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: Dion Dassanayake as published in the Express “It is heartbreaking. It was clear that that they wanted to take the pony…” Pensioner Stephanie Noble the council were “beyond heartless” in taking pony Grey Lady Too, who she has lived with since before Christmas 2011. Council officers removed […]
Jen Gerson | as published on the National Post “It’s the cattle and the ranchers who have a lot of power and they don’t want the horses competing with the cattle for the grazing.’’ SUNDRE, Alta. — To the advocates of Alberta’s wild horse population, the only thing […]
Alan Van Zandt as published on StJoeChannel.com “They would kill horses and the smell was terrible.” (KAUFMAN, Tex.) Paula Bacon is a fifth generation Kaufman, Texas resident. There’s a street named after her family and a historical office just off of the city square that belonged to her […]
Story by Vince Patton as published at Oregon Public Broadcasting “Suddenly they’re going to kill off the wild horses because there’s a man-made drought caused by the BLM’s own mismanagement of our public lands…” An internal memo has surfaced that shows the U.S. government’s wild horse program is […]
By ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS / Lincoln Journal Star “I wish I could have petted him one more time…” Peter Rabbit, Hickman’s most famous horse, has passed on to greener pastures. The horse died in mid-January of old age at veterinarian Kelly Anderson’s place outside of town. “He was […]
by R.T. Fitch ~ president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation It’s “Feel Good Sunday” and we are feeling really good that our own Debbie Coffey’s work on catching BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Manager, Joan Guilfoyle (click HERE) with her pants down has been picked up by the […]
article by Scott Sonner -(published nationally) forward by R.T. Fitch ~ pres/co-founder Wild Horse Freedom Federation “The detailed research of Debbie Coffey, Director of Wild Horse Affairs for Wild Horse Freedom Federation is highlighted and reported on in the following AP article. You can read Debbie’s original article […]
Although it is a moot point, as horse slaughter is dead in the U.S. for the next two years, the beleaguered, wanna-be horse butcher Ricardo De Los Santos, owner of Valley Meats in Roswell New Mexico, will have to wait until March 21, 2014 to hear from the New Mexico Secretary of the Environment if his application for a ground water discharge permit renewal has been denied or approved.
Marsha (not her real name), is an undercover cruelty investigator for the Equine Welfare Alliance.
“Horse slaughter is one of the biggest cruelty to animals that there is,” she said. “From the transportation to the auctions all the way to the slaughter plant.”
Reports say as many as 170,000 are transported to Mexico and Canada each year for slaughter. The meat is then shipped to Japan and Europe for consumption.
“They don’t really care for these animals that much. It’s just a dollar sign to them, it’s a carcass weight, it’s a pound.”
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau as published in Tulsa World Last year, lawmakers passed and Gov. Mary Fallin signed a measure to lift the state ban on horse slaughtering. “I don’t get it but has Oklahoma left the Union or do it’s State Legislators truly have their […]
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