CHICAGO, (EWA) – The funding testimony for the planned sanctuaries dubbed by wild horse supporters as “Salazoos” outlined last October by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, will be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Energy and Natural resources on March 3, at 10am.
Archive for February, 2010
Say NO to Federal Funding for Wild Horse Salazoos
Posted: February 28, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Add new tag, Animal Law Coalition, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Congress, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, Horse, John Holland, Ken Salazar, Laura Allen, Mustang, Nevada, Public land, United States, United States Secretary of the Interior, Vicki Tobin, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
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BLM’s Abbey Takes Fox in Hen House Approach to Humane Observer Issue
Posted: February 26, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bob Abbey, burro, Documentary film, Emmy Award, Equine, Fallon, Film director, ginger Kathrens, Horse, Horseback Magazine, Mustang, Steven Long, The Cloud Foundation, United States, Website, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
by Steven Long, Editor and Publisher of “Horseback Magazine“ HOUSTON, (Horseback) – In a letter to Emmy Award winning documentary Filmmaker Ginger Kathrens after a query about a BLM offer to allow humane observers, the agency’s director, Bob Abbey, responded that the agency would choose them. The BLM is mired in scandal after the deaths [...]
March for Mustangs
Posted: February 25, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: 1971 Free-roaming Wild Horses, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, burro, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, Friends of Animals, ginger Kathrens, Horse, Ken Salazar, Mustang, President Obama, R.T. Fitch, The Cloud Foundation, wild burro, Wild Horses, Wild Mustangs
The Bureau of Land Management’s cruel and costly mismanagement is destroying a vital piece of the American west. The American public is sanding up for our horses and burros- please join us in a March for Mustangs, rally and protest.
Convicted Wild Mustang Murderer Jason Meduna Gets Off Easy
Posted: February 25, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: 3 Strikes Ranch, Habitat for Horses, Horse, jason meduna, Morrill County Nebraska, Mustang, Starvation, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
By DOUBLE Q COUNTRY NEWS The “Details” on Meduna’s Sentence The former owner of the 3-Strikes Ranch in Morrill County has been sentenced to a prison term of 40 months to ten years for criminal neglect of animals. Morrill County District Court Judge Leo Dobrovolny handed down the sentence Tuesday afternoon in Bridgeport. In January, 43-year-old [...]
Six more wild horses perish, some under gruesome conditions
Posted: February 24, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Animal, BLM, Calico herd, Equine, Fallon, Filly, foal, Health, Horse, Mare, Maureen Harmonay, Mustang, Nevada, Sport, Willie Nelson
Since Saturday, February 20th, six more horses from the Calico roundup have died, and two more foals perished before they even took their first breath. The total number of lives lost among the wild horses being held captive in BLM corrals near Fallon, Nevada is at least 58, not counting dozens of late-term miscarriages.
Help Habitat for Horses for FREE
Posted: February 24, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse RescueTags: Habitat for Horses, horse abuse, Horse Rescue, horses, Jerry Finch
News Update: You can Help Save Horses at HfH without Spending a Dime Since December, iGive special challenges have meant tens of thousands of dollars for the organizations listed at iGive, groups just like Habitat for Horses. These challenges are our response to the tough economic times. We’re tremendously pleased that they’re working, so we’ve [...]
