Often forgotten, the gentle burros are, likewise, under attack by governmental agencies in an attempt to mirror efforts to manage all native wild equines into extinction
By William E. Simpson II as published on The Pagosa Daily Post Native species American wild horses evolved on the North American continent about 55 million years ago. So, it’s no wonder that unlike invasive species — cattle and sheep — wild horses have critically important, evolved grazing […]
Excerpt from the book “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” by R.T. Fitch A Christmas Story for the Wild Ones Reprint from December 11, 2010: He checked the time again. Not an easy maneuver as he had to take his right glove off, shove up the left cuff of […]
By Bill Simpson as published on the Mail Tribune Over the course of the past 50-years, since the passing of the 1971 Free Roaming Wild Burro And Horse Protection Act (1971), the management of wild horse herd management areas have undergone many changes resulting from political and economic […]
By Nicole Rivard as published on PagosaDailyPost.com “…upwards of 2 million cattle graze public lands, not to mention, sheep — compared to a measly 79,568 wild horses” I commend the Pagosa Daily Post for including a piece about the plight of America’s wild horses. However, Friends of Animals, […]
By Erik Molvar as published on The Wildlife News There’s an organized campaign underway to get wild horses off America’s western public lands, and the livestock industry is both its primary salesman and beneficiary. It’s all about the money and expanding the livestock industry’s stranglehold on western public […]
by John LaConte as published on the Vail Daily “…holding facilities, like the roundups themselves, are often harmful to the health and well-being of these animals…” A Nov. 25 letter from 22 members of Congress, including House Representative Joe Neguse, urges House leadership to consider a more “humane […]
By Scott Beckstead and Marty Irby as published on The Boulder Weekly “We Americans are inspired by our wild horses…” We marvel at the sight of them living wild and free on our public rangelands, of stallions fighting for their family bands, of newborn foals learning to stand […]
The Washington Post Magazine recently ran a misleading story on wild horses, focusing attention on anti-federalist ranchers in Nevada and the big money behind them. By failing to look beyond the superficial personality conflicts, and missing the real and important public lands issues, this article does its readers a disservice.
by Judy Fahys as published on The Montana Journal Some want his decisions tossed, too. William Perry Pendley’s “acting” status as Bureau of Land Management head calls into question rulings on monuments, drilling and wildlife conservation You could be standing in a dozen different Western states and […]
by Charlotte Roe Given the daily avalanche of information and misinformation and surreal happenings to process, I’ve been slow to communicate. A roundup is overdue. — Pendley’s Houdini Act: Intense opposition by wild horse, public lands and racial justice advocates to William Pendley Perry’s appointment as Bureau of […]
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