On July 30, 2010 Laura Leigh re-filed Contempt of Court charges against Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Bob Abbey, Director of the BLM and Ron Wenker, Nevada State Director of the BLM in regard to what BLM calls the “Tuscarora wild horse gather.” The BLM continually refers to the three herd management areas of Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt under one umbrella name of Tuscarora. The judge, at the time of hearing earlier motions, recognized that Tuscarora was three herds and not one as BLM would like people to believe.
Archive for July, 2010
Contempt of Court Charges Re-filed Against BLM, Ken Salazar, Bob Abbey
Posted: July 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Contempt of Court, Department of the Interior, Equine, Horse, Ken Salazar, Laura Leigh, Mustang, Nevada, Tuscarora, United States, wildhorse, wildmustang
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Lobby Group Will Urge Congress to Fund Export of Tainted Horse Meat
Posted: July 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse SlaughterTags: animal cruelty, Animal welfare, Congress, European Union, Horse, Horse Meat, Horse Slaughter, National Conference of State Legislatures, United States
CHICAGO, (EWA) – The National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) has passed a resolution calling for the reinstatement of USDA inspectors for horse meat.
Bio-Diversity Group Sues BLM to Stop Controversial Ruby Pipeline
Posted: July 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse NewsTags: Bureau of Land Management, Center for Biological Diversity, curelty to animals, El Paso, Goverment Corruption, Horse, Ruby Pipeline, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wild Horse
HOUSTON (SFTHH) – The controversial $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon faces yet another law suit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity on Friday. Once cited for the reason the BLM zeroed out a herd of almost 2,000 horses, with the death toll still ticking beyond 150 killed horses, the new suit alleges that the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.
OIG Launches Review of BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program Amid Escalating Controversy
Posted: July 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bob Abbey, Bureau of Land Management, Cattoor, curelty to animals, Death, Elko County, Elko County Nevada, Equine, government corruption, Helicopter, Horse, Ken Salazar, Mustang, Nevada, roundup, stampede, Tuscarora, Washington University School of Medicine, wildhorse, wildmustang
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 27, 2010 – The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), which is supported by a coalition of more than 40 public interest, historic preservation and horse advocacy organizations, today supplemented the ongoing Department of Interior Office of Inspector General (OIG) review of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s wild horse and burro program. AWHPC filed a complaint outlining the BLM’s negligence in the conduct of the Tuscarora roundup in northeastern Nevada.
BLM Extends Comment Period but for Who’s Benefit, not the Wild Horses
Posted: July 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse Slaughter, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, cloud foundation, Cruelty to animals, Cynthia Lummis, Equine Welare Alliance, government corruption, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat for Horses, horses, R.T. Fitch, Rep., United States, United States Department of the Interior, Wild Horse, Wyoming
(The News as We See It) by R.T. Fitch ~ author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” At the conclusion of this commentary is inserted a current press release announcing that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the public comment period for the “New Direction” the BLM is taking with the Wild Horse [...]
A Slick In The Night
Posted: July 30, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cattoor, Equestrian, Equine Welfare Alliance, government corruption, Helicopter, Horse, Nevada, roundup, stampede, United States, Valerie James-Patton, Wild Horse
We keep hearing the upsetting stories from our wild horse advocates living in Nevada near the BLM wild horse holding facilities about wild horses being hauled in the middle of the night and disappearing. We hear it often.
Two Things You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Help Wild Horses and Burros
Posted: July 29, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cattoor, Cruelty to animals, Death, government corruption, Helicopter, Horse, Laura Allen, Nevada, Nick Rahall, Public land, roundup, stampede, United States, Washington DC, Wild Horse
by Laura Allen of the Animal Law Coalition Here’s the first thing you can do: Find your U.S. representative here. Find your Senators here. Call them right now today. You can reach your Representative and Senators through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tomorrow, July 30, is the deadline - there is no time to write and they might [...]
