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.
Source: The Dodo This 30-year-old draft horse worked his entire life before he was rescued by people who spoil him rotten now. In this video, they’re throwing him a party for his third rescue-versary, complete with a new hairdo, a horse massage and cupcakes!
Source: Fox13Now “What I would ultimately like to have happen is an investigation into the BLM and to have them removed as the managers of these wild horses,” LONGMONT, Co. — On her 44 acre property tucked in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Carol Walker feeds her […]
By: William E. Simpson II Myopic land management perspectives come with a very expensive price tag A lack of holistic natural resource and land management oversight may very well result in the collapse of the American livestock industry as a result of the growing epidemic of Chronic Wasting […]
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. The BLM plans to capture 4,300 native, wild equines in southwest Wyoming starting Thursday Federal contract wranglers plan to round up 4,300 wild horses in southwest Wyoming — permanently removing about 70% of them — starting Thursday in an undertaking that culminates years […]
News Provided By Wild Horse Ranch Productions The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service are undermining the long-term survival of native species American wild horses The Bureau of Land Management (‘BLM’) is arguably guilty of willful ignorance in the ongoing grossly negligent management of […]
The Dodo Faith=Restored Rescued mustang wouldn’t let her mom go anywhere near her head — now she lies down in the field with her and loves to be ridden
by Jan Dutkiewicz, Gabriel N. Rosenberg as published on The New Republic The purveyors of “grass-fed” beef want you to believe that it solves meat’s environmental problem. But this is merely a branding exercise, not a climate solution. When foodies sink their teeth into a slab of cheese […]
Source: The Dodo Soulmates Yahtzee the mini pony was found wandering the streets of Oklahoma City. After she was rescued, she became very sassy! She even taps her hoof on her mom whenever she stops petting her.
Submitted by Rick Karcich to the Telluride Daily Planet DEAR EDITOR: I’m Rick Karcich, a retired engineer and wild horse and burro (WHB) advocate from Centennial, Colorado. In my humble opinion, the treatment of WHB during roundups, while devastating, really illustrates the way that human “management” of animals […]
News Provided By William E Simpson of Wild Horse Ranch Productions Donation funded wild horse non-profit activist organizations are seemingly helping themselves by keeping a decades-old range war alive! YREKA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, /EINPresswire.com/ — For the reasons cited herein below, I strongly urge that wild horse non-profit […]
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