CHICAGO, (EWA) – Since the 107th Congress (2001), equine welfare advocates across the country have been trying to get elected officials to pass legislation to ban the slaughter of American horses. Polls have consistently shown that the legislation has the support of 70% of Americans, but without fail the bills have been stalled, blocked with secret holds, and left off the legislative calendars. Now it appears the European Union (EU) and Canada may stop horse slaughter before Congress.
Archive for June, 2010
Foreign Governments May Save U.S. Horses While Congress Sleeps at the Wheel
Posted: June 30, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Animal welfare, Canada, Equine, Equine Welare Alliance, European Union, Horse, Horse Meat, Horse Slaughter, John Holland, United States Congress, US Congress, Vicki Tobin
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BLM Admits Helicopter Stampede Caused Wild Horse Deaths, Refuses Outside Observers in Nevada Census
Posted: June 30, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, burro, Calico Complex, Craig Downer, Cruelty to animals, Death, equid, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, Horse, Horseback Magazine, Mustang, Nevada, Tom Gorey, United States, wildburro, wildhorse, wildmustang
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The federal Bureau of Land Management, under siege by press and public for it’s handling of offshore drilling, again has proven it is an agency with a tin ear when it comes to public relations.
With 150 horses and foals now dead in the wake of the most deadly “gather” in BLM history, the agency continues with an apparent government cover-up of the number of horses remaining in Nevada’s remote Calico Mountains.
Pony Up, Cattlemen!
Posted: June 29, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Carson City, Cattle, Equine, government corruption, Horse, Ken Salazar, Mustang, Nevada, PPJ Gazette, welfare ranching, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
After hearing that the Bureau of Land Management will be rounding up the wild horses in the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area (California and Nevada) because there’s not enough water for them, I looked at the BLM Eagle Lake (California) Field Office website and noticed the projects they had listed.
Captive Calico Wild Horses Continue to Die Under BLM Control
Posted: June 28, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, Calico Mountains (Nevada), Cruelty to animals, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, EWA, Horse, Mustang, Nevada, wildhorse, wildmustang
CHICAGO, (EWA) – BLM is only issuing reports once per week. There were 5 deaths over the past two weeks – 3 deaths the week ending June 18 and 2 deaths the week ending June 25. Below is the current death toll and the information on the deaths from the BLM website.
Flyover Reveals Cattle Outnumber Wild Horses 10 to 1
Posted: June 27, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Craig Downer, equid, Equine, Horse, Mustang, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
Unedited Documented Account by Craig Downer Report on Flight from Truckee Airport (CA) passing over various mountain ranges and valleys to the Owyhee Wild Horse Herd Management Area (whhma), Rock Creek whhma, and Little Humboldt whhma. (Ill. w/ digital photos taken on flight.) Elko District, Bureau of Land Management, North Central Nevada, ca. 80 miles [...]
Ken Salazar “Doctors” Evidence on Wild Horses AND Oil
Posted: June 25, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Gulf of Mexico, Ken Salazar, Oil spill, United States Department of the Interior, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Ken Salazar’s crooked and corrupt Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to run out of control while it lies, deceives and kills off our publicly owned wild horses as Salazar’s deceitful nature is clearly exposed in the Gulf Oil crisis.
Wild Horses Continue to Die Behind Closed Gates from BLM Mismanagment
Posted: June 25, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, burro, Calico Mountains, crueltytoanimals, Equine, Horse, Mustang, Nevada, Public land, wildhorse, wildmustang
In the face of public and Congressional outrage over the roundup of nearly 2,000 wild horses from Nevada’s Calico Mountains region, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced plans to control and minimize criticism by restricting the very limited public viewing of its operations to a small group of cherry-picked organizations and individuals. The agency is ramping up its capture plans, with over 5,000 more wild horses targeted for roundup and removal over the next four months.
