Archive for September, 2009

by “Mustang Jack“ Meet Loren and Piper Stouts, ranchers and self proclaimed wildlife biologists. This Oregon couple alleges in a, U.S. District Court lawsuit, that federal authorities should properly control the rising wild horse population in the state. The Stout’s allege, in their federal lawsuit, that appropriate steps have not been taken, to date, to contain the wild mustang [...]

by Simone Netherlands What is the difference between a wild horse and a captive horse? What is the difference between a trained and an untrained horse? What is the difference between a mare and stallion? What is the difference between a horse tortured by the BLM and a horse tortured by a killer buyer? The [...]

Arrest made in horse kills By JEFF GEARINO Casper Star-Tribune ROCK SPRINGS – Authorities have arrested a Bureau of Land Management employee in connection with the June shooting deaths of three horses at the agency’s holding corrals. BLM spokeswoman Lorraine Keith said Tuesday that Jason Hein was arrested in Billings on Friday. “It’s good news [...]

courtesy of Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine Wild Horse Advocates Ride Up the Hill It was a big day for wild horses in Washington D.C. on Tuesday as The Cloud Foundation staged its “Horses on the Hill” event and the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board met giving barely a [...]

“Cloud the Stallion” Filmmaker Ginger Kathrens to Address Press Conference Washington DC  - Wild horse and burro advocates from across the country will gather in Washington DC on September 29 to lobby on behalf of S.1579, the Restore Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act.  They will also ask Senators to halt the Bureau of Land Management’s [...]

by Terry and R.T. Fitch Over the Labor Day Weekend of 2009 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) bumbled an ill-conceived and mismanage round up of the world famous “Cloud’s Herd” of the Pryor Mountains in Montana.  Ignoring their studies and the advice of experts they stampeded horses down 5,000 feet of rocky mountainside in [...]

Many Lame After More Than a Fortnight by Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine HOUSTON – Tonight a yellow Mustang with the unlikely name of Cloud limps in a meadow on top of Montana’s Pryor Mountain, 18 days after he was released injured from a hasty Bureau of Land Management “gather.” Fifty-seven friends and relatives [...]