HOUSTON, (WHFF) – Yesterday, August 30th 2011 in a Reno Nevada Federal Courtroom the Honorable Judge Howard McKibben granted a Temporary Restraining Order against the continuation of documented helicopter pilot conduct at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Triple B wild horse roundup in Eastern Nevada. Citing his authority as a Federal Judge to enjoin an agency’s conduct where their actions have been demonstrated to be “in violation of an Act” Judge McKibben issued the TRO.
Archive for August, 2011
BLM Pilot Conduct Ruled “Inhumane” at Triple B Wild Horse Hearing
Posted: August 31, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Equine Welfare, Horse, Laura Leigh, Wild Horse, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
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BLM Responds to Allegations of Inhumane Wild Horse Treatment
Posted: August 30, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Laura Leigh, Obama Administration, Wild Horse, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
HOUSTON, (WHFF) – In declarations supplied to the Court in the current TRO motion, that alleges inhumane practices at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roundups, information has been disclosed.
“Because BLM has not achieved it’s management objectives during the time allotted to this gather,” States Alan Shepherd of BLM, “ it will be necessary to complete the gather in more than one stage.”
Horses Shaped Our Art of War and Peace
Posted: August 30, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse NewsTags: Ancient Greece, Chauvet Cave, Greek art, Horse, The White Horse at Ebbsfleet
Horses throng the history of art. The most ancient paintings that are known, in Chauvet cave in France, feature herds of horses, and Mark Wallinger is keeping the equine dream alive in today’s art even if he never does get the money for his giant horse at Ebbsfleet.
East Coast Wild Horses Survive Hurricane Irene
Posted: August 29, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Wild Horse, Horse, Chincoteague ponies, Hurricane Irene
Sources close to SFTHH have indicated that the world famous Chincoteague wild horses survived the storms onslaught unscathed.
The horses, made famous by the novel “Misty of Chincoteague”, were allowed to reach higher ground in advance of the storm and members of the local pony committee put out additional hay to sustain the horses during the storm’s fury.
Food Network’s Pioneer Woman Show Smells Like…???
Posted: August 28, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Cruelty to animals, Food Network, government corruption, Horse, Phoniness, Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, Wild Horse
I specifically went in to the premiere episode of Pioneer Woman knowing nothing about Ree Drummond or her family or her sprawling ranch. I didn’t want to be influenced by the alleged throngs of blog-readers who have her placed atop some high pedestal. I wanted to form my own unbiased opinion of her and the show, which I most certainly did. And my opinion is this: WOW. IT SUCKED.
Wild Horses, Courtrooms and a Woman Alone in the Desert
Posted: August 27, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Animal welfare, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Laura Leigh, Nevada, Wild Horse, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
As the helicopters fly, the phone lines hum and the social networks scream there is one voice that continually and unwaveringly whispers in our ears about the fate of our wild horses. There is no ego in her tone or glory sought in her words just the hurt and pain of witnessing cruelty and suffering, day in and day out. Nagging, sometimes crying, she shares her observations for the day as our souls wrestle with the guilt and feeling of impotence; Laura Leigh is there and we are not.
International Equine Conference on Equine Welfare and Food Safety
Posted: August 27, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse Health, Horse News, Horse Slaughter, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: Animal welfare, burro, Equine, Equine Welfare Alliance, Horse, Horse Slaughter, Madeleine Pickens, Mary Landrieu, wild burro, Wild Horse
Chicago (EWA) – A coalition of animal welfare groups including the Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) and the Animal Law Coalition has announced the first International Equine Conference (IEC) to be held September 26-28 at the Marriott Residence Inn, Old Town Alexandria, Va.
