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: by Steven Rose as published on RGJ.com “No one in the BLM cares about our horses or is held accountable for the deplorable handling of this program….” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said she would look at the National Academy of Sciences’ two-year study of the […]
Source: Intro by Susan Wagner, article from SCOPE Magazine “Today is ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and it is our most distinct pleasure to bring you a heartwarming story of a very special PMU mare, rescued from slaughter. Thank you, Susan Wagner.” ~ R.T. n 2004, the New York-based equine […]
Bond to Sue Considered “Unjustified” by Many Front Range Equine Rescue, HSUS and other equine advocacy groups suing to stop a return to domestic horse slaughter are objecting to a court order that they are required to post a nearly half-million-dollar bond Friday. Attorneys for the groups filed […]
Order could delay today’s sale of nearly 500 horses at Fallon Livestock Exchange RENO, Nev – A federal court judge in Reno, NV has granted a coalition of wild horse advocacy and conservation groups a Temporary Restraining Order to block the sale of unbranded horses at a slaughter auction […]
Source: By Jan Falstad of the Billings Gazette ““Leachman cannot now change his position on appeal and argue that the state produced insufficient evidence…” Yellowstone County District Judge Susan Watters has upheld James Leachman’s jury conviction on five counts of abusing his horses. Leachman, a longtime Billings horse […]
Source: Multiple The 2010 Twin Peaks roundup resulted in the permanent removal of more than 1,500 wild horses and 160 burros from the range… For the first time in the history of the Wild Horse Act, an Appeals Court will determine whether the BLM‘s interpretation of the Act […]
Source: Washington Times Letter to Editor Thank you for your recent article stating that the wild-horse roundup in northern Nevada had been canceled (“Wild horse roundup in Nevada is canceled amid outrage, fears over ‘stealth’ slaughter,” Web, Aug. 8). Tragically, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management went back […]
Source: Information supplied by Equine Welfare Alliance – article by James McWilliams ~ Pacific Standard “Something about this report, however, seemed suspicious before it was even published…” The vast majority of Americans—over 80 percent—oppose the idea of slaughtering horses in the United States. Not surprisingly, there was minimal […]
Source: KTAR of Arizona “Our main focus now is going to be beef…” LINCOLN, Neb. – An Iowa company is dropping plans to slaughter horses in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily banned the practice as animal welfare groups challenge it in court, a company […]
Source: The Cloud Foundation Documents Implicate Feds in Horse-Laundering Scheme Winnemucca, NV…. On August 11th, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) notified a coalition of wild horse advocacy and conservation groups that it was “issuing a stop order” to helicopter wranglers hired to roundup hundreds of wild horses on […]
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