CHICAGO, (EWA), – Supporters of a request for a Presidential moratorium on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) round ups of wild horses on federal lands rallied at the base of Boston’s State House on Friday, January 8. The demonstration was one of a growing number of spontaneous rallies from coast to coast.
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The federal Bureau of Land Management has ceased communicating with Horseback Magazine.
On December 31, the magazine sent several pointed questions to the bureau and copied the email to its director Bob Abbey. The agency has not responded since, despite follow-up emails to both its Nevada spokesperson, Heather Emmons, and it’s chief Washington spokesman, Tom Gorey.
Written by Steven Long – acclaimed Author and Editor/Publisher of Horseback Magazine The following is from Dr. Don Hoglund, MS, DVM. He has asked that we print his letter using full paragraphs if we quote him. Hoglund is writing in response to my recent article in Horseback Online […]
Press Release from The Equine Welfare Alliance – 01/04/10 CHICAGO, (EWA), – The perfect storm of protests spurred by Bureau of Land Management’s clearing of horses from its Calico Mountain complex will continue into the first week of the new year. Wild horse advocates have been outraged by […]
An Opinionated Update on the Woman that every Horse Loves to Hate by R.T. Fitch – Equine Advocate and author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart“ Over the past several weeks the bulk of the world celebrated the birth of new beginnings and entertained nostalgic visions of festive […]
Written by Steven Long, Author and Editor/Publisher of Horseback Magazine Thanks to a comment on this Blog; Steven Long made contact with Dr. Winand and this story was born. Big thanks to our well versed and highly knowledgeable readership. HOUSTON, (Horseback) – A Cornell University academic veterinarian has […]
The big roundup in Nevada has begun. But rather than being fodder for a old-fashioned Western, this one is kicking up a fight. Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management launched its mission to capture 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands across the state.
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY (Here’s your national coverage – R.T.) Federal officials have begun rounding up at least 2,500 wild horses from Nevada rangeland, triggering protests from animal advocates who say the trapping endangers these symbols of the American West and condemns them to lives in […]
Advocates Call on President Obama to Give America’s Wild Horses a Christmas Reprieve Washington, DC (December 23, 2009). . . . Wild horse advocates today celebrated a partial victory as U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman ordered a lawsuit challenging a Bureau of Land Management roundup of […]
Twas the night before Christmas on our public land
Not a Mustang was stirring, knowing what was at hand.
They huddled in fear hoping someone would care,
In hopes that the advocates soon would be there
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