by Rebecca Harrington as published in the Tech Insider The uniform coat-colors of these domesticated horses seem to have cropped up just around the time we started using them on our farms. When humans first started domesticating wild horses around 5,000 years ago, their coats were likely closer […]
A more detailed article on Palomino Valley from Terri Farley’s BLOG All images taken at National Wild Horse and Burro Center, Palomino Valley, Nevada, December 30, 2015. by Terri Farley I live about 40 minutes from the Palomino Valley corrals. Since it’s open to the public, I often […]
We tried to bring good cheer over the holidays, but unfortunately, we need to keep you informed as we try to keep pace with the BLM’s accelerated shuffling, during bad weather, of our wild horses and burros. After hearing from multiple sources that BLM’s Palomino Valley facility (in […]
Source: Multiple “Closed due to bad weather and contract issues?!?!? I smell a rat!” ~ R.T. ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The only federal wild horse short-term holding facility in Wyoming is closed until February for tours and adoptions. The federal Bureau of Land Management says it’s because of […]
By Sarah Haas as published in the Boulder Weekly Managing wild horses in the once wild West Carol Walker of Longmont, CO can tell a wild horse by the look in its eyes, an expression of the untamed vastness of the once wild West. For Walker, the author […]
“We have been sharing the works of others as we gallop towards the festivities of the 25th but today someone sent in a personal request for one of my writings; so out of respect for this fine advocate I will rerun this piece, today. It is a bit of a read but I believe it is well worth the time. This story comes to you from our book and the blog’s namesake, Straight from the Horse’s Heart, and is one that is very special and personal to me, for you see, I wrote it for me…to give me strength, to give me hope, to lighten my soul…so I share it with you today and sincerely hope that it gives you a little more fuel and incentive to ‘Keep the Faith’. A gift from me to you. Best to all!” ~ R.T.
Submitted by “Ace“, the Twin Peaks Wild Stallion and personal friend of Grandma Greg’s “Today’s installment was sent to me in 2012 by one of the last stallions of Twin Peaks, “Ace”, now safe and out of the BLM’s grasp. On first read it made my eyes leak […]
by Matthew Bershadker ~ASPCA President and CEO, as published on Huffington Post Blog Horse Slaughter: To be clear, this is still a short-term and incomplete solution… The massive, 2,000-page federal spending omnibus package President Obama signed today represents months of negotiations by the House and Senate. And while […]
Good news! We all owe a huge thank you to Sen. Tom Udall, who restored the lost language from The Wild Horse and Burro Act into the Omnibus Spending Bill, which will protect our wild horses and burros from going to slaughter for any reason. The language in the Omnibus Bill is: “Appropriations herein […]
As the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) accelerates its experimentation (AKA “research”) on wild horses and burros, it moves further and further away from the intent of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse & Burro Act of 1971. Besides the BLM’s horrific sterilization plans, the BLM also has plans to […]
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