SOURCE: Las Vegas Sun “Suggesting that wild horses are a problem for sage grouse, while ignoring the comparatively massive impacts of cattle and sheep, is a bit like suggesting that the captain of the Titanic should be worried about the ice cubes in his passengers’ cocktails rather than […]
It’s just a really quick peek, and instead of allowing the public to walk around the corrals, like we were allowed to do on the original tours, the BLM now puts you on a wagon, so that you can’t look too closely or take too many photos. […]
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BLM Nevada Director John Ruhs crawls into bed with welfare ranchers and Nevada Gov. Sandoval by urging this massive roundup of wild horses in Nevada. BLM Nevada Dir. John Ruhs Source: krqe.com US agency’s Nevada boss urges roundup of 4,000 mustangs By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) […]
SOURCE: PEER.org Data Quantifying and Qualifying Grazing Effects on Land Health Belatedly Restored Washington, DC — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has agreed to restore key data to reports measuring how well vast federal rangelands are protected from damaging overgrazing in response to an administrative complaint filed […]
Be sure to read Mike Hudak’s book, Western Turf Wars And listen to FREE podcasts that includes excerpts from the book: 1) Ranchers Mortgage Our Natural Capital 2) Politics Trumps Science in Range Management 3) Public Lands Ranchers Obtain Favorable Livestock Management by Harassing Government Employees and Conservationists […]
Source: the dodo By Rhona Melsky The first step he took out of his stall was the hardest. Monty, a horse locked away in a filthy stall for years, did not seem to understand what was going on. He was hesitant and frightened about coming out of his […]
This allows more time for the livestock industry and other special interests to get their way. SOURCE: BLM WASHINGTON –In response to requests from the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will extend the comment period on a proposed land-use planning rule by 30 days. The proposed […]
SOURCE: thehorse.com Researchers have confirmed that withdrawn, or depressed, horses show a lack of attention compared to their nonwithdrawn counterparts. Photo: iStock By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA Withdrawn horses exhibit similar signs as chronically depressed humans. They take on unusual postures (in the horse, it’s a flattened neck and […]
This article is sickening in it’s giddiness over a growing demand for horse leather (please send executives of shoe companies that are producing Cordovan shoes videos of horse slaughter), and is being posted here only as information in connection with horse slaughter. SOURCE: Apparel By Christian Chensvold, Apparel Contributing […]
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