by Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine HOUSTON , (Horseback) – A prominent wild horse expert says there was considerably more land set aside for wild horses in 1971 than is currently claimed by the Bureau of Land Management. Craig Downer, a wildlife ecologist, calls the agency’s claims […]
Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp and Chief Photojournalist Matt Adams – Channel 8 CBS, Las Vegas This Saturday the I-Team will air a primetime special detailing the long history of mismanagement in the BLM’s wild horse and burro program. Half of the country’s wild horses are in Nevada […]
It was as if a message came down from on high for the boys at Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to do something to make those damned phones stop ringing. So Sec. Ken Salazar and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Bob Abbey, put on their tap dancing shoes and began to spin.
by R.T. Fitch It seems that each and every year the few good guys and gals in Washington introduce bills to save our wild mustangs, stop slaughter and ban the transport of our equine, American heritage to kill pens across the border. And every year the bulk of […]
by Steven Long, editor of “Horseback Magazine” The Restore our American Mustang Act, (ROAM), if it passes, will bring radical change to the way the current Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board of the Bureau of Land Management does business. In particular, the new legislation would give animal […]
Let’s get off of our personal soapboxes and get on our cell phones, computers and fax’s and tell the DOI and BLM to..
By Craig C. Downer, Wildlife Ecologist (This speech was prepared to be presented to the BLM Advisory board on Sept. 7th, 2009. The BLM had announced a three minute time limit on all presentations. Without warning, as the meeting began, they cut the time down to two minutes […]
by Steven Long, editor of Horseback Magazine HOUSTON (Horseback) The Bureau of Land Management confirmed today that Cloud, a wild horse beloved by millions of fans of the PBS series “Nature” is injured. Horseback Magazine asked Billings, Montana Field Manager Jim Sparks if the agency sent someone up […]
By DOUG MCINTYRE of the Calgary Sun The mysterious wild horse slaughter near Sundre has claimed another equine victim, felled near a popular recreational area west of the central Alberta town. The latest animal shot was found Sept. 9 near Mountain Aire Lodge and brings the death toll […]
by “Mustang Jack” Meet Loren and Piper Stouts, ranchers and self proclaimed wildlife biologists. This Oregon couple alleges in a, U.S. District Court lawsuit, that federal authorities should properly control the rising wild horse population in the state. The Stout’s allege, in their federal lawsuit, that appropriate steps have not been taken, […]
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