Source: By Andrew Cohen as published on Esquire “Babies of weaning age — maybe three months old — were pulled from their mothers and immediately herded into the auction ring, one by one, crying and looking for their mothers as they were sold to the highest bidder…” It’s […]
Source: By Nathan Baca and Kyle Zuelke of 8NewsNow.com “The majority of the horses that we use are actually rescues…” LAS VEGAS — Horse roping is called animal cruelty by some, and living history by others. Clark County commissioners will decide at Tuesday’s meeting on whether to ban rodeos with controversial […]
Source: The Cloud Foundation WASHINGTON, DC (August 20, 2013) – Ginger Kathrens, Founder and Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation (TCF) was nominated to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board position of Public Interest (Equine Behavior) by Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), with recommendations from Congressman […]
Source: By Stayton Bonner as published in Men’s Journal Four college friends raised $170,000 on Kickstarter to fund a cross-country road trip – on wild horses. Last April, Ben Masters and three buddies from Texas A&M University saddled 12 wild mustangs for a six-month, 3,000-mile journey from Mexico […]
Source: by Steven Rose as published on RGJ.com “No one in the BLM cares about our horses or is held accountable for the deplorable handling of this program….” Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said she would look at the National Academy of Sciences’ two-year study of the […]
Source: Intro by Susan Wagner, article from SCOPE Magazine “Today is ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and it is our most distinct pleasure to bring you a heartwarming story of a very special PMU mare, rescued from slaughter. Thank you, Susan Wagner.” ~ R.T. n 2004, the New York-based equine […]
Bond to Sue Considered “Unjustified” by Many Front Range Equine Rescue, HSUS and other equine advocacy groups suing to stop a return to domestic horse slaughter are objecting to a court order that they are required to post a nearly half-million-dollar bond Friday. Attorneys for the groups filed […]
Order could delay today’s sale of nearly 500 horses at Fallon Livestock Exchange RENO, Nev – A federal court judge in Reno, NV has granted a coalition of wild horse advocacy and conservation groups a Temporary Restraining Order to block the sale of unbranded horses at a slaughter auction […]
Source: By Jan Falstad of the Billings Gazette ““Leachman cannot now change his position on appeal and argue that the state produced insufficient evidence…” Yellowstone County District Judge Susan Watters has upheld James Leachman’s jury conviction on five counts of abusing his horses. Leachman, a longtime Billings horse […]
It is extremely important for as many wild horse advocates as possible to attend this meeting Sept. 9-11 in Arlington, VIrginia. Even if you can only go for one day, or a half a day, please go. The Advisory Board will most likely address issues like the field spaying of mares, […]
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