Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing “Today’s action gets us one step closer to ensuring the survival of these horses.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing about the Shackleford Banks horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Senate’s Natural Parks Subcommittee held the hearing to consider H.R. 2055 – Congressman Jones’ bill to ensure the continued viability of the herd. Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses Gets Senate Hearing “Today’s action gets us one step closer to ensuring the survival of these horses.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon Third District Congressman Walter B. Jones testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing about the Shackleford Banks horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Senate’s Natural Parks Subcommittee held the hearing to consider H.R. 2055 – Congressman Jones’ bill to ensure the continued viability of the herd.
In June, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Jones’ bill, H.R. 2055, by a voice vote. If signed into law by the President after Senate approval, this legislation would update the science-based parameters that govern management of the free roaming horses on Shackleford Banks and amend current law – which permits 100 free roaming horses on the Banks – to allow “not less than 110 free roaming horses, with a target population of between 120 to 130 free roaming horses.”
“I ask the Senate to quickly approve this bill so we can ensure these horses are around for generations to come,” Jones said. “The bill is supported by the National Park Service, scientific experts, and the local community. I thank my House colleagues for passing H.R. 2055, and I hope the Senate will follow suit very shortly. Today’s hearing is a good step in that direction.”
In 1998 the President signed Congressman Jones’ original Shackleford Banks Wild Horses Protection Act. That bill set the framework for using sound science as the basis for cooperative management of the horses by the Park Service and local stakeholders.
In June, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Jones’ bill, H.R. 2055, by a voice vote. If signed into law by the President after Senate approval, this legislation would update the science-based parameters that govern management of the free roaming horses on Shackleford Banks and amend current law – which permits 100 free roaming horses on the Banks – to allow “not less than 110 free roaming horses, with a target population of between 120 to 130 free roaming horses.”
“I ask the Senate to quickly approve this bill so we can ensure these horses are around for generations to come,” Jones said. “The bill is supported by the National Park Service, scientific experts, and the local community. I thank my House colleagues for passing H.R. 2055, and I hope the Senate will follow suit very shortly. Today’s hearing is a good step in that direction.”
In 1998 the President signed Congressman Jones’ original Shackleford Banks Wild Horses Protection Act. That bill set the framework for using sound science as the basis for cooperative management of the horses by the Park Service and local stakeholders.
