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
“They can leave the horses alone,” Kirkpatrick says, “and watch them destroy the range.” “While we should all be up in arms about BLM plans for more of the Dr. Mengele type experiments by field spaying more wild mares, the PZP debate continues as a distraction. And […]
More Goofy Raw Video from Terry and R.T. Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “It is ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and yesterday we received many good reviews on an incidental video we added so today we thought that it might be appropriate, or okay, to add another. From a […]
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Forward by R.T. Fitch ~ Pres/Co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation
“For the past several days I have been in a tizzy over the glamorization of the abusive and destructive horse racing ‘industry’ and last night several advocates reined me in and headed me back towards to wild horses and burros. Sorry, but when it comes to our equines I see no silos.
Crybaby, welfare, subsidized ranchers have been in the news, as of late, for suing the BLM for not, allegedly, upholding the letter of the law by stripping federally protected wild horses from their rightful public range. It’s all about entitlement and greed and what do the likes of these ‘ranchers’ do when things don’t go their way…they break the very laws that they have pledged to uphold.
While the BLM cites the drought in the West to remove wild horses and burros from public lands PERMANENTLY, the BLM doesn’t enforce drought-related grazing restrictions in northern Nevada when cattle ranchers flagrantly defy the grazing restrictions. – Debbie SOURCE: Elko Daily Free Press BLM Allows Grazing on […]
The “nuisance” BLM is rounding up and removing more wild burros, with a population already at critically endangered low numbers here in the U.S. The BLM issued another Categorical Exclusion (CX). It seems that the BLM is doing more CXs than ever. The GAO issued a report in […]
“the only way for unvaccinated animals to catch equine influenza is to be around it” photo by Marjorie Farabee, Dir. Wild Burro Affairs, Wild Horse Freedom Federation SOURCE: havasunews.com BLM issues alert on equine influenza by KIM STEELE The best advice Darla Wright can give to the […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) streamlines “uses” like mining that use huge amounts of water (while there is a drought in the West), yet cites the need to remove wild horses and burros to maintain a “thriving ecological balance.” Just one mine in Nevada, Barrick Gold’s Goldstrike […]
Posted on National Parks Traveler “The burros have never had it easy with our government agencies…” A group of feral burros inadvertently saved the life of a hiker lost in Death Valley National Park by leading him to water. Park officials said the unidentified man set out for […]
Report by Carol Walker ~ Director of Field Documentation for Wild Horse Freedom Federation “The Summit was packed full of extremely useful information…” I arrived at Equine Advocates on Friday afternoon, and was warmly welcomed by Susan Wagner, and given a personal tour of the Sanctuary. I got […]
Source: HorseTalk.co.nz Horse welfare issues are in the spotlight next weekend as equine and medical experts get together for the fourth annual American Equine Summit. Topics under discussion at the summit held at Equine Advocates Rescue & Sanctuary in Chatham, NY, will include horse slaughter; the transfer of […]
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