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Source: The Horse Mustangs live in a social setting eating a varied array of wild plants that are quite different from the quality hays we typically feed domesticated horses, and certainly he will have had no experience consuming grains. by Clair Thunes, PhD BLM mustangs are truly special […]
Source: The Guardian Animal welfare advocates left exasperated with Proposition 6, a law that has done nothing to stop California horses from ending up on foreign dinner plates No horses have been legally slaughtered for human consumption in the US since 2007, when the last operating horse slaughterhouse […]
“The property and the animal slaughter business, “Rancho Garcia”, owned by Jorge Garcia, has the reputation of being an avid animal killer including the illegal slaughter (and sales) of horse meat for human consumption, and has done so for several decades.” Animal Rescue Mission Thanks to Richard Couto, […]
By Avi Blake, DVM as published in DVM360 “Just for fun, today, we attempt to answer a question that crosses our lips about everyday here at Laughing Horse Ranch…in fact, one of our red heads is nicknamed ‘Dennis the Menace’ because if there is anyone who is going […]
Press Release from Wild Horse Freedom Federation For Immediate Release: April 1, 2016 Contact: Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation, (303) 823-6642 (cwlivingimages@gmail.com) Wild Horse and Burro Advocacy Group Calls Upon Oregon State University to Stop Proposed Sterilization Experiments on Pregnant Wild Mares Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) […]
“It’s a first and a long time in coming. Internationally acclaimed cinematographer and wild horse advocate Ginger Katherns has finally been appointed to sit on the BLM’s Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board. Ginger and other advocates have attempted to be a voice for the wild horses and […]
By Maureen Callahan as published in the New York Post Life Lessons from Racing’s Most Lovable Loser He was descended from the greatest racehorses of all time, but he was not quite born to run. Zippy Chippy was born on April 20, 1991, in upstate New York. He […]
Submitted by Marjorie Farabee of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Baby burros at play in Oatman, AZ. Did you know that Oatman is located inside of the Black Mountain herd management area (HMA)? The burros that travel into town are regulars and tame. But, they come from the burros […]
Source: HorseTalk.co.nz Welfare Ranchers Continue Their War on Native Wild Horses Federal authorities propose to remove 500 wild horses from Wyoming’s Checkerboard lands, so-named because of its alternating public and private land parcels. The Rock Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to remove […]
The BLM is only allowing an hour and a half for public comment at this meeting, and the public comment period is the day BEFORE the BLM gives it’s “update” on the Wild Horse & Burro Program. By putting public comments early in the agenda, […]
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