by Debbie Coffey In my opinion… We need to find a fix for the unhealthy populations of non-native, domestic cattle and sheep on public lands. Imagine a proposal to introduce privately owned livestock onto the public lands of the American West. The owners of the privately owned livestock […]
By Chris Krupp as published in The Seattle Times Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s actions show his priority is to fossil-fuels companies and whether they will be able to profitably access the public lands they’ve long relied on for cheap natural resources. Shortly after taking office in March, Interior […]
“It started with trying to legalize horse slaughter plants in his home state and has only gone down hill from there…”
Many thanks to Susan Wagner, Pres. of Equine Advocates, for writing this excellent OpEd for the New York Daily News. SOURCE: New York Daily News by Susan Wagner, Pres. of Equine Advocates Special interests in the ranching, oil and gas and mining industries and the lawmakers who do […]
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 #11 – The BLM authorized the adoption of a […]
by Wayne Pacelle as published on A Humane Nation “A new study in six Mexican cities has found horsemeat in nearly 10 percent of meat products that are being sold as beef…” Mexico is forging ahead on animal protection. Earlier this year, its Congress made dogfighting a felony […]
Source: New Republic “Every stream on public lands grazed by livestock is polluted and shows a huge surge in E. coli bacterial contamination during the grazing season,” says Marvel. “No wonder we can’t drink the water.” Marvel, who retired from WWP last year, spent two decades haranguing and […]
(photo: Carol Walker) Your comments are needed to make sure wild horses and burros are protected in possible amendments to very important BLM Land Use Plans (LUPs) in California and Nevada. You can cite this report: https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/lup/90121/123510/150623/SO3353-report.pdf (wild horses are noted on page 37, the second box from […]
Fax this to your Congressional Representatives: SOURCE: Animal Welfare Institute “of the total number of livestock and wild horses and/or burros known or authorized to graze within HMAs and their associated grazing allotments, 1.8 percent are wild horses, 0.4 percent are wild burros and the remaining 97.8 percent […]
(Photo: BLM) Public comments are due by Oct. 31 on a BLM Salt Lake City Field Office Scoping Notice for a roundup of wild horses in the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Utah. Send a personal comment to blm_ut_cedarmt_onaqui@blm.gov and in the subject line, put Onaqui Wild Horse […]
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