Category: Wild Horses/Mustangs

Unmasking BLM Apologist, Ben Masters

By: Suzanne Roy, Executive Director, American Wild Horse Campaign “…Masters is no advocate for wildlife or wild horses…” Ben Masters made a movie about riding mustangs on a long-distance journey through the West. It’s an apt metaphor, not only for the place of the mustang in the history […]

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Western Values Project and American Oversight Sue Interior for Records Related to Zinke’s Alleged Corruption

Source: Western Values Project “Whether it’s a sweetheart land deal or private chartered flights, it’s long past time to shine a light on Zinke’s public documents,” Western Values Project (WVP), a Montana-based conservation group, represented by watchdog American Oversight, today filed a lawsuit against the Department of the […]

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THE TRUTH #26 – Lest we forget: historical records of some of America’s tens of thousands of wild horses & burros that were sent to slaughterhouses

Wild Horse Freedom Federation issues THE TRUTH to share Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents and information with the public.  Be sure to subscribe HERE to Wild Horse Freedom Federation, so that you can receive email alerts. THE TRUTH #26 – Lest we forget:  historical records of some of America’s tens […]

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Cattle versus horses: who’s overgrazing the West?

By Vickery Eckhoff as published on The Daily Pitchfork.org Who’s overgrazing BLM lands? Subsidized livestock. BLM data shows it. The below spreadsheet converts grazing receipts reported by the BLM for private livestock grazed under the public lands grazing program, allowing a direct head-to-head comparison between the number of […]

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Preliminary Genetic Analysis Reveals Fort Polk Horses have Strong Spanish Associations, Unique in Remaining Wild Herds

Source: PEGA How could the Army have gotten it so very wrong? Preliminary genetic analysis from random samplings of generationally wild, free roaming horses at Fort Polk in Louisiana confirm heavy Spanish association. While  variables weigh into genetic testing results, the Fort Polk horses consistently pair with Puerto Rican […]

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