By Brian Wacker Baltimore Sun “The Triple Crown Slaughter Continues…” The Triple Crown series is once again grappling with another horse death. Two weeks after the Kentucky Derby was overshadowed by the death of seven horses at Churchill Downs, and a month after racing was suspended at Laurel […]
By Brian Kateman as published on Vox “The horse racing industry is egregiously cruel. We should end it yesterday.” Amid the ostentatious hats and mint julep parties, a dark cloud hung over the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby this Saturday. Seven horses were dead before the main […]
By: William E. Simpson II The Necessity of Calling-Out Bad Management Policies Before we undertake an exploration of the policy debate in regard to wild horse management, we need to define the important difference between ‘ad hominem attack’ and ‘attacking a flawed belief or policy’. And, we need […]
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by Mayor Paula Bacon Thursday, January 26, 2023 Horse slaughter Dear Colorado: I am writing because I’d like to congratulate you for having legislation introduced thatwill protect your environment, towns and cities, people and budgets from the entirelynegative impacts of horse slaughter. I was the mayor of Kaufman, […]
by Staci-lee Sherwood Many people wonder what the difference is between a wild Burro and a Donkey…they are the same species. Their name differentiates them as either domesticated (donkey) or wild (burro) but they are both burros. A mule is the offspring of a female horse and […]
By: William E. Simpson II of Wild Horse Fire Brigade History is replete with examples of people and agencies causing great harm or that have been caught in the act of some form of wrongdoing only to offer the excuse, I was just doing my job… On 16 […]
An enlightening email thread between Jeffrey Todd, USFS Public Affairs Officer at the Apache-Sitgraves USFS Office and William Simpson II, founder of Wild Horse Fire Brigade —–Original Message—– From: William E. Simpson II <gemmaster7@aol.com> To: jeffrey.todd@usda.gov <jeffrey.todd@usda.gov> Sent: Sun, Oct 23, 2022 7:42 pm Subject: Re: [External Email]Sunday […]
Source: REALITYCHECKSWITHSTACILEE by Stacie-lee Sherwood In 1971 the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act was passed. This was designed to guarantee all wild horses and burros living on public land freedom from any harassment from people or being sent to slaughter… …It was supposed to spare nearly 50 […]
By Staci-lee Sherwood as published on The Daily Kos “The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is often referred to as the most corrupted of the agencies that fall under the Dept of Interior jurisdiction…” …It’s a massive agency of thousands of employees charged with overseeing hundreds of millions […]
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