Tag: BLM

Unmasking BLM Apologist, Ben Masters

By: Suzanne Roy, Executive Director, American Wild Horse Campaign “…Masters is no advocate for wildlife or wild horses…” Ben Masters made a movie about riding mustangs on a long-distance journey through the West. It’s an apt metaphor, not only for the place of the mustang in the history […]

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THE TRUTH #26 – Lest we forget: historical records of some of America’s tens of thousands of wild horses & burros that were sent to slaughterhouses

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 #26 – Lest we forget:  historical records of some of America’s tens […]

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Cattle versus horses: who’s overgrazing the West?

By Vickery Eckhoff as published on The Daily Pitchfork.org Who’s overgrazing BLM lands? Subsidized livestock. BLM data shows it. The below spreadsheet converts grazing receipts reported by the BLM for private livestock grazed under the public lands grazing program, allowing a direct head-to-head comparison between the number of […]

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Livestock’s Impact on Wilderness

by George Wuerthner as published on The Wildlife News “There is probably no activity that does more damage to our public lands, and in particular, degrades our wilderness areas, than livestock production…” Livestock grazing occurs on some 260 million acres of federal lands, including lands administered by the […]

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