by Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Bureau of Land Management‘s concerted effort to thin the herds of wild horses on land it manages has proven deadly, so deadly in fact, that for each of the last two years (and this year’s not over […]
by Jerry Finch, President/Founder Habitat for Horses She stood by the fence looking scared and lonely. Her bone thin body held no warmth to protect her against the chilly breeze that whipped across the muddy, weed-filled pasture, making her shiver even harder. She was slowly dying of starvation. […]
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Author and journalist Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine and Horseback Online, was recognized Monday for outstanding journalism based on his investigative work in the delivery of quality health care for Texas horses in a story on the continuing battle between equine dentists and the […]
by David Pauli, Director, Western Regional Office, The Humane Society of the United States, Billings Rep. Ed Butcher relies on the same old arguments of horse slaughter proponents in his effort to whet a new appetite for American horses in Asia (“Author of Montana horse slaughter plant bill […]
by Vicki Tobin, of the Equine Welfare Alliance WALLIS SAYS – HORSE ACT of 2009. TRANSLATION – UNACCOUNTABLE, IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS ACT of 2009 WALLIS SAYS – Horse owners and concerned citizens from across the Nation have come together with real solutions to ensure the humane care, management, and […]
By MARTIN GRIFFITH (AP) RENO, Nev. — A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last week proposed moving thousands of mustangs to preserves in the Midwest and East to protect horse herds […]
The Cloud Foundation questions the need to develop seven new preserves in the mid-west and east (at an estimated initial cost of $96 million) when there are 19.4 million acres of designated wild horse and burro of rangelands that have been taken away from them since 1971.
by R.T. Fitch, author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” Montana’s “honorable(?)” Ed Butcher is not content with simply being dipped in horse blood and dubbed the Ringleader of one of the most ornery gangs of GOP thugs in the entire United States. Heck no, he attempts to […]
by Neil Clarkson Fresh proposals for managing wild horses in the US may address some longstanding problems, but they are unlikely to appease advocates worried about the way the herds are managed across the western rangelands. New proposals for the management of America’s wild horse population have drawn […]
Channel 8 – CBS Las Vegas Nevada VIEW the Full Program HERE, (5 Segments) On Saturday the I-Team aired a primetime special detailing the long history of alleged mismanagement in the BLM’s wild horse and burro program. Half of the country’s wild horses are in Nevada and the BLM […]
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