R.T. Fitch’s life has been anything but ordinary. Straight out of high school, he joined the U.S. Air Force Band during the Vietnam era, and while stationed in Hawaii, he spent weekends at Sea Life Park training penguins, sea lions, and whales. His path through life has taken many unexpected turns—including more than a few lessons in love—until meeting his wife, Terry, brought a lasting partnership and a shared passion for animals.
Over the course of his adult career, R.T. worked internationally in multiple countries, gaining a broad, global perspective that colors both his worldview and his writing. Now rooted in Texas, he and Terry live on a small farm surrounded by four-legged companions with paws, claws, and hooves. Together, they have devoted years to equine rescue and wild horse protection.
An ordained volunteer chaplain and professional Santa Claus for a local historical society—with Terry by his side as Mrs. Claus—R.T. brings warmth, wisdom, and joy to every season. His work reflects a life of service, wonder, and connection to both people and animals.
He is the author of Straight from the Horse’s Heart, a moving collection of true rescue stories and spiritual reflections, and Fangs of Light, a supernatural tale steeped in symbolic and metaphorical storytelling. The first in a planned trilogy, Fangs of Light blends myth and mystery to explore themes of identity, redemption, and the power of empathy—offering readers not only suspense and intrigue but a deeper look at the light and shadow within us all.
by By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY as published in Stars and Stripes Animal rights advocates want a federal court to make an Army base in western Louisiana stop rounding up hundreds of wild horses on land it owns or uses… Fort Polk began escalating efforts in November, and some captured […]
story by Mya Frazier as published on OutsideOnline.com EnergyNet, an online auction company from Amarillo, Texas, is set to make a fortune from oil and gas leases. And good luck finding a way to protest. When Texas oilman Bill Britain started the auction site EnergyNet in October 1999, […]
story by Cynthia Griffith as published on Ranker.com under Unbelievable Animals “Today we escape into our past and date ourselves by remembering a well known animal actor that we all loved and adored…Mr. Ed was my first exposure to horses, even though he was only 2 dimensional. But […]
by Tay Wiles as published on High Country News The president is considering a BLM director who has continually fought the agency Nearly a year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the agency that manages 246 million acres and that is critical to the functioning of the American West […]
by Michelle Neff as published on OneGreenPlanet.org “Equines not mentioned, here, but you all have kept horse slaughterhouses from reopening in 2017 and have been the voice for the wild ones…so keep up the great works…there is still a lot of work to do.” ~ R.T. When we […]
“Today we put ‘Stupid’ and ‘Lunacy’ on the back burner while we celebrate the upcoming New Year. Our FGS installation is just such a celebration, a N.O. Police horse dancing in the street, loving life and enjoying the moment.
Dance with your ponies today, even if it is only a mental picture, dance with their spirit and set yours free.
With all of us working together, 2018 will be like no other. The horses and donkeys will finally catch their break.
Happy New Year my friends, and the very best of wishes to you and yours. Be safe.” ~ R.T.
“In my most humble opinion” by R.T. Fitch “Maybe Fox News Listened to the Voices of 80% of Americans“ Longtime proponent of murdering (processing) companion and wild equines (horses and burros) for perverse human consumption, Dave “Doink” Duquette was abruptly removed from the broadcast schedule of Fox News […]
A Scary News Alert: in the most indignant opinion of R.T. Fitch Update: POS was a no show but claims he was bumped until next week. Let’s hope the producers realized him to be as dumb as a box of rocks and nixed his misguided moment of infamy. […]
“Over the years I have attempted not to broadcast when and where I was as a worked a career which centered on international travel. Our book was born while I worked in Cabinda, Angola and even the book contains a story, a true one, written while I was in Nigeria. Two years ago, this Christmas, I was in a rural mountain town in Sichuan Province, China called Nanba.
It is somewhat heart-tugging being away for the holidays but over the years I gradually learned to make the best of where I was. In 2015 my buddy, a few of my Chinese friends and a lone Phillappino with a saxophone launched a plan to mezmorize the children of the town. Santa (me) would walk among the streets of Nanba on Christmas and pass out reflective bracelets, for safety, and little hair do-dads to the town’s children. Most of the children had never seen a tall white haired and bearded westerner before let alone Santa Clause, so we set forth to walk among them as the slideshow documents.
Now before you say what does this have to do with equines I would like to point out the Terry and I have never had two legged children but have always had a house/ranch/farm full of the four legged type. So certain nuances and perks of having mini-duplicates of ourselves have escaped us but two years ago today, I had the eye opening experience of looking into the eyes of these beautiful children and seeing the same innocence and curiosity that I view mirrored back to me in the eyes of our equine charges. It has forever moved me and two years later still warms my soul and gives me hope that human, perhaps, are born with innocent dignity and a positive, loving spirit. Perhaps if we can learn how to prevent the world from strangling and corrupting all that is good in us, we may have a chance to survive and, likewise, our fellow passengers on this Space Ship Earth.
Capture the purity of this day and keep the faith, my friends, I believe that out there, somewhere, there is goodness…this video points to that very hope.
Merry Christmas.” ~ R.T.
An excerpt from R.T. Fitch‘s book ~ Straight from the Horse’s Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope “Over the past, now almost 10, years we have dug into our bag of heartfelt stories and brought this particular tale out to share every Christmas. The feelings […]
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