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All Horses Post Cloud Foundation Blog Habitat for Horses Pam Nickoles PPJ Gazette Shedrow Confessions Vickery Eckhoff Wild HoofbeatsEnjoy the award winning photographic artistry of Terry Fitch as husband R.T. spins a tale of adventure and moral conflict as they share their story of riding across Outer Mongolia on horseback while tracking the primitive wild horse, Takhi.
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R.T. and Terry Fitch Talk about Outer Mongolia at 2013 American Equine Summit
Long time Wild Horse and Equine advocate Terry Fitch, co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation, has garnered 11 awards for her photographic artistry in the prestigious Equine Photographers Network‘s International 2013 Winter Photography Contest.
Ms. Fitch’s artistic subjects ranged from her own horses, Mongolian wild horses to the Royal Outer Mongolian Mounted Guard. With an eye for the emotion evoked by an equine Fitch captured images that likewise capture not only the eye but the heart of the viewer. Her winning photos are as follows:
“New Friends”
3rd Place Amateur Performance
“Changing of the Guard”
6th Place Amateur Performance
“Rough Day”
Honorable Mention Amateur Performance
“Heading Home”
4th Place Amateur Horse Human Bond
“Saddling up”
1st Place Amateur Head Study
“Lazy Day”
3rd Place Amateur Head Study
“Water Hound”
4th Place Amateur Head Study
“New Friends”
6th Place Amateur Extreme Action
“Mongolian Racers”
Honorable Mention Amateur Details
“Deep Thought”
2nd Place Amateur Wild Horses
“Mongolian Stallion”
Ms. Fitch would like to thank the Equine Photographers Network and all of the kind individuals that voted for and showed appreciation for her work.
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance and Wild Horse Freedom Federation
This is the second set of documents ( click <HERE> for first installment) we are releasing from the FOIA request for documents pertaining to the NM permit request.
Documents contained in this release are the actual permit applications from NM as well as the other permit requests. You will note that in both releases, de los Santos’ partner’s name has yet to be revealed.
The second document is an email exchange that outlines the jurisdiction of the USDA and FDA and has some interesting information. Of particular note is that it appears as though nothing has been submitted to the EU as of March 2013.
Back in October, we were informed by the EU that in order for the US to be added back to the import list, it would take a minimum of two years. That’s after a complete plan for residue testing, traceability and inspection was submitted. All signs are pointing to no exports to the EU – the largest market. Since the EU will require passports for all horses and US horse owners have not been notified they need to passport their horses, we suspect [if a plant should open] there won’t be any exports directly from the US to the EU anytime soon. We also received word from the EU last month, as well as back in October, that nothing had been submitted. Of course, we know how honest everyone is regarding the horse meat business but we thought we’d pass on what we have been told.
We, along with several advocates have found some very informative points from the first release. While we reviewed the documents for content, our deep dive review of the information is still underway. We are still expecting over 3,000 pages so we thought it best to release what we had since we are running on a short window with the NM plant.
We can always use more eyes so if you note anything of interest, please send us an email at ewa@equinewelfarealliance.org or info@wildhorsefreedomfederation.org
Released by the Equine Welfare Alliance and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Investigation Team
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Report Date(s): 2012 – 2013
Type: FOIA
Objective | Content: NM Permit Processing with FSIS
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Summary:
This FOIA contains information relating to the request for communications on the permit requested by de los Santos for a horse slaughter permit. Included in the FOIA are email exchanges, photos of the property condition and documentation of violations. The emails are quite detailed and provide some very interesting exchanges. In particular, the pile of carcasses was of concern to FSIS throughout the exchanges. The photos of the piles speak for themselves.
We have additional information that was recently received pertaining to this FOIA that will be issued under separate cover tomorrow.
Source: Horseback Magazine Press Release for upcoming May Issue
Join us, in our upcoming May issue, as Terry and R.T. Fitch, longtime readers, friends and subscribers of Horseback Magazine, and co-founders of Wild Horse Freedom Federation, take us into the expansive, unspoiled wilderness of Outer Mongolia as they trek on horseback to document the reintroduction of the world’s most primitive specimen of the wild horse. You’ll meet the Takhi, a truly wild equine in its unspoiled native environment.
Terry and R.T. lived among, and rode with native Mongolian nomads, as they searched for the elusive wild horses while asking the question, “If Outer Mongolia has the largest horse culture in the world, why do the nomadic tribes still slaughter and eat the very spiritual centerpiece of their social structure?”
The answer may surprise you.
Don’t miss this thought-provoking glimpse into the mindset of a democratic, nomadic nation that on one hand is struggling to reintroduce the native wild horse while on the other dine upon the flesh of their domestic counterpart.
R.T. Fitch is author of the popular Straight from the Horse’s Heart…Terry Fitch is a renowned wild horse photographer. Both are humanitarians active in the American wild horse preservation movement.
Source: Press Release from Wild Horse Freedom Federation
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HOUSTON, TX– Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) today received the GuideStar Exchange Seal, a leading symbol of fiscal transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., the premier source of nonprofit information. The Seal demonstrates to WHFF‘s vast support-base our deep commitment to nonprofit transparency and accountability.
“We have worked diligently to showcase our progress toward our mission on behalf of the horses and our long-held belief in being transparent about our work and fiscal responsibility to our equally hard working donors,” said R.T. Fitch, co-founder and president. “As a GuideStar Exchange member we can use their platform to share a wealth of up-to-date information about our work to our supporters and GuideStar’s immense online audience of nonprofits, grantmakers, individual donors, and the media. It’s been a long, hard trail to ride but it has now paid off in spades.”
In order to be awarded the GuideStar Exchange Seal, WHFF diligently and professionally completed every required field of our nonprofit report page on www.guidestar.org, including our annual report, photos, videos, etc.
“We encourage you to check out our profile on GuideStar to see what we’re all about,” added Fitch. “We are engaged in exciting initiatives (investigations, research and education), and we are thrilled to have another platform for communicating our advancement and progress.”
About the GuideStar Exchange
The GuideStar Exchange is an initiative designed to connect nonprofits with current and potential supporters. With millions of people coming to GuideStar to learn more about nonprofit organizations, the GuideStar Exchange allows nonprofits to share a wealth of up-to-date information with GuideStar’s many audiences. Becoming a GuideStar Exchange member is free of charge. To join, organizations need to update their report pages, completing all required fields for membership. The GuideStar Exchange Seal, acknowledged as a symbol of transparency in the nonprofit sector, is displayed on all Exchange members’ report pages.
Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) is a registered, Texas non-profit corporation, likewise registered with the States Attorney’s office in all 50 states in the Union and also maintains a federal 501(c)(3) status. WHFF puts people between America’s wild equids and extinction through targeted litigation against governmental agencies whose documented agendas include the eradication of wild horse and burros from public, federal and state lands. www.wildhorsefreedomfederation.org
You are frustrated, angry, hurt and confused as to why a small band of deviate horse haters can progress legislation and gain media attention in their attempt to kill, butcher, slaughter, torture and ultimately eat the very companion animal on who’s back this country was founded; have you had enough?
The good folks at Wild Horse Freedom Federation and our Straight from the Horse’s Heart blog most certainly have so we are supplying you with a means in which you can not only vent but have your point and opinion heard by those who write the laws in this great land.
If you visit here often you are aware that there are two bills pending on Capitol Hill to, once and for all, put an end to the unspeakable cruelty of horse slaughter, they are:
The Safeguard American Food Experts Act (HR 1094): To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption.
and
S 541: A bill to prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the US.
Currently these bills are being tracked on POPVOX by members of the House and Senate and they ARE listening and it is YOUR voice that needs to be heard.
Please take a moment to weigh in and speak your mind:
You can make a difference as even now these bills are tracking 79% in Support so let’s get the numbers up so our legislators know that we mean business.
Pass the link to this post around and let’s get the message out as that is what needs to be done…people NEED to know that it is all about the Horses!
