Front and center in an ongoing lawsuit and well documented in fracturing and splitting up wild horse herds BLM’s helicopter stampede contractor, Sun-J missed the mark today, to the great relief of six wild horses. Laura Leigh, VP of Wild Horse Freedom Federation witnessed six wild horses escape to freedom from the inexperienced contractor’s poorly constructed trap.
Archive for October, 2011
BLM Wild Horse Stampede Contractor Botches Job
Posted: October 31, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Laura Leigh, Wild Horse, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
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Paroled Wild Mustang Murderer Taking Act to Wyoming
Posted: October 31, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, The Force of the Horse, Wild Burros, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: jason meduna, Nebraska, Parole, wild burro, Wild Horse, Wild Mustang, Wyoming
Last Wednesday, Jason Meduna, convicted of 145 counts of felony animal cruelty carrying a sentence of 5-10 years in January of 2010 was covertly granted parole by the state of Nebraska while they negotiated with Wyoming to allow the felon to reside in their state upon his release. The official parole board statement referred to Meduna’s parole as “pending” while they attempted to rid themselves of the controversial wild horse and burro murderer at their very first opportunity and to add injury to insult, they are going to attempt to dump their trash just across their state line so that the smell does not carry back to their precious board room. Sorry boys and girls, he ain’t gonna be all that far away.
Blazer, the Little Horse that Could!
Posted: October 30, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in The Force of the HorseTags: Equine, Eventing, Horse, Jumping, Pony, Sam Houston State University
As funny as this may sound one of the most significant influences in my life was not a person, a book or even a song; it was my horse Blazer.
I was given Blazer as a birthday gift when I was 10 years old and from that day on my life was never the same. I spent all my time with Blazer. He taught me commitment, responsibility, and how to love something unconditionally and for him he expected nothing in return but maybe a treat every now and then.Through Blazer, I grew as a person. I trained him from the ground up and made him into something that no one else ever thought he could be. Blazer was 14.2 hands, which is about 4’6 in feet.
Department of Interior Kingpin Pulling “Fast-One” with Merger of BLM and OSM?
Posted: October 29, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Wild Burros, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Ken Salazar, Lisa Murkowski, Office of Surface Mining, United States Secretary of the Interior
I’m deeply concerned about this proposed unilateral action. If it were simply a consolidation of administrative functions, that is something I could support. According to Interior’s release, however, it appears that the proposed merger would be much more extensive and, I believe, would require amending the separate organic acts that established BLM and OSM.
Backwoods Bumpkin Recommends Wild Horses for Fish Food
Posted: October 28, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse Slaughter, The Force of the Horse, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Horse Slaughter, Stupidity, Wild Horse
“A friend on FaceBook tipped me off to this little gem, below. Being a blogger and writer I am acutely aware of the fact that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but this ole back-woods cuss about takes the cake when it comes to cruelty, ignorance and a single minded buy-in to the BLM’s BS. You have to visit the “Opinion” website and drop off a comment or two as the author’s article has been up for over 24 hours with nary a comment to be seen. This will surely get your chaps hiked up but remember, Sunday is just around the corner and we have a special story to share that will wash out your minds and charge up your spirit so hang in there.
In the “mean” time…” ~ R.T.
Texas A&M Fined for Horse Slaughter Transportation Violations
Posted: October 27, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Horse SlaughterTags: Animal's Angels, Cruelty to animals, Horse, Horse Meat, Horse Slaughter, Texas A&M University, United States Department of Agriculture
AA has gained information through a Freedom of information Act Request (FOIA) that powerfully underscores the cruelty of horse slaughter on U.S. soil. Under the most ideal conditions possible – including watering stops during single-deck transport, less packed conditions and multiple cameras with a team of monitors – a horse died in the bottom of a trailer during transport. The study adds to ever increasing evidence that demonstrates horse slaughter cannot be ‘improved’ into something that is humane.
BLM Continues Effort to Strip 1,000 Wild Horses from Massive Public Land Complex
Posted: October 27, 2011 by R.T. Fitch in Horse News, Wild Horses/MustangsTags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Horse, Injunction, Laura Leigh, Nevada, Wild Horse, Wild Horse Freedom Federation
Laura Leigh, VP of Wild Horse Freedom Federation, has been observing and documenting the BLM’s wild horse stampede and capture at High Rock over this past week. Laura has put together a detailed and informative video, for your review, that explores many aspects of the BLM’s mismanagement of our National Icons and roundup specific issues related to this operation and the contractor that is already under the watchful eye of a federal judge in an ongoing case where Ms. Leigh is the plaintiff.
