Mustangs and Burro’s once and for all. I would like to see how long the government of Nevada can go without water! If the state of Nevada was a citizen they would be arrested for ANINMAL ABUSE which is a FELONY! FINED AND PRISON TERM. How we treat animals reflects who we are!!!	May-12-2011
Against	We can't deny water to any creatures, whether you define them as "wildlife" or not. It's cruel and we can't let them die a horrible death.	May-12-2011
Against	Nevada, Please do Not delete our comments. Im getting more outraged that Nevada is wanting to pass a bill that FENCES WILD HORSES OFF FROM WATER HOLES. Despicable behaviour!!! I would love to come visit to see your WILD horses. But, my family and I and everyone I speak with will not be bringing their dollars to your state if you pass AB329. How vague the bill language is: AN ACT relating to water; defining the term “wildlife” for certain provisions of law relating to water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Huh.	May-12-2011
Against	Please Nevada Legislature, I urge you not to pass bill AB329 it was writen for the cattlemen and hunters benefit. As it is now, there are so few wild horses on our public lands in Nevada, so many of them have been rounded up by the BLM, costing the tax payers millions of dollars, not only have we taken away much of the wild horse's land which was designated for them by Congress in 1971, now some people think that the wild horses which are left on the range should be denied a basic life sustaining right of every living animal, water. This to me is completely outrageous that it would even be considered! Wild horses deserve to have water just as much as any other living creature on our state/public lands. Our wild horses are native to this land and to deny them water I do believe would make every citizen in America appalled at such action taken by our state. We would not be having much tourism to Nevada. Thank you for your time and consideration on this very important matter.	May-12-2011
Against	Please protect our wild horses from this, it is just cruel and unnecessary.	May-12-2011
Against	This is an outrage to our Nation and our natural heritage. Once again money speaks in place of common sense and the people of America, a few heartless people lead the way to such horrible decisions.	May-12-2011
Against	These horses are used as symbols of American Freedom. Freedom from greed, freedom to run free, freedom to take care of themselves uninterrupted. This bill resembles actions taken against American Indians in a shameful period of our country's history. Actions like this supported by our government are later reflected on with regret, a feeling of political incorrectness, and shame. The exaggerations of the horses needs and damage they cause with an agenda to promote financial gain is something our government should be wise to see through and dismiss. Our America and it's economy has been devastated by such agendas. We expect Arizonia to hold strong to the virtues and symbols that make it unique and beautiful. Many people are struggling, seeing a state support a death process of a traditional symbol of freedom could be enough to depress their hopes that America is a land of freedom and opportunity for all, even the wild horses.	May-12-2011
Against	Where's the humanity? A slow dehydration death is barbaric and should not be allowed. Wild Horses and burros are wild and should be allowed to drink and graze on land the U.S. government owns. They have no one to care for them and look after their interests, hence the term wild. Fencing them off from water or food for private interests and considering the wild horse a pest is not acceptable. I will never visit Nevada again. It's shameful that this bill is even being considered.	May-12-2011
Against	this is yet another attempt by rich cattle ranchers, who are getting more greedy, they obviously don't think we know they pay less for the usage of these public lands, and now they don't want horses to drink water, they may own the water rights but no the land, why don't we just make them take their cattle somewhere else !!!!!	May-12-2011
Against	As legislators, don't you feel ashamed that this barbaric bill has even been introduced? What kind of society does Nevada have? I have friends who planned to spend part of their vacation here this summer, but with this kind of barbarism even being brought up in the legislature, they are reconsidering. Only a flat-out knock-down by the vote scheduled for tomorrow (5/13) on this abominable bill would prove that the people of Nevada have not lost their minds as well as all sense of morality. The world is watching--I only hope you in the legislature are paying attention, because at this point Nevada has made a pretty bad name for itself.	May-12-2011
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Against	Tourism in Nevada employs far more people than ranching, and the money those people make is likely to stay in Nevada rather than go to out of state corporations. As a frequent tourist, lover of wildlife, motorcycle rider and owner of public lands, I am offended that Nevada would feel it has the right to deprive publicly owned wildlife water on publicly owned lands. The easily predictable backlash (besides lawsuits) will be enhanced opposition to the subsidized grazing of cattle and sheep on public lands. In the end, the very self-centered, greedy and heartless ranchers who propose this bill may be the ones who profit least by it. Yes, I am from Oregon--but I am an American--these are MY lands just as public lands in Oregon belong to the citizens of Nevada. This bill is an abomination.	May-12-2011
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Against	It would be diabolical to approve any plan which would deprive wild horses or other animals of water. It is the very definition of animal cruelty in typical animal-related penal codes. The American people love, respect and want the wild horses on our public range. Please do not codify animal cruelty into the laws of your great state. Thank you.	May-12-2011
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Against	Summary is inaccurate: It means letting wild horses die of dehydration. If this bill is passed, I promise that I and the millions of Wild Mustang supporters will never set foot in your state again. I visit Las Vegas at least once a year. Often with Keller Williams Realty 8000+ agents who have family reunion there. I will campaign to never go there again.	May-12-2011
Against	It is a crime against nature. Some people have to realize they can't control everything and their evil deeds will somehow catch up with them.	May-12-2011
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Against	This bill promotes cruelty to animals and is unacceptable!	May-12-2011
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Against	This bill is an atrocity against the wild horses and burros that ranchers have been trying to clear away from Nevada grazing land for decades. This bill makes me ashamed of being a 33 year resident of this state.	May-12-2011
For	It is time to stop the emotional rants, name calling, threats, and demonizing of opposing opinions and act like the caring adults you claim to be. This bill does not propose keeping life sustaining water from any animal. To the contrary it is for the purpose of insuring water exists in proper amount for the resource being managed. It is time to face reality and acknowledge the fact that water is a rarity in Nevada and there is simply not enough to allow it to be abused by any faction. When the water holes dry up all the animals suffer. We need to manage all the water in Nevada for all of it's multiple users. No one species should benefit by denying all other species their fair share of the resource. When there are too many cattle for the range to support, their numbers are reduced. Cattle are relocated off the range in times of drought, in winter, or whenever the range needs relief from their grazing. Cattle are not allowed to exceed management levels. Excess cattle are sold for slaughter and human consumption. Wildlife are managed to the carrying capacity of the resource. Some excess wildlife are transplanted to areas more suited for them. The remaining excess wildlife are harvested for human consumption. Yes, the cattle and wildlife are kept to appropriate levels by either removing them from the range or killing them and utilizing them as food. Horses can not exist in unsustainable numbers on a limited resource. The range will suffer. The water holes will dry up. Horses, cattle, and all wildlife will suffer great hardship if all animals are not kept to sensible numbers that the land and water can support. Yes, excess horses will need to be removed from the range. Yes, slaughter of excess horses for human or animal consumption may prove to be better than long term holding pens. Everyone needs to grow up. We slaughter other animals for food, why not the horse. The horse has no rights any greater than any other animal. What is so holy about protecting the horse if n	May-12-2011
Against	Urging our Nevada politicians to vote this bill down!!! Water for all including wild burros and horses!!!!!!!!Horses & burros are part of our history and economy. We must provide for them and care for them.	May-12-2011
Against	I will no longer travel to Nevada and give your state one penny of my hard earned money. This bill is a travesty and if you pass it you will certainly go down in history as barbarians of the worst kind. You have no right to decide who lives and who dies. I am not a consituent, but live in Florida. You should care about what the rest of the country thinks of this bill, because we spend money in your state. I, for one, will no longer do that if you pass this bill.	May-12-2011
Against	Wild horse and donkeys are part of Nevada history and should remain. This includes the right to water.	May-12-2011
Against	Do you really intend to pass AB329 denying wild horses and burros water-so they will die of thirst?? If so, then you have seen the last of my tourist $$$ as well as those of ALL the friends I intend to contact!! No one would ever want to visit your state again when they hear of this! Shame on you!	May-12-2011
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Against	the ranchers do not OWN this land	May-12-2011
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Against	Is it not enough that so many of our horses are purchased by kill buyers and sent to Mexico and Canada for gruesome slaughter? And Senator Tyler Lawson of Nebraska wants slaughter houses for horses opened there so the state can make more money? Our American mustangs have been brutally treated by the BLM and now you want to watch them die of thirst. Our country is certainly not becoming a "kinder and gentler" nation.Is the wave of the future to do anything for money even when it is clearly morally wrong? Applying for water rights is beside the point. Purposely keeping any horse or burro from water is wrong. Legislators who vote for this will be dishonored by history and that is not a good legacy to leave for family and country.	May-12-2011
Against	It sounds pretty desperate to present a bill like this to please certain powerful interests. It reminds me of the Republicans suggesting big changes to Medicare & now realizing that the people are not with them and now backing away from it. I believe the people of NV are not going to be with lawmakers on denying water to wild horses and burros by calling them non-wildlife. The people are not that cruel and the plan is going to backfire on lawmakers who vote for it.	May-12-2011
Against	it would be an american travesty to allow these animals to die of thirst - please do not pass this bill - please choose the humane way!	May-12-2011
Against	This bill would in essence constitute animal cruelty. Hard to believe that a state legislature would open itself up to that.	May-12-2011
Against	How could any living person deny water to our Wild Mustangs or any other Wildlife????? That is insanely INHMANE. These animals have earned their right to live on our land!	May-12-2011
Against	Horses and burros, "wild" mustangs and "wild" burros are and should continue to be regarded as "wildlife". This bill is obviously being pushed by ranchers, who are opposed to horses "infringing" on what they consider to be their range. This is PUBLIC land, which these ranchers have used for very little charge, and somehow now think it is "their" land. The wild horses and burros deserve water as much as any other "wildlife" and to prohibit them from doing so is inhumane and a progressive society should not even consider a bill such as this.	May-12-2011
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Against	To deny anyone or any living thing one of the most basic requirements of life is cruel. I am amazed that the many animal rights groups haven't raised a huge fuss about this. This is NOT being a good steward of the land, the "wildlife" that they intend to rename is possibly the one species who drinks LESS water than horses and cattle. They are more efficient users of what they eat and consume. Many of the Western states would not be where they are now without the assistance of the Burro. The Burros are there partly because of those miners, who used them to help in the mines. This bill is out and out cruel and should not pass.	May-12-2011
Against	I am a normal person who has raised a son, has had and have many pets over the years and am trying to live my best life possible with the conditions we all face today. I have had 40 years on this planet watching what has been happening to society and our world, with a sadden but hopeful heart. I am not a wimp or an outrageous person but I do have a warrior heart inside that was passed down to me through my father and ancestors whom have always served this country with pride. It has now been ignited by the out and out cruelty that has been going on at the hands of people who are out to drive a species; really any species; to extinction! Are we in the Stone Age now? You can say and think that “they are just animals” but if another “person” came to this planet from somewhere else and didn’t know the definition that “we” have come up with to describe the difference between a “human species” and an “animal species”, they would think we were all just the same; a species that just looked and acted different than each other, but we are still all “a SPECIES” living here together. Why are we allowing people to try and stop others from coming up and implementing good ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS to help make things better instead of trying to make things WORSE! Why is it wrong for people to use their own money to help, feed, house and protect any being that is in need? I couldn’t do it. I am ashamed to be in the same category (human species) with the people who would be able to do this to any living thing “just because”! May no one have mercy on anyone’s soul who is capable of harming another “being” by passing this or anything like this!!! But I am PROUD to stand beside anyone who has the courage to stand up for another being and do what is right!!! Not allowing these bills or any like these to ever pass IS THE RIGHT THING!!!! The only ones who have the power to turn this world around and stop it from spiraling down out of control as its current path shows; is US! Please help s	May-12-2011
Against	Have you ever gone without water for even one day? Remember how you felt when you are so thirsty that you felt you could drink a gallon of water at one time without stopping because you were so thirsty. Your body goes into a panic, self preservation mode. Do you remember how that felt? Would you keep water from someone you loved and would be able to sit by and watch them suffer & die? This is how the mothers and fathers feel about their babies they have and each other. They have feelings just like us! They love, are scared, hungry, happy, sad, nervous, you name it; they feel it just like we do. Do you have “pets” at home? Can you tell me that they do not love you or give you love and show you that they have feelings; are hungry, sad, tired, happy, lonely, glad to see you, talk to you in “their” own voice, etc...? Would you not allow them a safe place to live and water to drink? Would you starve them like passing these bills would do? Don’t we have enough terrible things happening all round this planet that we are trying to stop? Don’t you know that to continue to make more bad decisions, make bad things happen is just INSANE!!! We will have to face the consequences; and there will be consequences; from the actions that are happening today and the days ahead; it has many names. It is called “Karma”, “What Goes Around Comes Around”, “An Eye for an Eye”, “Cause and Effect”, and many more sayings like that spread out all over the world. You can call it anything you want but you and I both know that it does happen, just look at your life’s history and see where it has happened to you or someone you knew. Also remember there is the “Good” side and there is “Bad” side of all of this, so which one would you rather have working for you? Myself, definitely not the bad!Please let people have a chance to turn things around to the positive!!! For the sake of our future generations and for our own souls, please do not pass this or anything like this!!!! I hope you all	May-12-2011
Against	Is this any different to you than all the past genocides that have befallen the human species over the decades? My oldest son is in the Armed Services fighting abroad to protect and help people who are being treated like this by their “men in power” who look at them as “nothings”. The USA sends our own men & women to other countries to STOP this type of behavior, but by you passing this bill or any like this, you are saying that it is okay for us to do it here; on our own ground; because to the “people with money” who want to do this to these “beings” so that they can have more and more; they are just animals; a NOTHING! They are just like the people we fight abroad to give them freedom that they so rightly deserve, the ability to “Live in Peace!!!! You can say and think that “they are just animals” but if another “person” came to this planet from somewhere else and didn’t know the definition that “we” have come up with to describe the difference between a “human species” and an “animal species”, they would think we were all just the same; a species that just looked and acted different than each other, but we are still all “a SPECIES” living here together.	May-12-2011
Against	Has everyone gone INSANE!!! This is outright murder! It doesn't matter if they are deemed not feral, feral, blue, green, eight legs, from here, not from here, etc... IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!! Doesn’t anyone get that anymore!!! They are living, breathing wonderful beings (just like us “beings”) that deserve water and food that is sent from the heavens above & the earth below to nourish “EVERY” living being on this planet!!! If you pass something like this to intentionally murder these animals by refusing to let them have water to drink that God; or whom ever you believe in; made rain down from the sky for "all" animals/plants/beings, then we are truly in the last days of this world and you are helping to speed it up!	May-12-2011
Against	I am appalled at this this proposed law. It could have a catastrophic impact on wild horses and burros, who depend on natural water sources for survival. The bill is a direct assault on the federal law, enacted unanimously by the Congress and with overwhelming support of the public, to protect wild horses and burros as part of our national heritage. I urge you to vote against this bill!	May-12-2011
Against	People come all over the world to enjoy viewing the wild areas of Nevada & the Wild Horses. Listen to the PEOPLE don't pass AB329!!! Thank you	May-12-2011
Against	It is hard to believe that my legislators here in NV are so mean-spirited that they would consider denying water to horses,wild or feral. Sen.Ensign already brought disgrace to NV, now we have this? Is it for profits for cattlemen & the Ruby Pipeline? I think the rest of the country will not want to visit Nevada.	May-12-2011
Against	Wild mustangs and burros are certainly wildlife in any one's opinion. Also, it is morally reprehensible to deny water to any creature, especially to ones that are not immediately harmful. I cannot imagine that our state of Nevada wants pictures in the news of beautiful horses lying dead on our lands because legislators denied them water !!	May-12-2011
Against	What an outrageous bill ! I will certainly not be voting for any legislators who vote for this bill to be passed.	May-12-2011
Against	Our wild horses and burros are an integral part of our Nevada history. Claiming that they are no longer "wildlife" is ludicrous and offensive to anyone with any intelligence. It also clearly goes against the federal law which protects our wild horses and burros. Stop pandering to small greedy special interest groups who clearly cannot grasp the larger negative picture of what this would mean to our great state.	May-12-2011
Against	Nevada should be ashamed to even consider calling a wild horse feral. What is wrong with representatives to go AGAINST their own cruelty laws that state they must provide food, water to animals. What in theworld is a wild horse? this state along with Harry REid wants all wild horses and burros dead when they could be generating income for this pathetically poor state. Shame on all of your for being such morons. I hate to think what you will do for humans in thefuture, if you want to kill off the wild animals. Shutting them off from water is a long cruel death,may this cruel act be returned to certain lawmakers in their future..	May-12-2011
Against	What a bad reflection on our state of Nevada. This bill is morally wrong and I hope my legislators vote against it.	May-12-2011
Against	I will be sure to not give Nevada any of my tourist dollars. This bill is an abomination, blatantly so to most citizens of this country. Lawmakers who support this bill should be ashamed of themselves as I am ashamed that other countries see that a bill like this could even be brought forth in the United States.	May-12-2011
Against	Nevada bill AB329 raises a number of thorny philosophical questions like: should it be legal to allow a legislature to pass a bill that is clearly immoral. And if perchance they do pass and enact such a law, are law enforcement officials permitted to, or indeed are they morally bound to, refuse to enforce such a law rather than live with the consequences ? In this case the consequences include the certain deaths of hundreds if not thousands of innocent animals deemed unworthy to have access to a basic 'free resource' like drinking water in the desert. Moreover, Nevada senators and representatives should be asking themselves they were elected to the position of 'playing god' by deciding which wild creatures may have access to god-given water and be allowed to live and which may not and hence must die. In spelling out which wild animals may live and which may not Nevada AB329 imputes god-like powers of deciding who lives and who dies in the Nevada desert to Nevada legislators never imagined or intended by the people of Nevada in the most recent election. Neither did the voters of Nevada imagine that they were electing a body of pseudo-scientists qualified to determine what is and what isn't wild -life where such a determination is tantamount to deciding who lives and who dies. Few would contend that denying people access to sole sources of water in the desert is a cruel, unusual and immoral act. Few would contend that arbitrarily denying livestock access to life sustaining water in the desert, where no alternatives exist, is cruel and immoral too, and the same for wildlife. Are we to believe that the people of Nevada believe that there is a special category of animal, neither wildlife nor livestock, for which such rights and protections should not exist ? Moreover, do any sitting legislators have valid scientific credentials for making a determination of whether a particular species of wild animal is a truly wild animal or just a pseudo-wild animal which should be	May-12-2011
Against	The impact of such lunacy will affect all Nevadans. The monopolizing by special interest groups who have the audacity to dismiss the truth for greed will be noted by the rest of the world and bring Nevada down. The sabotaging of facts by ranchers is an outrage and insult to all Americans who treasure this icon. Mustangs are native, not feral - Nevada will go down in history as a corrupt and unworthy state, blind manipulators who shame America and its history which was built on the mustangs' back !!! Mustangs are not feral !!http://www.mustangs4us.com/WildlifeStatement.pdf	May-11-2011
Against	You are kidding, right? I read a couple "for" comments, horses left by Ranchers? I had to stop. No mention of Native American Indians, I believe there where a few around the West before the Ranchers made it out here. The U.S. Government scattered a lot of their horses when they moved them to Reservations. I live in Colorado, a quarter mile from the Colorado River. Maybe I could run down there and build a dam and cut of the water to Nevada, then you could tear down the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas and the rest of the people in your state could drown in your own sand. We have some Casinos in Colorado and, water for the Wild Horses. This State would welcome your Tourism Dollars. Why don't you people work on your unemployment rate?	May-11-2011
Against	Mustangs are not feral. To all those brainwashed for greed get a clue. The truth is here: http://www.mustangs4us.com/WildlifeStatement.pdf You owe much to the American mustangs, do not forget - this country was built on horseback and Americans ought to be smarter than destroying this icon by sabotaging and twisting the truth - these horses are the people's horses, not some ranchers' to exploit and evict !!!	May-11-2011
Against	Are you really considering a bill that by all intents and purposes is legalizing animal abuse? That is what this bill will do. How can I make plans to visit a state that would commit such a horrible act, with my grandchildren? This bill is intended to enable the state of NV to kill by abuse the American people's national heritage species. Wild burros and horses originated in North America, and are fully woven into the fabric of the environments in which they are presently found, as wild life. They have filled this niche for centuries, and as a result their natural nature prevails. They are wild as defined by that term. Therefore, they are wild life. Even if the legislature chooses to ignore their truer natures, and continues to misname them as livestock, they are clearly also protected as a national heritage species.	May-11-2011
Against	Nevada is a great state, unfortunately the ranchers and big game hunters screw it up. What will their next attack on federal wild horses be? Trying to pass a bill making it illegal for them to breathe the air in Nevada? Nevada law states the water is owned by the public - not the ranchers, not big game hunters. Bighorn sheep are not native to this continent, they migrated from Asia across the Bering Straits just as North America's native wild horse migrated to other continents. Ask the BLM how many wild horses remain today on federal lands in Nevada, then compare that to the number of privately owned cows on federal lands in Nevada. A recent Nevada newspaper stated there are 450,000 cows on public lands in Nevada. Exactly how greedy are these ranchers? Big game hunting groups such as those founded by Larry Johnson (former BLM anti-wild horse advisory board member) are allowed to build water traps and install water guzzlers for the animals they hunt to kill. Wild horse advocate groups are allowed to do nothing. This bill to deny water on federal lands to wild horses in Nevada is the most ridiculous thing I've seen yet. Even more ridiculous is that it's even being considered by state legislature. I guess job creation and Nevada's plummeted economy are of no importance, apparently what is important in Nevada is to find any means to clear federal lands of wild horses and burros. What a total waste of time and effort, this should've been laughed right out the door with a "don't let the door hit you in the arse" statement. Un-be-lieveable. Ask the BLM how much it costs the nation's taxpayers for those cows to be on Nevada's public lands each year. Ask Senator Dean Rhoads, he can tell you, he's right at the federal hand-out trough, raking in hundreds of thousands of free money for "ranching on public lands."	May-11-2011
Against	Cattle out number wild horse at a ratio of 150-1. Cattle are not hated by advocates, they simply want the horses to live free on land that is owned by us, the people. Ranchers should not have the ultimate say. Why is it that when there is disputes over animals and land, people seem to take the cruelest option there is? Denying a living, breathing creature water is a horrible way to die. There is always a better choice, other then killing. There are other options out there, some are in the works NOW. Why would this even be put on the table.	May-11-2011
For	Once again, and may I add as a 60 year resident of Nevada, the outsiders have offered to help us understand our own world. Nevada has been mined by the English, Eastern US concerns, Mexico, mostly Canada, and now China. We are used to this. There are now laws that control what modern miners can extract and how they must treat the environment. The mines from the 1800s left us with fouled streams, abandoned sites, and herds of feral pack animals. THANKS Modern mines must obey modern laws that respect wildlife and restore what they disturb. Modern ranching operations must practice sustainable management practices and provide for co-existing wildlife. Modern wildlife management concepts attempt to deal with mining, ranching, and practical interaction with multiple users. The feral horse faction refuses to understand that their non-native pet projects are a bigger threat to Nevada wildlife than ancient mining, modern mining, ancient ranching, modern ranching, ancient people, modern people, or any other consumptive demand on our limited environment. The 1971 law protecting "wild" and freeloading horses never compensated Nevada for feeding and watering these additional grazing units. Horses double their numbers every four years. There has never been a practical approach to controlling this ever increasing herd. Reasonable people understand that the land and the inhabitants have to share what resources are available. The feral horse faction fails to accept reality. Horses are living pollution left over from unregulated ranching, mining, and urban sprawl. Horses are not wildlife. They are garbage left over from previous attempts to profit for Nevada's natural resources. Nevada and most native Nevadan's would be willing to support 1/50th of the feral horses in America. Why must we suffer the invasion of almost all of these unwelcome relics of long past failed attempts to rape the West. If all states shared equally in supporting these relics from the past I am sure the peop	May-11-2011
Against	I really hope that you're not serious about this absurd bill. To deny an animal water? I am pretty sure that falls into the Animal Cruelty Act. No tourism dollars for you! Hmmmmm...sounds like you and the BLM are working together! I can assure yo if this bill passes, the outcome will not be good for Nevada.	May-11-2011
Against	Do you really want images of dead wild horses & burros on the national news? you pass this bill and you know what will happen! There will be lawsuits, there will be horrifying images of Nevada's deliberate killing fields! and there will be re-election consequences.	May-11-2011
Against	Wild horses and burros were declared Wild in the 1971 WFRH&B Act--passed unanimously by Congress. Do not legislate a bill of cruelty.	May-11-2011
Against	to allow this bill AB329 you are voting to allow the federally appointed status of WH and burros to be changed. opening up a whole new nasty can of worms. The state of Nevada is a beautiful rich wilderness in places that i love to photograph and explore. i also visit Vegas as do most of my freinds at least once a yr., if not more. not only will i never be back if you allow a bill that would willfully harm our federally protected wild horse and burros, i will strongly campaign to have my freinds boycot your state as well. please vote against such a harmful and unthought through bill.	May-11-2011
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Against	By passing AB329 bill the Senate of Nevada/Legislators are authorizing the slow murder via dehydration to America's Wild Mustangs, One of Our Living Symbols Of Freedom. This bill should be repealed if passed and those who signed it should be charged with Equine/Animal Cruelty. This bill will fence off all public water to our Public Roaming Wild Horses! Although the Horses are fenced off from the water, Private Cattle will be traveling from their private ranch to go drink in the public water that will be only open to them. Every American can see this makes no sense. I'll be sure to tell everyone not to vote these legislators in again if this bill passes, I don't support equine cruelty and neither should our politicians.	May-11-2011
Against	you've gotta be kidding!	May-11-2011
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Against	Nevada has an obligation to make provisions for these federally protected animals. There is no defense for this bill. Wild horses are wildlife.	May-11-2011
Against	No one has mentioned anything about MINING and water rights in Nevada. Cattle ranchers aren't understanding that the biggest threat to their water rights are not a few WILD horses, but mining companies like General Moly, which is 25% owned by Hanlong USA Mining, a subsidiary of Sichuan Hanlong Group, a Chinese “private enterprise.” Sichuan Hanlong Group recently received a $1.5 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank ofChina (China Eximbank) to support its investments in overseas mining opportunities, with $745 million towards General Moly. The Export-Import Bank of China is fully owned by the Chinese government and under the leadership of the State Council. It’s a “government policy bank.” Mining companies are buying up ranches left and right, just to get the water rights. Then all they have to do is get a permit to change the use from irrigation to mining. Once appropriated, the water rights are not available for any other development, even if the mine never opens, unless the mine is willing to sell the water rights. I would say that advocates for wild horses and burros, and cattle ranchers, have a common enemy. for more on this issue, see http://ppjg.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/is-a-mining-company-giving-the-shaft-to-farmers-and-ranchers/ The legislature can be assured, the good people of Nevada can be assured, the casino owners and all others with a financial interest in the tourism industry of Nevada can be assured that if AB329 is passed, there will be an unrelenting BOYCOTT by many thousands of people all over the U.S. and the entire world, of anything and everything to do with the State of Nevada.	May-11-2011
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Against	This legislation is insidious on so many levels. Most importantly it should be over ruled by the Federal 1971 Public Law 92-195 Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act that specifies the protection of wild horses as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the west." AB 329 is cruel and inhumane.	May-11-2011
Against	This Bill is appalling and beyond inhumane and cruel. Why doesn't Pete Goicoechea and all the Nevada cattlemen and hunters he represents, come out and simply state, "Our goal is to wipe out the entire state's population of wild horses and burros."	May-11-2011
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For	Why are the feral horse advocates so vindictive and ignorant of the facts? It was primarily ranching that caused the horse to be loose in Nevada in the first place. Why do they hate ranchers so much? I have no ranching interest, but it is obvious to me that it was cattle ranching that required horses to be on the range in the 1800s in Nevada and as early as the 1600s in Mexico. Why do you support the horse and hate the cow? They are both farm animals and ranchers brought them both to Nevada. Why make the native wildlife take a back seat to either of these domestic species? Wildlife migrate and go where the feed and water are most available. Cattle are moved off the range when feed and water are low. Ranchers and conservation groups build water sources. Horses destroy a water source before moving on only after there is nothing left. Feral horse advocates build nothing. They fund nothing. When are the feral horse advocates going to pay for the damage their horses cause? If you want to see a horse go to a farm. If you want one, adopt one, and pay for it's feed and water yourself. Nevada's native wildlife should always come first on our wild lands. This is only logical. Farm animals should be returned to the farm in time of drought, the winter, or whenever the range needs to be rested and allowed to rejuvenate. Please stop the emotional name calling and work toword a solution based on sound enviromental science.	May-11-2011
Against	Another example of mindless, inbred, selfish, hateful cruelty of ranching interests. When will Nevada stop catering to their lethal whims and start respecting all animals?	May-11-2011
For		May-10-2011
For	Nevada ranks 34th in cattle production among the 50 states. Nevada ranks #1 in feral horse production. Our wildlife suffers the driest climate in our nation. Ranchers must develop artificial water sources in order for cattle to survive in our dry environment. Conservation groups develop water improvements to benefit wildlife. What are the horse advocates doing for our state? When have they built anything? Where is the money to repair the damage the horses are doing? All these parasites are doing is living off the efforts of others.	May-10-2011
Against	If a horse or burro does not have water it will die. Please do not give cattle ranchers permission to kill our federally protected wild horses and burros.	May-09-2011
For	Nevada is the driest state in the union. The horse did not evolve into a 1000 lb farm animal in our ecosystem. A horse drinks 30 gallons a day. An antelope drinks less than 1 gallon a day. Horses are forcing native species away from natural sources of food and water. Instead of causing such hardship on both the horses and the wildlife why not move them to another state with more resourse?	May-09-2011
Against	Nevada residents love the wild horses and want them to be considered wildlife who can access water in Nevada.	May-07-2011
Against	I request that this letter be also be forwarded to the members of the Assembly Government Affairs Committee. As a Nevadan, I urge you to vote “No” on AB329 and SJR5, two measures under consideration in the state legislature that are harmful to the state and to America’s wild horses. AB 329 would prohibit wild horses and burros from accessing water on public lands. All wild animals should be given equal access to water in our state. SJR5 would express the state’s opposition to wild horse preserves and expansion of wild horse habitat in Nevada. Several such preserves are planned for Nevada and will bring badly-needed jobs and tourism dollars to the state. Both measures are bad for Nevada and only supported by a small group of cattlemen who want to remove wild horses from the range in order to make room for private livestock grazing. I urge you to do what is right and fair and what also represents the interests of the majority of Nevadans - not a small special-interest group. Tourism is the number 1 industry in our state, generating more money and jobs than any other industry in Nevada. With more than half of all wild horses and burros residing in Nevada, wild horses are one of our state's most valuable untapped assets. Now is the time to put Nevada's two best assets together - tourism and mustangs - and create a world-class wild horse and burro eco-tourism industry. AB329 and SJR5 are short-sighted and against the best interests of the majority of Nevadans who will benefit directly or indirectly by increasing tourism in our state. AB329 will also result in very costly legal actions due to the fact that mustangs and burros are protected under federal law. Please don’t waste my tax dollars. Please stop AB329 and vote against SJR5 when it comes to the Assembly for consideration.	May-06-2011
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Against	More than just a Nevada issue. These are american horses. These horses are not ferrel and are a wild animal. If you pass this the horses will die!!!	May-06-2011
Against	Ranchers aren't the only ones who own this state (and who vote). We all have a stake in Nevada, and mistreating wild horses makes us look bad to many who come here and spend money. Besides, it's the wrong thing to do.	May-06-2011
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Against	Stop roundups and hold BLM accountable for their actions. They are breaking federal law. It is inhumane and a moral atrocity to deny wild horses and burros water. These animals are federally protected.	May-05-2011
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Against	As a 25 year resident of Clark County, Nevada, I urge you to oppose AB 329. It goes against commone sense and wisdom to say define by law or any means that wild horses and burros are not wildlife! As a Nevadan for so long, this goes against all I believe in. This is akin to saying that everyone except caucasions are people, or any other example like that. Definfions of Wildlife: ________________________________________________________________________________________ Wildlife noun. Wild animals and plants collectively Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers *That does not exclude wild horses or any other animal!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- wildlife: noun flora and fauna, animals, fauna Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition _______________________________________________________________________________________ This is a bill designed to single out wild horses and burros from any kind of protection that being defined as wildlife would give them. This is insane. It is obvious that this is a way for Nevada to remove all the wild horses and burros that are left. That is discrimiation of an individual group and is unconstitusional. You cannot legislate that some wild animals are not wildlife. WILD horses, WILD burros, are WILDlife! We are paying attention to what you are doing and it is unconscionable. Nevadans care about wild horses and we wont let you do this. This is not what you are voted in to do! This constitutes abuse of power and using your legislateive powers to disciminate against a specific group of animals for the gain of cattle ranchers whose lobbyists are strong. DO NOT DO THIS. You konw this is wrong and against everything you are supposed to be doing for your constituents. WE are your constituents. You are supposed to protect NEVADA, whcih i	May-03-2011
Against	I am writing to voice my absolute oposition to AB329. This bill is ludicrous, inhumane, incompassionate, and very obviously self-serving to special interest groups such as Ranchers!! Aren't wild horses and burros Federally protected? It is illegal for a private citizen to harm them, yet our own government can make laws to withhold water from them, and to have them rounded up and slaughtered!!! If these horses and burros are not "wildlife", then what are they? They are not people, they are not livestock? Are they the only "undefined group" undeserving of water. This bill is absolutely unconscionable. Please, for the love of God, humanity, and all creatures just trying to carve out their tiny space in this world and live, please vote NO on AB329!!	May-02-2011
Against	Solid scientific evidence proves wild horses are a native species as does hundreds of years of breeding and evolving in North America. The non-native species is the 10's of millions of (non-food producing) cattle that are allowed to displace native wildlife and ruin their habitat, including the habitat in the wild horses' federally protected herd management areas. OUR TAXES pay for "water for horses" through support of our public lands. Nay-Sayers, you're on the wrong side!	May-01-2011
Against	Those of you insisting that wild horses are feral are missing the point. Feral,wild...it doesn't matter... All living things deserve water,period. MILLIONS of privately-owned,domestic cattle are "permitted" to ruin wildlife habitat on public lands,including wild horse habitat. LESS than 2% of scrub-cattle become "what's for dinner", so why are they out there at all?	May-01-2011
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Against	I am completely against this bill because to take away the water rights for the Wild Mustangs and Burros who are already in peril is highly unconsitutional and against what the State of Nevada should do! These horses deserve their freedom. I vehemently oppose this bill to take about what precious water these animals have!	Apr-29-2011
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Against	I have personally watched many wild horse herds drinking from water holes, these animals have the least damaging impact on the water sources and do not use that much water.	Apr-28-2011
Against	All laws, definitions, etc. must be realistic. Horses are wildlife. Horses need water. Just "get real".	Apr-27-2011
Against	so what is your plan if horses are denied water on the range? just round them up and send them to slaughter? you need a better plan!	Apr-26-2011
For	"Wild" horses are not a native Nevada species. My observation is that they are also very often clearly not "Mustangs" either. I've seen every variety of coloration and breed, from Paint to Palomino, and over 16 hands high! If water is to be allocated I would much rather it go to native species and productive ranches than feral horses.	Apr-26-2011
Against	America's wild horses-burros are wildlife by nature and wildlife by federal law. How can 17,000WHB impact the public lands waters when there are over 4 millions domestic livestock partaking-grazing on our lands?	Apr-25-2011
For	When this bill is passed we will protect Nevada Water Rights from being misapplied for the federal government, using wildlife as their purpose for non-wildlife species. Horses and burros will not loose ability to drink water, no matter what is said by those who are against the bill.	Apr-23-2011
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Against	This is abuse! Simple and plain, vote for is an insult to humane treatment of animals. Please VOTE AGAINST!!!	Apr-13-2011
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Against	I have lived in Nevada 45 years and lived in Mountain Springs. We loved to see the wild horses. Fewer die from any natural cause than the evil that befalls them from the roundups. It is more than sad.	Apr-12-2011
Against	There is more money in helping visitors see them and take pictures than killing them	Apr-12-2011
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Against	Don't waste time on bills like this one. Is it really necessary to redefine the term "wildlife?" Why must wild equines be excluded from the term wildlife; especially as you are including species not even native to Nevada?	Apr-10-2011
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Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen.	Apr-10-2011
Against	This is absolutely ludicrous that there are such Godless, heartless, souless beings that are trying to destroy our beautiful Wildhorses and Burros, who by the way were here long before they were. God have mercy on your souls... if you have souls that is.	Apr-05-2011
For	Seems like at least one group has figured out how to profit from feral horses. The federal lawyer subsidy act? Could this be the real reason for this nonsense?	Apr-05-2011
Against	This bill cries for a lawsuit.	Apr-05-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-04-2011
For	Who is going to pay for "water for horses". There is no free water in Nevada. Ranchers develop their own water sources. Homeowners develop their own wells. Conservation groups build water sources for wildlife. IT IS TIME FOR HORSE ADVOCATES TO PAY THEIR WAY! SHOW US THE MONEY!!!	Apr-04-2011
Against	Support for this bill will cause detriment to the preservation of Nevada's rustic beauty and nature. If there is not enough money for the cattle ranchers then allowing their greed to over come will benefit none.	Apr-04-2011
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For	Please pass the bill to protect the mustangs!!!	Apr-03-2011
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Against	As a citizen of the USA I say that I want a Mustang Sanctuary and it is cruel to deny any living creature water!!!	Apr-03-2011
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Against	wildlife,including horses and burros belong on our public and not privately owned cattle.	Apr-03-2011
Against	wild horses should be wildlife since they roam independently taking care of themselves & have rights on public lands. Wild horses have rights to water on public lands.	Apr-03-2011
For	Vote Yes! I hate to tell you "do gooders" this, but wild horses and burros are NOT native to Nevada. I think we all enjoy seeing a few. But their numbers are KILLING native wildlife and hurting the ranchers (who by the way do good things for Nevada and have specific rights.) Those horses are feral - not simply wild. Their numbers should be controled by any necessary means, including hunting. Our habitat can only support a finite number of critters. No, I am NOT a rancher, but I stand with them in protecti	Apr-03-2011
Against	Pls do not cut off water for wild mustangs	Apr-03-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-02-2011
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Against	You have no right to keep any animal from water, wild or domestic.	Apr-02-2011
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Against	this denies horses and burror's water CRUEL!!	Apr-02-2011
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Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen.	Apr-02-2011
Against	Let the wild horses and burros live free and leave them alone!	Apr-02-2011
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Against	This is a disgrace. These horses need better treatment than this. They are our heritage and need to be treated that way.	Apr-02-2011
Against	barbaric	Apr-02-2011
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Against	bastards	Apr-02-2011
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Against	This is WRONG and CRUEL. It goes against the Federal Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act. Wild Horses are a piece of our history and deserve to survive. They have been wrongly villanized by cattle industry with all their financial resources and paid lobbyists. DON'T PASS THIS BILL!	Apr-02-2011
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Against	Another ploy to destroy our wild horses	Apr-02-2011
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Against	Stop trying to get rid of our Wild Mustangs!	Apr-02-2011
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Against	Cutting off wild animals from water is cruel.	Apr-02-2011
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Against	These wild horses and burros belong to all of America, not just Nevada. Quit trying to eliminate them, in order to favor the welfare ranchers and mining industries!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	we treat criminals on death row better!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Please stop the persecution of our last remaining wild horses and burros in the great state of Nevada.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	If you take the right for the horses to have water away, then all I can say is...I pray for you!You have no right, these horses are God's creature and in fact God will send his four angels on his best horses to destroy the world, I think you better read the bible. I know America is really in trouble when you start removing horses that the people want left alone. They deserve to be there and have been for along time. I will pray that you make the right decision. Let the horses have water. How dare any one	Apr-01-2011
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Against	SJR5 AGAINST. Seriously? Make them die of thirst? Who are you people	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Stop the madness and leave the wild horses alone!!!!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	why deny the wild mustangs water? is this for the greedy cattle industry? why of course....	Apr-01-2011
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Against	What? What are you in government thinking? This is mean, cruel and downright wrong! What are you thinking? Or, are you?	Apr-01-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Wild horses require access to water	Apr-01-2011
Against	This is an attempt to cut off the water supply to the Wild Mustangs and other wild life. It is cruel and inhuman and should not be allowed.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	this bill is misleading. You want to take the water away form the horses.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	wild animals need water too. allow access to water to burros and wild horses.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Stop this war against the wild equines. They did nothing to merit your cruelty.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	KEEPING WATER AWAY FROM ANIMALS? ESPECIALLY WITH THE NV HEAT??!! YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!!	Apr-01-2011
Against	DO NOT CUT OFF WATER FRO ANY WILDLIFE!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE???	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Wild horses are to be protected by our government. To fence them off from water is cruel & unAmerican.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	I am a voting taxpayer of Nevada and demand any and all creatures (including humans) access to water! This bill is INSANE! Please get your heads out of your asses with these bullshit bills!!	Apr-01-2011
Against	this is horrible and cruel to these poor horses. please stop this now.thank you	Apr-01-2011
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Against	What in God's name is wrong with you folks??? Why would you do such a thing?? Of course anyone with a heart and brain will be against this bill!!!	Apr-01-2011
Against	I hope all considerations are being taken to preserve the rights of our wild horses & to retain their rights to access any & all water on public lands.	Apr-01-2011
Against	Why in the world would you stop providing horses with water on public land! God knows your plans for this	Apr-01-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Wild Horses and Burros are an important heritage of the Americas! To kill them off, or shatter their family units and hold them in concentration camps, or worse yet, send them to the violence and brutality of slaughter is as merciless as committing the same atrocities against one’s own family members! There is NO valid reason or excuse to "manage" them to extinction. America went to war against Hitler’s Holocaust, and NOW America is committing Holocaust against the defenseless and innocent on American soi	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Leave the wild mustangs alone. It is public land...my land. Get rid of the cattle...stop killing the horses!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	How crappy is this? The horses were suppose to remain on this land!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	What right does a state have to deny life-giving water to federally owned animals on federally owned land? This bill disgusts me and shows me a Nevada that is inhumane and greedy.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Inhumane and highly unethical to restrict water access to any form of life.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Keep the horses safe!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	Wild Horses should not be restricted water at all!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	maybe the legislatures need to read one peer reviewed scientific report, Wild Horses being Native, and a Supreme court ruling, Kleppe vs. Mexico where wild horses are labeled as "WILDLIFE" regardless of a state legislature definition.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	inhumane	Apr-01-2011
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Against	As a citizen of this country, I am fed up with the mistreatment of wildlife, including the mustangs and burros, for the benefit of corporate or private interests. They have a right to exist too and we need to give them their space to thrive.	Apr-01-2011
Against	No Comment	Apr-01-2011
Against	Wild horses and Burro's have every right to the water as the cattle or we do. It is just outrageous that our Government would even propose such a bill. Any Representative that votes for this bill. I will help make sure they are not re-elected.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	This is ridiculous, this is their land and they need water!	Apr-01-2011
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Against	They were here first and the Wild horses and burros are our heritage.We have an obligation to protect them.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	The mustangs need to be a protected animal. Leave them alone or help them. what the blm is doing to them is shameless and the government period. the mustangs have every right to water. shame on you	Apr-01-2011
Against	This is AWFUL. Water should be available to any and all wildlife, including the mustangs.	Apr-01-2011
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Against	No Comment	Mar-31-2011
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Against	We are sick and tired of the gov't sacrificing the future of the wild horses to benefit a tiny percentage of special interests (ie. cattlemen). I want my taxes to support the horses, NOT the greedy, short-sighted cattlemen.	Mar-31-2011
Against	Most all nevadans love our Mustangs.	Mar-31-2011
Against	This bill is exclusively prejudicial against wild horses and burros and elevates all other forms of life on the range as being more important. Wild horses and burros, having been proven as part of North America's evolutionary process long before the conquistadors came have evolutionary and legaal rights to the land they inhabit, including the water. see Wild Horse and Burro Act, 1971. If this bill were requesting the same discrimination against cattle or the sage grouse, passage would not even be an op	Mar-31-2011
For	SOME SAY THAT THESE HORSES ARE PART OF OUR WILD LIFE, BUT THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE COMPETING WITH THE NATURAL WILDLIFE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE THE HORSES THAT WERE TURNED LOOSE, AND KEEP BREEDING HERE.	Mar-31-2011
Against	Please protect our wild horses!!! They are part of our history and heritage. They need our protection.	Mar-31-2011
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Against	“The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen." Assembly Bill 329 (AB329) states that wild horses and burros are not wildlife and as such should not have access to water on public lands. The state controls water usage in Nevada, and by taking away water the anti-mustang cattlemen think they will get rid	Mar-30-2011
Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen.	Mar-30-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-30-2011
Against	I say we boot the cattle out of Nevada and send them to Texas. How greedy can you get. These horses BELONG in the Wild. We put them there so let them be. Nevada people LOVE their Mustangs, so I say the cattle ranchers are OUT NUMBERED. If you can't share than get out and leave be what is suppose have rights to live FREE!	Mar-30-2011
Against	This is despicable. The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill. Our public lands Do Not belong to the ranchers, they have been allowed to lease it at a cheap price. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen." The rest of the country is watching what is happening in our state and I am ashamed at the way our wild herds are being unfairly targeted.	Mar-30-2011
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Against	Someone has to speak for the wild horses and burros. The Cattlemen have their own agenda, and don't care about our Wild Horses and Buros. They deserve to live on Nevada Land.	Mar-30-2011
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Against	Our Wild horses and burros most certainly ARE wildlife---that is the whole point, we want them to remain FREE AND WILD---let them have access to WATER for heaven's sake!	Mar-30-2011
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Against	Friends and colleagues from around country - and the world - are appalled by what's happening to the wild horses: "insanity" and "why are they doing that?" are common responses.	Mar-30-2011
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Against	Total and complete nonsense. Leave the wild horses alone.	Mar-30-2011
For	Horses are not wild. They are feral farm animals. When will the advocates for the pig, cat, and rat demand wild status for these invasive species? Stop using emotion to replace science.	Mar-30-2011
Against	Wild horses ARE "wild life". Please vote NO ,how would you feel if you were denied drinking water? What a cruel idea this bill represents, how sad that humans have to vote on cruelty, very sad.	Mar-30-2011
Against	Wild Horses are just that, Wild. They need to be protected just as much as any other wild animal.	Mar-29-2011
Against	I DO NOT support this effort to deprive wild horses of water.	Mar-29-2011
Against	“The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen."	Mar-29-2011
Against	Stop trying to eliminate what most Nevadans feel is a legitimate part of our history and landscape. Let the mustangs alone and help provide a sanctuary where they can prosper and not be targets for bureaucrats who have no knowledge of Nevada or mustangs.	Mar-29-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Stop this bill it is designed to hurt the horses and burros.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	This is absolutely a crying shame. What is happening to our America? I will defend and honor our wild horses to the end of my days. Shame on you all for even considering this. Once again the destruction of man at work for the almighty dollar. Again Greed will bring this nation to it's knee's.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	i am disappointed that your valuable time is being taken up with this..they are wild mustangs. they are on our state quater and if we are not carefully that will be the only place they will be seen. And how will watering holes be policed..we are cutting back on other important services but going to add more government regulations with this. Save the mustangs, let them be free..Man domesticated the "wild" horses and they helped build Nevada..Rememeber the pony express? How did we get from place to place? b	Mar-29-2011
Against	I run a horse rescue & had a Mustang (Nevada) come in that BLM had removed from the range. One night when a mountain lion came down outside our fence, it became clear just how "WILD" Nevada had been. While the other horses were nervous, Nevada of whom was much further in on the property, turned & ran in such fear, that he ran into a steel pole & broke his neck! Maybe these horses weren"t wild years ago, but they have had several generations born in the wild, raised in the wild AND ARE NOW WILD! They deser	Mar-29-2011
For	49 other states have more water than Nevada. Take 98% of these Feral Farm Animals to where they have what they need. They would be closer to the big population centers that seem to produce the individuals that want to see them. By putting these government dependent animals closer to the cities that support them we could save travel time and fossil fuel on the part of their fans.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	“The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen." The mustangs belong to the American people and are protected under FEDERAL LAW! I am outraged that AB329 is even being considered. It is by being preposed, breaking FEDERAL LAW! As well as Mother Nature's Law and God's Will. How Dare any per	Mar-29-2011
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Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen.	Mar-29-2011
Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen." Also SJR5 is bad for Nevada because it will discourage wild horse ecotourism opportunities that will bring jobs and dollars to Nevada. Please vote against it.” AB329 also is against FEDERAL LAW. I urge you to please vote AGAINST this bill. It is outla	Mar-29-2011
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Against	As I understand, this bill would limit wild horses access to water which is ridiculous!	Mar-29-2011
For	It is the greedy, emotional, and uninformed feral horse advocates that are starving our native wildlife and stealing water from native species. I am not a rancher or have I ever been one but at least they build water tanks. All the feral horse crowd adds is opinion and suffering.	Mar-29-2011
Against	“The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen." The wild horses and burros are procted and are "supposed" to e allowed toraom free with out being iterfeered with i ANY way myman. UNDER Federallaw! That law INCLUDES water rights! How dare any person not allow a wild animal water! God shall judge you when y	Mar-29-2011
Against	This is a cruel, inhumane, greed driven tactic.	Mar-29-2011
Against	Just a reminder the cattlemen should not control this state the people do. Horses and burros deserve access to water on public lands. Those who vote in favor of this bill will never receive another vote from me. I have a website devoted to wild horses of Nevada and I can garner support opposing any state senator who votes for this bill. The horse is on our state quarter. Velma Johnson devoted her life to their cause as I am starting to devote my energy as well. Read the BLM's own studies. The horse	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Hmm...since you can't slaughter our Nevada state representatives... (Wild Mustangs), now you want to kill them off through dehydration?	Mar-29-2011
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For	THANK YOU! Nevada's wildlife will thank you! Feral does not equal wild. This bill would help defend Nevada's natural and rightful animal inhabitants. Thank you! Please do not let the mob mentality and tactics of the few scare you from doing your job.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	It is clear that you are allowing the BLM to exterminate wild horses. Please do not allow this. Ranchers should not be allowed to graze cattle on public lands. Senators and other elected people who are making money off of land from the ranchers should not be allowed to vote!!	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Please stop hurting our mustangs!! They are here because of there will to survive!! Take away there freedom? Whats next our freedom? Dont let this happen. Then come back and say Oh we have to round them up now because they dont have any water to drink!!!	Mar-29-2011
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Against	How can wild horses and burros be denied water? This will states the Mustangs are not wild. How can a few cattlemen kill off a symbol of freedom, the Old West and especially Nevada. It is greed. A few more permits to graze destructive cattle will be given off at the cost of killing off Mustangs. What a horrible group of people cattlemen are.	Mar-29-2011
Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen and hunters support this bill in order to serve their own commercial and personal interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans.	Mar-29-2011
Against	The attempt to label our horses as neither fish nor foul so that they can be denied any water at all is very transparent. The only reason for this is so that they have to be removed from the range completely, thereby leaving all vegetation for cattle. Horses & burros re-seed the range as they roam. Cattle with their four stomachs digest seeds. Horses & burros do not. Our quarter is the best looking of all with the mustang on it. I'm from the east coast originally and all my family, friends and c	Mar-29-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
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Against	I am writing to express both my concern and opposition to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources recent introduction of Assembly Bill 329. The targeting of water use by wild horses is one of the oldest tricks historically used by ranchers and hunters to “dispose of” wild horses they perceive as competing with their respective industries. Once limited to merely poisoning water holes to eliminate them as described in N.R.S. 504.490(e), today’s strategy seeks to employ more broad based backdoor meas	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Dear Legislatures, I have just learned about AB 329 and I am writing you today to strongly oppose the passing of this horrifically cruel Bill. American Mustangs and Burros have been roaming this State for centuries. Long before settlers, long before Statehood, long before the Bureau of Land Management and the protections the American People gave American Mustangs and Burros in 1971. 500 years longer than us now. To deny the American Mustangs and Burros (the Peoples Horses as they truly b	Mar-29-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
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Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen.	Mar-29-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
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Against	This is your chance to do the right thing. Please take care of our wildlife this includes the Mustang. You have taken much from them it is now time to stop. Please do the right thing.	Mar-29-2011
Against	The majority of Nevadans love mustangs. AB329 is anti-mustang and only a small group of cattlemen support this bill in order to serve their own commercial interests. Please represent the majority of Nevadans, not a small group of greedy cattlemen."	Mar-29-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-29-2011
Against	Nevadans love their wild mustangs: only cattlemen support this bill!	Mar-29-2011
Against	Wild horses are part of what I enjoy about Nevada.	Mar-29-2011
Against	This bill is an outrageous attempt to wrest control of wild horses and burros from the federal government by defying the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. Now in its 40th anniversary, this Act is one of the most noble acts ever passed by Congress and one passed unanimously. It purports to preserve and protect America's last wild horses and burros, both species that restore the North American species as returned natives, and contributed to the ecosystems they inhabit. It is outrageous that m	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Bill amounts to "equinacide"!! No, Not to our National Treasures.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Our wild horses are a National Treasure and are a natural wildlife in our state. How dare you deny water to our wild horses!!! Our wild horses are an American West icon!	Mar-29-2011
Against	Wild horses and burros are wildlife so please respect them.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	First of all, this does not belong in Chapter 532, it belongs in 533. Do we really want to tell the world that wild horses cannot drink water in our state? We should be ashamed !	Mar-29-2011
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Against	WILD horses ARE WILDlife	Mar-29-2011
Against	Letter being sent.	Mar-29-2011
Against	Another example of control issues. Don't these people have better things to do with themselves, other than going after the horses & burros. This is a selfish and spiteful move. This action must be stopped.	Mar-29-2011
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Against	Oh come on, have we really let it get this ridiculous? Why can't our Government see the truth behind these absurd ploys and quit wasting our precious tax dollars on such nasty pettiness? Let's get down to what is important to the people; Save our wild mustangs and burros, protect them from harm, implement a "REAL" program to manage the herds, one that truly benefits the mustangs, NO MORE BLM ROUNDUPS, NO MORE WAREHOUSING "WILD" HORSES AT TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE, TREAT THESE ANIMALS WITH THE RESPECT AND DIGNIT	Mar-29-2011
Against	Wild horses are OUR responsibility just as any other wild animal is to be protected from abuse, so are they.	Mar-28-2011
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Against	You do realize this is nothing more than animal cruely......all designed to keep the wild horses and burros away from the water that the ranchers want for their cattle, which should be on their own land to begin with!	Mar-28-2011
Against	I have lived in Las Vegas for 50 years, and the wild horses and wild burros are wildlife and need to be protected and given their fair share of water and food on public land. Cattle are not the only animals that have value.	Mar-28-2011
Against	There is only one thing to say about this bill....IT IS WRONG!	Mar-28-2011
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Against	Sorry but industry does not get to redifine a word and put selfish motives before the greater good.	Mar-28-2011
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Against	We are such a blessed State the State of Nevada, Our Wild Horses and Burro's bring such a joy to so many, I live in an area that we still have some Wild Horses left. I talk to people from all over the Country and the World that have traveled a long way to our Great State, and one of the things they enjoy here in Nevada is The Wild Horses and Burro's in the Wild. After all our State Quarter has the Wild Horse on it and we even designed one of our Freeway walls in the Southwest to the Wild Horses and Burro'	Mar-28-2011
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Against	This bill, Supported by the ranchers and hunters is a back door way of getting rid of the wild horses and burros. I happen to believe that the wild horses and burros are a tourist attraction. Living where there are wild horses and burros I have noticed that a lot of tourists, particularly foreigners, visit our area just to see the wild horses and burros. If Nevada was smart our legislators would recognize this natural resource for the revenue it could generate if properly promoted.	Mar-28-2011
Against	wild Horses are wildlife, just as any other animal that lives or roams freely in nature.	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
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Against	All animals on the public range should have equal access to water. To prohibit access is inhumane and should not be tolerated in our society. Wild horses should be allowed free access to water along with wildlife and other animals on the range.	Mar-28-2011
Against	I want the horses and other wildlife to remain on public lands and the domestic sheep and cattle to go away.	Mar-28-2011
Against	This inhumanity has to stop. You would deny a living breathing creature the right to water? May you never find yourself in a position where you lose your right to nourishment!	Mar-28-2011
Against	Please vote against this bill. We should allow the horses to have water on public lands and actually help them more to survive in the wild.	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
Against	These are wild horses - proven by genitic testing. They have a unique bloodline that goes back before the time of the Indians in this country. They are not feral animals turned loose. They are the symbol of our State - see our State Quarter. They are our Heritage	Mar-28-2011
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Against	America's Wild Horses and Burros are wild........and native........DO YOUR RESEARCH!	Mar-28-2011
Against	Congress declared our Wild Horses and Burros Protected, that certain people want to reclassify them to suit their own desires and deny them land, water and protection is despicable!	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
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Against	this bill is a joke! how can and assemblymen say that wild horses and burros do not fall under the term "wild mammal"? Under definitions of both word they inevitably fall under the "wild mammal" term!! Our country is ran by a bunch of cattlemen, money, and just plain idiots!! Its truly disgusting!!	Mar-28-2011
Against	why would you endanger a nascent wild horse tourism industry, deny a paltry amount of potable water to these animals, and at the same time hugely endanger your fresh water supply by giving free rein to water hogs like mining??!!! Billions of gallons consumed in a arid state--it is incomprehensible.	Mar-28-2011
Against	This bill is cruel and inhumane. Wild horses and burros ARE WILDLIFE! They are our national treasures and cannot be eliminated by the selfish and narrow minded cattlemen.	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
Against	Scientists across the US have documented how and why wild horses are wildlife. To quote Drs. Jay F. Kirkpatrick and P. Fazio, "Wild Horses as Native North American Wildlife" (2003-201): “The fact that horses were domesticated before they were reintroduced matters little from a biological viewpoint. They are the same species that originated here, and whether or not they were domesticated is quite irrelevant. Domestication altered little biology, and we can see that in the phenomenon called ‘going wild’, w	Mar-28-2011
Against	Wild horses and burros are wildlife too! This bill is selective and wrong!!!	Mar-28-2011
Against	Why is a wild horse or burro not wildlife? They are WILD horses and burros - WILD. How do you justify this? WHY are you excluding them? This is just wrong on so many levels. Cattle are OK (not wildlife) but WILD horses and burros are not? This sounds like cattle rancher politics, nothing else.	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
Against	This bill is horrendous and should be defeated. Horses ARE wildlife and are supposed to be protected by law.	Mar-28-2011
Against	Another example of the cattle industry trying to reap personal benefit on the backs of taxpayers! This is not THEIR land, it is the public's land. Also, they are called WILD horses and burros for a reason, they are WILDLIFE!	Mar-28-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-28-2011
Against	There is no reason to exclude Wild Horses & Burros on our public lands from the drinking of water meant for other "Wildlife". If you denied any animal water, whether domestic or Wild, it falls under animal cruelty & you should be held bound to the animal cruelty laws of our state.	Mar-28-2011
Against	All animals on the public range should have equal access to water. To prohibit access is inhumane and should not be tolerated in our society. Wild horses should be allowed free access to water along with wildlife and other animals on the range.	Mar-27-2011
Against	the WILD HORSES AND BURROS are a part of our wildlife and they have a right to the water sources, ranchers can not have it all	Mar-27-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-27-2011
Against	Seeking to exclude wild horses from the definition, this is another insidious attempt by BLM to enable the complete removal of wild horses from the "multiple use" category allowed on public lands in favor of privately-owned cattle. Scientific studies have proven that wild horses originated and evolved in North America and are NOT an "invasive species" as BLM claims.	Mar-27-2011
Against	No Comment	Mar-27-2011
Against	The wild horse is an American Icon. We the people will not sit back and let you deny water to our wild mustangs and burros. Shame on the USA!!	Mar-27-2011
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Against	Reclassifying wild horses to bar them from water is throwing away tourist dollars which the wild horses attract. If water conservation were truly the aim of this legislation, we would make mining stop fracking.	Mar-27-2011
Against	I can't believe you would consider such a thing.	Mar-27-2011
Against	All wild creatures, indigenous or not, are protected, EXCEPT WILD HORSES? I'm sure the roots of this ugly piece of work are clear to all legislators. The cattle industry will have its way: the destruction of Nevada's now indigenous wild/feral native horses and anything else that stands in the way of profits even at the expense of a national icon.	Mar-27-2011
Against	fact is Wild Mustangs IS "WILD LIFE".	Mar-27-2011

76th (2011) Session Opinions

76th (2011) Session
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