SOURCE: Counterpunch.org “Public lands ranchers have always hated the trees. Just like native predators are killed as rancher enemies, native trees (and sage) take up space where grass might grow so they must be destroyed. In all of these projects, BLM ballyhoos wildfire suppression benefits, ignoring that deforestation creates hotter, […]
by Catherine Kozak as published on Coastal Review Online Commonly known as “swamp cancer,” the sickness in the wild Chincoteague ponies was caused by a fungus-like organism in stagnant water that can enter cuts or scrapes… COROLLA – The recent deaths of seven Chincoteague, Virginia, ponies from a […]
Source: wildhoofbeats.com Adobe Town mares and foals chased by helicopter in 2017 roundup By Carol. J. Walker, Dir. of Field Documentation, Wild Horse Freedom Federation WY Federal Court Rules Against BLM in Checkerboard Roundup Case Says BLM Can’t Exclude Foals from Roundup Counts to Remove More Horses from […]
Dr. Downer has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the conservation movement MINDEN, NV,— Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Craig Carpenter Downer, Ph.D. c., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, […]
Benjamin Spillman | Reno Gazette Journal “I kept screaming, ‘Stop, get off my land.’ He didn’t pay any attention to me. He just kept going,” she said. “He scared my horses away and they ran with the wild horses.” Before it descended into chaos, Friday was a typical […]
Source: Pegasus Equine Guardian Association While accidents happen during hunting season, this most certainly was INTENTIONAL and DELIBERATE and not a case of “mistaken for a deer.” by Pegasus Equine Guardian Association I wish I had better news to ring in the New Year but, sadly I received a […]
By Nate Hegyi as published on Wyoming Public Media “This appears to be a regulation to figure out some sort of way they can shirk their statutory responsibilities…” A new rule proposed last week by the U.S. Interior Department could make it harder for news outlets and non-profit […]
by Brett French as published on The Independent Record Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone. Of that total, 375 were killed by hunters — mostly tribal hunters — […]
Sorry folks, I am taking the Weekend off!!! Early tomorrow morning I am jumping on a plane, here in Omaha, while Terry boards an aircraft in Houston so that we can rendezvous in an undisclosed location and spend Saturday evening together participating in some gala festivities, together…so for […]
Source: the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary Remembering Dayton O. Hyde March 25, 1925 – December 22, 2018 Dear Friends, Thank you so very much for the friendship, visits, donations and love all of you show the mustangs here at the Sanctuary. The twenty-three years I have spent […]
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