Reprint from 2009 by R.T. Fitch ~ Author/president Wild Horse Freedom Federation (Characters have changed, content/intent same this year as yesteryear) Through the Eyes of the Wild Ones (to be sung to the tune of “The 12 days of Christmas”) On the first day of Christmas, Ryan Zinke […]
by Debbie Coffey, V.P. & Dir. of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation ACTION ALERT! Public comments are due Jan. 5, 2018. In the BLM’s rush to drive wild horses to extinction, the BLM plans to remove ALL wild horses from the Caliente Herd Area Complex. The […]
ACTION ALERT! by Debbie Coffey, V.P. & Dir. of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) changed the Seaman and White River wild horse Herd Management Areas into Herd Areas in 2008. Now, this proposed BLM Environmental Assessment (EA) is a 10 […]
Workers lay the skins of freshly killed donkeys out to dry in Dong’e, northeast China, where they will later be boiled to produce gelatin sold as a fad health and beauty tonic (Photo: George Knowles) Source: Indyonline.co.uk Ebay bows to West charity pressure Global giant eBay has bowed […]
Source: Twin Cities Pioneer Press Burros in Custer State Park prior to a late season wildfire that injured a number of them. (Kobee Stalder/Custer State Park via AP) Nine burros that are a favorite of visitors to South Dakota’s Custer State Park have been burned in a wildfire […]
Apparently, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, besides lacking fly fishing skills, doesn’t have a sense of humor. Source: The Montana Post “The fishing incident would be a comical encounter if not for the dangerous precedent set to ban reporters who tell the truth.” Secretary Zinke Bans Reporter […]
“I annually drag this excerpt out from our book, and this blog’s namesake, Straight from the Horse’s Heart as it is one of my favorites…and I have never known why it has a special place in my heart…until now.
In re-reading it I finally have realized that I wrote this short story about myself, me, I am truly both characters, Christmas present and Christmas past. The revelation was somewhat shocking but this story is not fiction, it is my very essence and my being.
Again, I hope you enjoy as it is as relevant today as it was almost 10 years ago when I wrote it. I am an open book to those I love.
Keep the faith my friends, the innocent lives of thousands are in our hands and hearts” ~ R.T.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt author Terri Farley was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame on November 16, 2017. Farley joins historic heavyweight Mark Twain and contemporary NYT bestseller Ellen Hopkins on the list of authors writing in or about Nevada. “Nevada opened me up to my environment […]
As a charter member of The Alliance to Save Wild Horses & Burros, Wild Horse Freedom Federation joins The Cloud Foundation and In Defense of Animals in highlighting the understated danger that Wild Burros face from both Federal and State agencies hell-bent on exterminating the Burro from it’s […]
By Brad Bennett , in The Daily Telescope The Politico advertisement placed by The Alliance to Save America’s Wild Horses & Burros. Not only is horse slaughter grossly inhumane, cruel to horses & a waste of taxpayer dollars, unregulated horse meat is a risk to the safety of […]
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