Feel Good Sunday with a little donkey foal
This little donkey foal should help make this a “Feel Good Sunday” for you. Enjoy your family and friends this weekend, and thanks for your year round support of wild horses and burros.
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Sunshine Laws and BLM’s news release on the upcoming National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board meeting
A BLM “News Release” is below. There will be a live stream of this meeting, and we will post the link so you can listen. I’d like to call your attention to the last sentence of the news release: “In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM generated $4.7 billion […]
BLM Requests Input On Application To Graze Bison Year-Around At Flat Creek Allotment
Although this area is in northern Montana and not on a wild horse Herd Management Area, it is an example that it is possible to change a class of livestock (from cattle to bison) and change the livestock use (from seasonal to year round grazing) on public lands. […]
More details on Kountz Arena animal cruelty investigation in Bozeman
Readers have had questions about the investigation of Kountz Arena, and this article seems to contain more specific details that may answer everyone’s questions. Kaylee Kountz’s explanation of why two animals were in such a horrid condition didn’t make any sense. Supposedly, the horse’s hoof fell off a […]
Women describe “horrific” scene at horse arena in Bozeman
SOURCE: kxlf.com Authorities are investigating allegations of animal neglect after this horse was discovered missing part of its leg at Kountz Arena. The stallion has been euthanized. Bozeman – The Gallatin County Sheriff’s office continues to investigate alleged animal neglect at the Kountz Arena in Bozeman. Lt. […]
BLM unaware oil company was using pipeline
How could the BLM be “unaware” that a company is using a pipeline? (Another reason to wonder how closely the BLM actually monitors the range.) According to True Oil (True Companies), “Belle Fourche Pipeline is a liquids pipeline operator that gathers and transports crude oil in the Williston […]
Utah owner of malnourished horse pleads guilty to animal cruelty, sentenced to jail
SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune (Elsa, about 1 1/2 years old, was found frozen to the ground in a patch of mud in Enoch and died two weeks later in January 2014. Courtesy photo) He will serve jail time on weekends so he can keep job. The man who […]
Blaze at horse rescue leaves land, fences burned to ashes
SOURCE: The Grand Island Independent DIRECTOR OF DOUBLE R HORSE RESCUE Jami Salter strokes her black horse, Bella, while a horse named Rosie watches. Salter adopted both horses after they came into her rescue program, which has found new homes for 400 neglected and abused horses over […]
Heidi Hopkins of HSUS: PZP on wild burros? I’ve got a question for you
(photo: BLM) When I read a Letter to the Editor (below) written by Heidi Hopkins of HSUS, I almost had a conniption fit (whatever that is, I almost had one). She asks “Why isn’t fertility control being used on wild burros?” Fertility control shouldn’t be used on wild […]
Ice age people hunted horse and camel 13,300 years ago
SOURCE: phys.org Bones of a prehistoric horse found near a Canadian reservoir points to evidence that humans migrated to North America earlier than previously thought, according to a new study published today. Credit: Michael Waters by Mike Waters New research shows that prehistoric Ice-Age people hunted horse and […]
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