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 Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times “…a revealing, disturbing look at how political and corporate forces have seemingly undermined the freedom and safety of our nation’s equine population.” The documentary “Saving America’s Horses: A Nation Betrayed” unpacks the complex and, what may be for many, under-the-radar […]
By DYLAN WOOLF HARRIS of the Elko Daily “…it’s the taxpayers who are getting gored…” ELKO — Certain local residents’ concerns weren’t assuaged by the Bureau of Land Management’s response to why $872,161 in federal money is paying for a proposed wild horse eco-sanctuary preliminary report. The federally-owned, […]
CNN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell Talks Wild Horses As we always say, it’s about getting the message out and Ms. Jane did do that on CNN and brought into the living rooms of America the plight of our last remaining free roaming wild horses and burros. She didn’t pick the […]
OpEd by Paula King as printed in the Taos News “The fate of New Mexico’s wild horses is at stake…” How many New Mexicans realize the damage being done to our state’s wild horse herds by the Bureau of Land Management? Of the two remaining Wild Horse Management […]
HorseTalk, October 10, 2009 A Leopard CAN Change Her Spots! Madeline Pickens, who has been promoting the set-up of a million-acre wildlife reserve to rehome captive wild horses, has praised the latest plan on the table to manage mustangs. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced wide-ranging proposals this week […]
Published by the Elko Daily Free Press “These horses are going to kill that country…” “This is a case where dumb meets dumber. Maddy Pickens trying to build a petting zoo for castrated BLM geldings calling them wild horses and in so doing condemns the true wild horses on 3 […]
By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, of the Deseret News “At Least this is Something…” SALT LAKE CITY — More than a year after indictments were handed down by a federal grand jury, the case against a pair of Utah men accused in a horse slaughtering ring is winding down to […]
Press Release from Protect Mustangs.org Conservation group wants error fixed and wild horses used to combat desertification SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. (November 28, 2012)–Native wild horses have been erroneously classified as “feral” horses in the recent publication in the journal Environmental Management. The authors of the report call for wild horse removals […]
11 year-old “Wild Mustang Robin” presents a presidential proposal to save America’s wild horses LAS VEGAS — (November 28, 2012) The BLM isn’t the only government organization putting wild horses in danger of slaughter. Today eight horses captured in Lyon County are in danger of being auctioned to […]
A Poem by Michael Leunig They’re privatising things we own together. They’re flogging off the people’s common ground. And though we’re still connected by the weather. They say that sharing things is now unsound. They’re lonelifying all the public spaces. They’re rationalising swags and billabongs. They’re awfulising nature’s lovely […]
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