Wild horses may not be dragging anyone away – they are too busy being slaughtered and harassed, advocates say. They are also pretty tangled up in a debate about their fate.
Archive for October, 2009
Wild Horse population riding off into the sunset
Posted: October 31, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Equine, Horse, Ken Salazar, Mexico, Philadelphia Inquirer, Public land, South Dakota, The Cloud Foundation, United States, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
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Citizens call for immediate moratorium on wild horse round-ups
Posted: October 30, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Craig Downer, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, EWA, Horse, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, The Cloud Foundation, United States, United States Department of the Interior, White House, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
CHICAGO, (EWA) – The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA), an umbrella organization comprising over 60 member organizations, announced today it is joining the growing chorus calling for an immediate moratorium on the gathering of wild horses and burros by all government agencies. Already calling for a moratorium are The Cloud Foundation, The Animal Law Coalition and [...]
Reports Reveal More Deaths and Sloppy Record Keeping by BLM as Groups Call for Investigation
Posted: October 29, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, Habitat for Horses, Horse, Idaho, Ken Salazar, round up, The Cloud Foundation, United States, United States Secretary of the Interior, Washington, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
by Steven Long, Editor of Horseback Magazine HOUSTON, (Horseback) – In the sometimes bewildering world of the federal Bureau of Land management, things get confusing – even confounded annoying. Such was the case when Horseback Magazine began to investigate the deaths of 11 horses we found on a comprehensive report released by the Washington office [...]
The Bureau of Land Management – Wild Horse Specialists?
Posted: October 28, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Equestrian, Equestrianism, Equine, Horse, Horse trainer, Natural horsemanship, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
by Simone Netherlands How does the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) call themselves wild horse specialists? What might they be basing this definition on, on the fact that they have been chasing wild horses for a long time? Does doing something the wrong way for a long time make one an automatic specialist? Natural horsemanship [...]
Wild Horse Debate Gallops On
Posted: October 27, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: American West, Bureau of Land Management, Equine, Horse, Ken Salazar, Nevada, Nevada Cattlemen's Association, pryor mountains, South Dakota, The Cloud Foundation, United States, United States Secretary of the Interior, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES — The Obama administration’s first try at resolving the debate over the wild horses of the West has not gone over well with some. Animal rights groups say that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar‘s proposal to relocate thousands of mustangs to preserves in the East and Midwest would [...]
Habitat for Horses becomes first Equine Sanctuary accredited by GFAS
Posted: October 27, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse Rescue, Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Animal rights, Animal welfare, Cruelty to animals, Equine, Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, Habitat for Horses, HfH, Horse, Horse Rescue, Jerry Finch, Organizations, Society of the United States, Texas, United States, World Society for the Protection of Animals
Today the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), the only globally recognized organization providing standards for identifying legitimate animal sanctuaries, announced Habitat for Horses became the first equine rescue and sanctuary accredited to its standards and, thereby, recognized by GFAS. The accreditation signifies the official implementation of clear and respected international standards for the public, donors and government agencies to recognize credible sanctuaries that adhere to the true mission of providing safe haven and humane care for abused animals.
Commentary: Love, Loss and Lessons of the Wild Horses
Posted: October 26, 2009 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, cloud, Equine, ginger Kathrens, Horse, Labor Day, PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, R.T. Fitch, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
by R.T. Fitch, author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart“ I have sat at this computer and tried to put into words my feelings after viewing Ginger Kathrens‘ third installment of the “Cloud” series on PBS last night. It’s not coming easy as there are a variety of emotions at play. I’ve come to realize that [...]
