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		<title>OK Man Survives Tornado in Horse Stall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: KFOR.com Animals and Humans lost to Deadly Tornado MOORE, Okla. – A man rode out the over two-mile wide Moore tornado in a horse stall Monday afternoon. The man said his knowledge gained from living in Oklahoma was what saved his life. He was outside when suddenly everything went quiet. He said that is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20430&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADVOCATE VIOLENTLY ARRESTED FOR FILMING AT OREGON RODEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: SharkOnline.org This is clearly an abuse of the law&#8230;&#8221; Jordan Valley, OR – On Saturday May 18th, 2013, SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) volunteer Adam Fahnestock was peacefully sitting monitoring the Big Loop Rodeo when rodeo personnel and a Malheur County Sheriff’s Deputy approached him. After a very brief conversation, the deputy suddenly [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20427&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Texas Blast, Horseman Died Trying to Save Creatures He Loved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: By MANNY FERNANDEZ of the New York Times “He’d do anything for anybody,” WEST, Tex. — The emergency responders who rushed to the fire at a fertilizer plant here in the minutes before a deadly explosion gave their lives trying to protect the town’s people and property. Buck Uptmor gave his for its horses. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20421&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Outer Mongolia, Wild Horses and the Paradox of Horse Slaughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: 2013 American Equine Summit: R.T. Fitch &#8220;It is &#8216;Feel Good Sunday&#8217; and we are sharing with you the presentation that Terry and I made at the 2013 American Equine Conference 3 weeks ago this day.  It is posted, here, by special request as there is some humor to it but there are also gaps [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20417&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Ask President to Permanently End Predatory Horse Slaughter</title>
		<link>http://rtfitchauthor.com/2013/05/18/congressmen-ask-president-to-permanently-end-predatory-horse-slaughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R.T. Fitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Congressional Letter to Obama Calling for an End to the Carnage Related Articles Ban Horse Slaughter and Transport of Horses for Slaughter (rtfitchauthor.com) Obama Moves to Block Horse Slaughter (rtfitchauthor.com) Video: Understanding the Forces Behind Horse Slaughter (rtfitchauthor.com) Robert Redford Calls for Ban on Horse Slaughter (rtfitchauthor.com) My Turn: &#8216;Nothing Humane about Horse Slaughter&#8217; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20410&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BLM Releases Environmental Assessment of Three Area Wild Horse Water Bail Trapping Roundup</title>
		<link>http://rtfitchauthor.com/2013/05/17/blm-releases-environmental-assessment-of-three-area-wild-horse-water-bail-trapping-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Elko Daily Free Press  (Unedited) &#8211; less byline 1.8 Million Acres and an alleged 1,500 horses are too many? (120,000 acres per horse) ELKO — The Bureau of Land Management is planning a wild horse roundup in the Antelope Valley using water bail traps. The project area for this gather and removal of wild [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20403&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corolla Wild Horse Recovers after Rescue from Ocean</title>
		<link>http://rtfitchauthor.com/2013/05/16/corolla-wild-horse-recovers-after-rescue-from-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R.T. Fitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot It was the first rescue of a horse by Corolla Ocean Rescue COROLLA, N.C. &#8211; A blind and aging stallion is recovering after a rip current swept him seaward and lifeguards carried out the coastal community&#8217;s first wild-horse rescue. On May 2, two stallions battled for supremacy over a harem [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitchauthor.com&#038;blog=8143161&#038;post=20401&#038;subd=rtfitch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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