by Tim Sullivan, Louisville Courier Journal This is no time for neutrality. With horse racing under unprecedented pressure to put its barns in order, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association finally weighed in Wednesday in support of a bill designed to prevent the return of a domestic horse slaughter […]
John Holland, Pres. of Equine Welfare Alliance by Debbie Coffey, V.P. & Dir. of Wild Horse Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation BEEF magazine posted a commentary titled “Will reinstating horse slaughter in the U.S. improve horse welfare?“ written by Courtney L Daigle, an Assistant Professor of Animal Welfare at […]
by Chris Saeger of Western Values Project “Zinke’s time in office was marred by scandal and self interest” Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department felt a lot like a horror movie. And now? We might be getting a sequel. According to The Hill, “Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is not […]
by Kim Bojórquez as published on The Deseret News “There’s a war raging against our wild horses, burros and all wildlife…” SALT LAKE CITY — Wildlife advocates are taking a stance against Rep. Chris Stewart and the Bureau of Land Management on how to deal with the overpopulation […]
Source: Equine Advocates This beautiful image of rescued Thoroughbred, Freddie was taken by #EllenLynch. I mentioned Freddie’s case during my testimony yesterday. After racing 51 times, he was retrained and successfully performed on the show circuit for years, only to be discarded when he could no longer compete. […]
By John Cherwa as published on The LA Times A 27th horse has died since Santa Anita opened its meeting on Dec. 26 after the colt Derby River sustained a catastrophic injury while training Wednesday morning. After six weeks without a death, there have been four fatalities since […]
by Carol Walker as published on Wild Hoofbeats Please Comment on BLM’s Dangerous Plans to Spay Wild Mares in Oregon by June 12 Once again the BLM has announced an Environmental Assessment is now open for public comments until June 12 on its plans to spay 100 wild […]
Source: Western Values Project “DoI Violates Federal Law…what a shocker!” “Much of our research, at WHFF, and most of our articles including our White Paper are founded on the facts obtained through FOIA requests. This new NEWS is most disturbing, although not shocking considering the source.” ~ R.T. […]
Posted by Carol Walker from WildHoofBeats.com This article is below re-posted from the Skydog Sanctuary website. This is an absolutely glaring example of how the Bureau of Land Management does not have the best interests of our wild horses at heart, and in fact is actively working toward […]
By Debbie Coffey, V.P., Wild Horse Freedom Federation In my humble opinion: It was bad enough that Return to Freedom was one of the signatories, including mostly organizations representing livestock grazing, on a proposal that threatens the existence of America’s wild horses & burros on public lands. But […]
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