Last night, July 3rd, I entered Terry’s office to shut down the computer prior to heading for bed. Everyone else was tucked away and I was just doing the last minute security sweep when my eye’s caught the bright glare of a fireworks rocket heading for the stars […]
FRIENDSWOOD, Texas — A Friendswood resident is continuing his journey of recovery after a permanent injury as a Marine changed his life forever, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. WATCH IT: Horse Helps Marine Recover From Injury FIND IT: SIRE – Houston’s Therapeutic Equestrian Centers Steve Schulz, 24, was injured […]
No chippers, grinders or massive diesel engine trucks are needed to clear away fallen trees from last month’s storm, as long as Tim Carroll is around. Carroll, of Lyle, prefers to do his work the “old-fashioned” way, with horse teams and carts. Or as he calls it, “the […]
Canada’s Calgary Stampede is being called a “brutal violent spectacle” of animal cruelty by the Humane Society of Canada, which has filed a complaint with Canada’s broadcasting regulator over the airing of the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. The push to have broadcasters phase out the Stampede — which […]
Sheryl Crow & Viggo Mortensen lend their support and knowledge for preserving the last few remaining free roaming wild horses and burros in America. Informing the viewer on the tragedy of over 33,000 wild horses being held in government holding facilities. More wild horses are in captivity then […]
Tony Baird of Lumberton, Texas says he can’t help but smile this week. His two horses are alive, healthy and have been safely corralled after being on the lam for more than two months. “I was so afraid they would be put down or hurt and I’m just […]
Amarillo, Texas Donna Byrne is exhausted and saddened by the death of her horse, Jay, last week. When she rode out from Florida with two horses early in February she had little idea of the toll the journey would take on her way to Amarillo. Byrne rode Jay, […]
Group works to give local animal neglect laws more teeth Last summer, it was a herd of horses—mares and their offspring—that trainer Doro Lohmann helped rescue and then relocate to the Wood River Valley from Salmon. The horses were scheduled for slaughter in Canada until she and several […]
Cowgirl Donna Byrne packed up her two horses, Tonto and Jay, in Arcadia, Florida five months ago and took to the road, hoping to make it to Amarillo, Texas, and a new ranch job. She’s less than 80 miles from her destination, but she’ll arrive exhausted, beaten down […]
Wild Horses and Slaughter: A Recipe for Disaster SFHH Update: Often, on this blog, we speak of the atrocities of horse slaughter and continued distortion of the facts by pro-slaughter advocates. But we have yet to explore the complexities that intertwine the fate of our American Wild Horses with those […]
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