Everything you ever wanted to know about “Animal Unit Months” and “Appropriate Management Levels” but where afraid to ask! by Mustang Jack Although there is no clear science determining how much horses eat oppose to livestock and other ungulates,the BLM devised a formula which mostly meets their own […]
There was nothing that we could do to stop them; the wild horses just kept coming. Driven by the mean beat of the helicopter blades they ran before us and into the pens as they screamed for their lives.
by Simone Netherlands The question is not: “do you support horse slaughter.” The question is: “do you support the cruel, terrifying transport for days without food and water in their journey to death?” The question is: “do you support the torture and abuse of the killer chutes, even […]
by R.T. Fitch and Elyse Gardner Elyse Gardner served as the “Humane Observer” for the horses during Cloud’s round up. Being a true professional, Elyse would ask pointed questions during the daily operations briefing conducted by the BLM and overseen by field agent, Jim Sparks. Daily she would […]
Senator Landrieu, Congressman Grijalva Join Public in Calling for an Immediate End to the Mismanagement of the West’s Living Legends LOVELL, WY– September 17, 2009 — Once wild and free, living in spectacular sub-alpine meadows designated by Congress as their home, 57 wild Mustangs now wait in dusty […]
By Steven Long, Editor Horseback Magazine More “Mustangate” HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Employees of the Bureau of Land Management’s Billings, Montana, office hit a windfall as the summer months on Pryor Mountain came to an end. They had to work on the Labor Day holiday, September 7, and by […]
by R.T. Fitch Mustangate; Yet another chapter It appears that the more you study the BLM’s bumbled round-up of Cloud’s herd in the Pryor Mountains the more it just doesn’t look, taste or smell right. Every action, each flawed decision leaves an after taste of possible corruption, collusion […]
“If I had to guess, I’d say she’s around 36,” the vet told us as Lexi stood in the stock at his clinic. “Having a baby at that age is dangerous, and that’s if a mare is in great shape. Lexi is malnourished, full of worms and in […]
Considering the occurrences of the past week it is heart wrenching to view this preview of PBS’s upcoming premier of Emmy Award winning cinematographer Ginger Kathrens’s third Wild Horse installment, Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions.
by Steven Long U.S. Senator Eyes Removing Agency’s Mustang Oversight HOUSTON (Horseback) – The hasty labor day “gather” of the iconic equine star of the PBS “Nature” series, Cloud, has sparked interest and consternation from coast to coast as wild horse lovers rally to put a halt to […]
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