Quarterly Winter 2012 Volume 61 Number 1 AWI Quarterly ABOUT the COVER Founder a Wild Horse Grazes Near Glacier National Park in Montana
AW I Quarterly Winter 2012 Volume 61 Number 1 AWI Quarterly ABOUT THE COVER FOUNDER A wild horse grazes near Glacier National Park in Montana. The Bureau of Land Management Christine Stevens (BLM) and other federal land managers are required by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and DIRECTORS Burros Act of 1971 to protect wild equines. The BLM instead routinely rounds up and displaces Cynthia Wilson, Chair wild horses from traditional rangelands in order to appease private ranching interests. John W. Boyd, Jr. Barbara K. Buchanan Last year, in response to questions raised by AWI and others over BLM’s management priorities, Charles M. Jabbour the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) initiated an independent evaluation of the science, Mary Lee Jensvold, Ph.D. methodology, and technical decision-making approaches of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Cathy Liss Michele Walter Program. On January 27, at a meeting held in Spokane, Washington, AWI wildlife biologist D.J. Schubert provided testimony to the NAS committee tasked with reviewing the program. OFFICERS Cathy Liss, President Photo by Todd Klassy Cynthia Wilson, Vice President Charles M. Jabbour, CPA, Treasurer Barbara K. Buchanan, Secretary SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE RECORD FINE ASSESSED AGAINST Gerard Bertrand, Ph.D. Roger Fouts, Ph.D. Roger Payne, Ph.D. RINGLING BROS. Samuel Peacock, M.D. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey —the Hope Ryden “Greatest Show on Earth” according to its Robert Schmidt, Ph.D. John Walsh, M.D. slogan—has a new distinction that probably INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE won’t appear in its promotional materials: Aline S. de Aluja, D.V.M., Mexico The circus company has been slapped with the Ambassador Tabarak Husain, Bangladesh largest fine ever under the Animal Welfare Act Angela King, United Kingdom (AWA) against an exhibitor.
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