By Parker Heinlein as published on the Bozeman Daily Chronicle “Zinke has apparently been tasked with dismantling every environmental safeguard he can…” When Ryan Zinke was appointed Secretary of the Interior, I had no idea he was such a poser. It bothered me a bit that he seemed […]
by Annette McDermott as published on Western Values Project “…he is shaping the BLM to overwhelmingly favor the oil and gas industry at the expense of Western public lands…” This week has seen leaders in the land seizure movement gaining traction at the Interior Department. Brian Steed, the […]
By Chris D’Angelo as published on The Huffington Post “You can’t make this stuff up.” WASHINGTON — A week after taking over the Department of the Interior, Ryan Zinke inquired about redesigning the agency’s flag, according to internal emails HuffPost has obtained. The department flag is emblazoned with a […]
Our nation is at a critical juncture and America’s wild horses and burros are in the crossfire. Following the troubling news that the President’s budget request for 2018 would strip federal protections for wild horses and burros and put over 80,000 healthy wild horses at risk for slaughter, wild horses are now in danger more than ever before. We were deeply troubled to discover that dangerous language that would reopen the door for horse slaughter was quietly inserted into the U.S. House’s massive spending bill for next year’s budget.
Not only has the Bureau of Land Management paid Drummond Land and Cattle Co. almost $24 million to warehouse our wild horses on their long term holding pasture, but Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond has used photos of wild horses on most of her Pioneer Woman product packaging and […]
by William E. Simpson as published on HorseTalk One of the favorite tools used by the cattle industry to push competing grazing animals off the lands they covet is that of supporting outright myths and also funding questionably designed studies and then promoting the highly questionable results. Throughout […]
By Greg Zimmerman as published on Medium’s Westwise Rep. Rob Bishop goes after Washington Post’s accurate account of Bishop’s legislative agenda Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has made no secrets about his disdain for America’s foundational conservation laws. On the Endangered Species […]
Join us for Wild Horse Wednesdays®, this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 5:00 p.m. PST … 6:00 p.m. MST … 7:00 p.m. CST … 8:00 p.m. EST This radio show was hacked. Our apologies to people who were unable to listen to the show. You can also listen to […]
“This article does a very good job of chronicling the current and ever growing list of ‘Dinkie’ Zinke’s indiscretions and questionable behavior but it falls short of describing his checkered and horse hating past. We will bring information forward that provide verification that Dinkie does not only hold disdain in his heart for the American tax payer but also harbors a sick blood-lust for our equine companions be they domestic or wild. He needs to be removed from his position before he forever damages the beauty of our public lands and the wild life that lives therein, he has got to go.” ~ R.T.
In Defense of Animals has produced a one click means of contacting your U.S. Senators Wild horses and burros are facing the greatest peril since the mid twentieth century, when hundreds of thousands were run down or shot from helicopters and made into pet food. The government is […]
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