We wrote on Sunday regarding the impact that visiting a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse Concentration Camp can have upon one’s soul. The facility that we highlighted was Palomino Valley north of Sparks, NV where we were granted unfettered access and did not experience the feeling of being watched or guarded, unlike our experiences at the Litchfield facility outside of Susanville, NV…ground zero for the Twin Peaks Wild Horse extermination.
Archive for August, 2010
Evidence of Death Haunts BLM Wild Horse Concentration Camp
Posted: August 31, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM roundups, Bureau of Land Management, Cattoor, Cruelty to animals, Death, Equine, government corruption, Helicopter, Horse, Ken Salazar, Litchfield, Mustang, Susanville, Twin Peaks, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
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The BLM Show: “How to Twist Figures and Get Away with It”
Posted: August 30, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Horse, Lisa LeBlanc, Public land, R.T. Fitch, Wild Horse
Just for fun, imagine Ms. Average American standing on stage and questioning our main actor, Mr. BLiM…it’s a short play but one we are confident that you will find interesting.
Wild Mustang Concentration Camps: the BLM’s Future Plans for Our Once Wild Horses
Posted: August 29, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: animal cruelty, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Equestrian, government corruption, Horse, Ken Salazar, R.T. Fitch, Twin Peaks, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
With stampede operations allegedly shut down for August 28th at the Twin Peaks location Terry and I decided to head in one direction while Herd Watch Coordinator, Laura Leigh went in another. We had visited the Litchfield Holding Facility everyday for almost a week so we packed up the rental SUV and headed to Palomino Valley north of Sparks, NV. Palomino Valley is where the remainder of the captive Twin Peaks horses will go now that Litchfield is full. As of Friday, 909 wild souls had been captured and stripped of their freedom and futures, we wanted to see what the fate of the remaining captives would look like and we are sorry that we did.
Independent Review Too Late for Wild Horses and Burros?
Posted: August 28, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, cloud foundation, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Mustang, Public land, United States Secretary of the Interior, Wild Horse
Colorado Springs, CO (August 27, 2010)— The Cloud Foundation fully supports the independent review of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mismanagement of America’s Wild Horses and Burros by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), but only if it is coupled with an immediate moratorium on all wild horse and burro roundups. 54 members of Congress requested both the review and an immediate moratorium in a letter sent to Secretary of Interior Salazar on July 31, 2010. Each herd is an integral part of the ecosystem and without a moratorium there will be few genetically viable herds on Western lands in left to study.
Heavy Cop Presence at Twin Peaks Keeps Contractor Hiding Place Off Limits
Posted: August 27, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: animal cruelty, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cattoor, Cruelty to animals, Equine, government corruption, Helicopter, Horse, Horseback Magazine, Laura Leigh, Mustang, New York Times, R.T. Fitch, roundup, stampede, Steven Long, Twin Peaks, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
TWIN PEAKS, CA (Horseback) – A heavy, armed police presence protected America and the Federal Bureau of Land Management wild horse stampede contractor from four journalists and no anti-BLM activists at the “gather” held today at Twin Peaks, according to Horseback Magazine’s R.T. Fitch at the site. There were two reporters and a photographer representing the Texas based magazine, as well as a videographer working for the New York Times, a paper which was provided unfettered access earlier this week while other media organizations and citizen observers were kept at bay.
Audio Post From Twin Peaks
Posted: August 27, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Horse, Post by Voice, Twin Peaks, Wild Horse
Judge Denies BLM’s Motion to Dismiss Wild Horse Lawsuit
Posted: August 26, 2010 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Bureau of Land Management, cloud, cloud foundation, Custer National Forest, ginger Kathrens, Horse, United States Forest Service, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang
Washington D.C. (August 27, 2010)— On August 25th United States District Judge, James S. Gwin, granted a legal request by The Cloud Foundation, Front Range Equine Rescue and photographer/author Carol Walker, to file a Second Amended Complaint against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) actions in the mismanagement of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses. The ruling allows addition of the United States Forest Service (USFS) to the suit. The Custer National Forest is presently moving forward with building a restrictive boundary fence to prevent the wild horses from accessing crucial current and historical summer grazing lands. Judge Gwin ruled that the Plaintiffs’ claim against the fence is not moot as the fence could be removed or further fence building activities stopped should subsequent legal decisions rule in the Plaintiffs’ favor. Judge Gwin ordered the BLM and USFS to answer the Second Amended Complaint within 30 days.
“BLM’s tactic of completing removals of wild horses and burros from the range in whirlwind fashion and avoiding legal challenges to its underlying management of these animals did not work in this case,” explained Valerie J. Stanley. Attorneys Valerie J. Stanley and Bruce A. Wagman represent the Plaintiffs in this action.
