By Colleen Shalby as published on The LA Times It has long been a dilemma of many wildfires: Where to shelter large animals when the flames come roaring? Last year offered the strange sight of llamas and horses being kept safe on the beaches of Malibu while the Woolsey […]
(Cam Cottrill/for The Washington Post) by Patrick Battuello Patrick Battuello is the founder and president of the nonprofit organization Horseracing Wrongs. In recent months, much media attention has been focused on the deaths of racehorses at the famed Santa Anita track in Arcadia, Calif. On Sept. 28, a […]
By Julie Giyer as published on Kern Valley Sun Wild burros are being slaughtered in California’s Mojave Desert A $58,500 reward has been offered for information leading to the identity and whereabouts of the shooter. Since May, 42 creatures have been gunned down near the Nevada border just […]
by Craig Downer as published on HorseTalk On September 26, the US Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million for the massive reduction of America’s last and relatively minor wild horse and burro herds scattered throughout the West. Through an arrogant, misleading and hyped misinformation blitz, including the film […]
Sandra Cyr Special to the Philanthropy Journal by Carol Walker of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “Photographs are one of the most powerful tools there are to communicate a message and to illuminate a situation. They provide a window into another world that can draw people in, and […]
Source: CBSLA Another horse has died at Santa Anita Park, increasing the number of racing or training deaths going back to the 2018 season to 69, and 33 since December. A 5-year-old gelding named Kentucky Colonel collapsed and died from an apparent heart attack after jogging around the […]
“There is nothing more rendering to one’s heart and soul than to come upon cruelty needlessly showered down upon our fellow passengers of this great spaceship called “Earth”. Intentionally inflicting pain and suffering upon another living creature is unconscionable. It does not compute in our hearts and minds […]
Sources: Down to Earth and others The US Senate recently approved $35 million for the ‘Path Forward’ initiative that critics say will wipe out America’s famed wild equines and open public lands to federally subsidized, cattle farming The move is primarily supported by the powerful American cattle and […]
An urgent message from Grandma Gregg: “I am emailing as many senators as possible using this below message. https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm I oppose funding for the plan to roundup and remove 130,000 wild horses and burros from our public lands. I oppose sterilization of wild mares. I oppose sending […]
Source: WBOC.com The National Park Service says one of its vehicles struck and killed a wild horse on Assateague Island early Sunday morning. NPS officials said the chestnut mare, N2BHS-ALQ (Connie’s Girl) was standing in the road on curve on Bayberry drive in the predawn hours, before first light […]
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