SOURCE: azcentral.com by Brenna Goth, The Republic Mustangs canter across land in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The U.S. Forest Service says that there are several hundred horses in the area and argues that the population isn’t wild and needs to be controlled. (Photo: Photos by Tom Tingle/The Republic) HEBER-OVERGAARD […]
Quietly, while most Americans made plans for holiday festivities several major milestones occurred this month that will enhance the safety and security of American equines during the upcoming new year. The activities of salvation seemed to occur unnoticed but we at SFTHH and WHFF want you to be well informed and perhaps even celebrate a bit over what has occurred.
A Christmas reflection by R.T. Fitch ~ pres/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation It just doesn’t get any better than this! It is a special Christmas for me this year, simply put; I am home. Due to my rotational, international schedule my paying job finds me on the […]
“First published on Christmas Day in 2009; the characters have changed but the message still rings true to this very day. The roundups must stop so that we can appropriately care for and manage, if needed, our national treasures on their rightful land. At Wild Horse Freedom Federation we offer the gift of our continued fight in support of the Wild Horses and Burros to live free with their families on their promised public land. Merry Christmas!” ~ R.T.
Some interesting background before you read the news article below: It seems that if we even just look at one grazing allotment on the Pine Nut HMA, the Buckeye Allotment, BLM allows about 375 cattle (and don’t forget that cow-calf pairs only count as one in BLM fuzzy […]
“The BLM uses a lame excuse to round up more wild horses near a remote highway. BLM should re-locate the wild horses farther from the highway on this 280,000 acre HMA (see map HERE), or to another HMA. Instead, the BLM seems to be exceeding its authority by […]
Instead of removing wild horses, BLM should end all livestock GRAZING ALLOTMENTS on PUBLIC LANDS. And, there is NO “OVERPOPULATION” of wild horses! SOURCE: Elko Daily Free Press Federal agency announces 2015 wild horse roundups ELKO – The Bureau of Land Management announced it will remove […]
SOURCE: Tengri News Kazakhstan’s Association for Conservation of Biodiversity along with Kazakhstan National Geographic Society has been working on reviving Przewalski’s horses in the country since 2003. At the recent biodiversity meeting, the head of the Association for Conservation Biodiversity Sergey Sklyarenko discussed future plans for the revival […]
Just a reminder, as we read this personal account written in 2013, of what may be happening behind the scenes of BLM’s “bait-trapping” of wild horses, where the BLM contractors can still use a helicopter, but the BLM doesn’t let the public know when or where they are […]
SOURCE: CBC NEWS Scientists’ report says island’s feral horses may be under threat from extreme weather, inbreeding By Dean Beeby, CBC News Excessive inbreeding, a tiny population and extreme weather linked to global warming all pose risks of extinction to the fabled horses of Sable Island – a fate […]
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