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.
Guest OpEd by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance “Our predictions are now a reality that can’t be ignored” Predictions come in many forms. Some from a gut feeling or wishing it were so. For equine advocates, they were based on evidence and scientific fact. We […]
Source: Animals’ Angels USA Blow to Swiss Horse Meat Market Expected Consumers have a right to be apprehensive of the production practices used by meat distributors as concerns over the integrity of the industry continue to grow. The recent cases originating in the United Kingdom, where horse meat […]
Source: MSN.com Loek van Thiel originally denied the allegations… “This steak still has the marks where the jockey was hitting it,” Rodney Dangerfield quipped in “Caddyshack,” but that could’ve also been pulled from a Yelp review of one Dutch steakhouse. The owner of Amsterdam’s Piet de Leeuw admitted […]
As published by CNN “The levels found are above the one percent threshold the UK’s Food Safety Agency uses to indicate likely adulteration or gross negligence.” (CNN) — Nestle is suspending deliveries of all its products that include beef from a German supplier because “traces of horse DNA” […]
as published in the UK’s INDEPENDENT The influx from the US, which last year sent 167,000 horses to its two neighbours for slaughter as human food, has been largely unexamined during the ongoing crisis Thousands of tonnes of horsemeat originating from the United States, which may be tainted […]
information supplied by the GlobalGrind.com and AP “…horsemeat scandal might prompt us to take a better look at the “beef” in our own supermarkets” When traces of horsemeat were discovered in European beef supplies, Americans were shocked. But new developments in the horsemeat scandal might prompt us to […]
written by R.T. Fitch about R.T. Fitch ultimately exposing R.T. Fitch R.T. Fitch Comes Clean and Confesses to Earning a Living Yup, it’s time to fess up and clear the air, folks, as rumors have been flying and if I am nothing else I am a man of […]
Information supplied by Protect Mustangs.org Historic burros will die off if drug causes sterility WASHINGTON (February 15, 2013)–Americans are outraged to learn the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a second pesticide. for native wild horses when extreme roundups since 2009 have removed the majority of wild horses […]
Commentary and information supplied by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance Tainted Horse Meat found in UK Walmart Allow me to vent for a moment…. Have we (collective we) not been saying that horse slaughter is going to give the entire meat industry a black eye? […]
Story by Debbie Coffey ~ Director of Wild Horse Affairs for Wild Horse Freedom Federation as published in the PPJ Gazette ~ Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved “…maybe she’ll be able to help the American public get an accurate count of the wild horses on their federally protected […]
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