Source: By Dan Flynn of Food Safety News “Magistrate Judge Scott entered a massive injunction bond in this case – perhaps the largest ever in a public interest NEPA case…” Federal District Court Judge M. Christina Armijo has amended her order temporarily banning horsemeat packing in the U.S. […]
Source: By SCOTT SONNER — Associated Press “Unless someone can prove they are not a wild, a horse that exhibits wild horse behavior and is not branded, it is a wild horse,” RENO, Nev. — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for a Nevada tribe to sell […]
Source: By Andrew Cohen as published on Esquire “Babies of weaning age — maybe three months old — were pulled from their mothers and immediately herded into the auction ring, one by one, crying and looking for their mothers as they were sold to the highest bidder…” It’s […]
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 […]
It is extremely important for as many wild horse advocates as possible to attend this meeting Sept. 9-11 in Arlington, VIrginia. Even if you can only go for one day, or a half a day, please go. The Advisory Board will most likely address issues like the field spaying of mares, […]
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 […]
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