Since I’ve written about the power of Nevada’s one state water engineer in my past articles, I was glad to see that Senior Judge Robert Estes of the Seventh Judicial Court of Nevada declared that the Nevada State Engineer’s decision favoring the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) water grab which […]
Written by Heidi Hall The Tennessean “…accused of abusing 16 horses named in the indictments, either chemically burning their legs or irritating the quicks of their hooves…” Maryville, Tenn., horse trainer Larry Wheelon stood outside the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration stadium in August, days after animal abuse […]
by Christina Wilkie (Become a fan) as published in the Huffington Post “This legislation brings excessive regulatory burdens on the walking horse industry…” Warning: Graphic Abuse Documented WASHINGTON — The cruel practice of “soring” championship gaited horses by wrapping their hooves in corrosive chemicals and then applying chains […]
Legislation to further protect performance horses against practices that artificially increase their gait comes before the House Wednesday for what is expected to be an emotionally charged hearing.
Source: HorseTalk “The fate of former wild horses being held captive by BLM contractors in long term SD holding remains uncertain. We will issue an update when information is made available.” ~ R.T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The horse toll from the major blizzard that struck South Dakota appears likely to […]
Source: By DYLAN WOOLF HARRIS of the Elko Daily Free Press The BLM employee didn’t see any horses, but because water was available, the BLM believes the horses to be in good shape. ELKO — Reports that wild horses were without water prompted local Bureau of Land Management […]
Source: CNN.com “Americans Left in the Cold Over Status of Captured Wild Horses in BLM Concentration Camps” (CNN) — Like in a scene from an apocalyptic parable, dark carcasses of cows and steers lie motionless in silent clusters across swaths of South Dakota. An early blizzard caught ranchers […]
Source: by Mark Robison as published on RGJ.com “There are no government employees on site…” The following comes from a press release sent out by Beverlee McGrath, who represents Hidden Valley Horse Rescue, among other groups: What is happening to the 50,000 American wild horses now that the […]
Wild Horse Freedom Federation does not support any wild horse being imprisoned in ANY BLM holding facility, and believe the wild horses should be left on their federally protected Herd Management Areas with natural predators and natural deaths controlling the population. We have posted numerous articles about the […]
Source: By Kristina Pepelko of One Green Planet Isn’t the BLM’s mission is “to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of public lands?” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has planned another round-up and sale of Nevada’s wild horses—moves that […]
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