by Nita Bhalla as published on Reuters.com Kenyan families left destitute by the theft and slaughter of thousands of donkeys by criminal networks supplying skins for Chinese medicine are hitting back – with vigilante gangs. Over the past three years Kenya has become the epicenter of a fast-growing […]
by Meilin Tompkins as published on WCNC.com The wild horses are actually better equipped to handle a hurricane than most humans living on the Outer Banks. COROLLA, N.C. — Many people have been wondering if the Outer Banks’ Wild Horses will evacuate when Hurricane Dorian moves past the […]
By Luke Winkie as published on Vox It’s now legal to fly with a service horse in the US. Mona Ramouni is one of the few people who does it. Mona Ramouni is 39 and went blind shortly after she was born. To get around, she uses the […]
by R.T. Fitch “It dawned on me as I slept, this morning, that there was something about today, Labor Day, that resonated in my soul. Not the true meaning of what Labor Day is but instead an anniversary, a going back in time to something monumental that changed […]
(CNN) — It’s a surprising interspecies friendship. Hemingway the farm goose and Waffles the miniature horse are not only roommates at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They’re inseparable. “Their body language made it obvious that they’re friends and that they […]
by Leslie Thompson The Argus Observer Congressional letter opposing project sent to U.S. Interior Secretary The future of hundreds of wild horses that were part of a roundup south of Hines last fall is still on hold. The Bureau of Land Management – Burns District gathered 813 horses […]
By Clint Confehr as published on The Tennessee Tribune Congressmen representing Nashville and Memphis agree — there’s no place for animal abuse at Tennessee Walking Horse shows — and Tennessee’s first African American licensed to practice veterinary medicine concurs. The annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration ends Saturday […]
This Resource Management Plan (RMP) amendment gives us a chance to protest the destructive OHV and remove/reduce livestock on this very large remote wilderness area. There are about a thousand plus wild horses in this area too. None of the official alternatives are great but alternative “B” is […]
Source: WTKR.com COROLLA, N.C. – The Corolla Wild Horse Fund needs your help to protect horses on the Outer Banks. The organization is looking to get more than 2,000 signatures on a petition to have a barbed wire fence removed or replaced with a safer option after a […]
By Debbie Coffey, V.P. & Dir. of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been making plans to send America’s wild horses & burros overseas for over two years, with very little, if any, transparency about their activities to the American […]
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