Source: The Dodo “Clare Staples and all the great folks at Skydog Sanctuary are seriously great people. The video, below, is just one fine example of the good works that they do for those who cannot speak for themselves. Thanks Clare…” ~ R.T.
by Dale Berning Sawa as published on The Guardian “From eel and sturgeon to pangolin and turtle, hundreds of species are threatened by human hunger or greed. Here are some of the most at risk…” A rare cape pangolin. Their scales are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Photograph: […]
by TOM KUGLIN tom.kuglin@helenair.com as published in The Missoulian The bill would have allowed private payment for expenses to trappers that legally harvest (Kill) a wolf in Montana. The Montana Senate voted down a bill Monday that would have allowed private reimbursement to wolf trappers. Senators voted 27-22 […]
by Jack Baer as published on Yahoo News Whatever they’re doing to fix the Santa Anita racetrack, it does not appear to be completely working. Arms Runner, a five-year-old gelding, had to be put down Sunday after severely injuring his front right leg in a fall on Santa […]
By Hannah Rider as published on Westwise Acting Interior Secretary has stripped protections to speed drilling and mining Thursday, Acting Secretary David Bernhardt underwent his confirmation hearing to officially become Interior Secretary. He will likely face a final vote in the Senate next month. As a lobbyist and lawyer […]
Source: The Center of Biological Diversity “Here at SFTHH our main concerns lie with the future safety and welfare of Equines be they domestic or wild but with that said, our love for all creatures great and small is not diminished by our hooved focus. So many times […]
Source: Buffalo Field Campaign Bearing witness to and documenting our buffalo relatives being gunned down, trapped in pens, and shipped off to slaughter is the stuff of nightmares. Nearly 300 of the country’s last wild buffalo — our National Mammal — have been shipped to slaughter from Yellowstone […]
By Eric Sondheimer and Nathan Fenno as published on The LA Times “The move, believed to be without precedent in North American racing, came hours after the 22nd horse died at Santa Anita since Dec. 26…” In response to a baffling surge of horse deaths at Santa Anita […]
Source: KTLA Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that racing won’t be held […]
BLM Press Release “Instead of leaving the Wild Ones on their Congressionally approved, rightful range (FREE) the BLM spends millions of your tax dollars capturing, harming, maiming and imprisoning Wild Horses and Burros on YOUR dime…perfect!” WASHINGTON— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is […]
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