Month: June 2015

Navajo officials renegotiating wild horse agreement

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  Bill Richardson, former Gov. of New Mexico SOURCE: santafenewmexican.com Newly installed Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye is renegotiating a wild horse protection agreement with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and actor/activist Robert Redford. Richardson and Redford formed the Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife in 2013 […]

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Do you see what I see?

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by Grandma Gregg I don’t know about you, but I know in my heart that the 78 horses referred to in the Public Notice below were MY wild horses that had strayed off the Little Owyhee HMA, but were still on public land when they were captured by […]

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Quake-stricken working horses rescued in Nepal

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SOURCE: horsetalk.co.nz This mule is one of about 400 equines rescued by The Brooke following Nepal’s devastating earthquake on April 25. © The Brooke Scores of working equines have been rescued following last month’s 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, as the country’s government and charities worldwide rally to help affected communities. The […]

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In Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands, over 500 carriage horses die in a year due to abuse, heat, overloaded carriages and exhaustion

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SOURCE:  dailysabah.com Animal rights activists protest the abuse by horse carriages of Princes’ Islands Think twice before you jump into a horse carriage in Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands this summer, as over 500 horses die in a year due to abuse, heat, overloaded carriages and exhaustion Most horses brought […]

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