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
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: The Cloud Foundation WASHINGTON, DC (August 20, 2013) – Ginger Kathrens, Founder and Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation (TCF) was nominated to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board position of Public Interest (Equine Behavior) by Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), with recommendations from Congressman […]
Source: By Stayton Bonner as published in Men’s Journal Four college friends raised $170,000 on Kickstarter to fund a cross-country road trip – on wild horses. Last April, Ben Masters and three buddies from Texas A&M University saddled 12 wild mustangs for a six-month, 3,000-mile journey from Mexico […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Washington Times Letter to Editor Thank you for your recent article stating that the wild-horse roundup in northern Nevada had been canceled (“Wild horse roundup in Nevada is canceled amid outrage, fears over ‘stealth’ slaughter,” Web, Aug. 8). Tragically, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management went back […]
Source: The Cloud Foundation “Our goal is this: any foal born in the wild will have the chance to live its life in freedom with its family on its own terms,” COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Over 100 young wild horses living in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in […]
Source: The PPJ Gazette By Debbie Coffey Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. While Joan Guilfoyle (Bureau of Land Management’s Division Chief of the Wild Horse & Burro Program) continues to struggle to learn what she’s doing and continues to have difficulties being polite to and interacting with wild horse […]
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