In 2016, a Minnesota man was found guilty of smuggling objects made from elephant ivory. SOURCE: PPJ Gazette by Sam Jojola ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Background “This article was originally published for World Animal News in November, 2015 and titled “Wildlife Crimes: Why Is It So Difficult to Enforce Laws”. This […]
Our thanks to Representatives Dina Titus (D-Nevada), Peter King (R-New York), Jared Polis, (D-Colorado), Carlos Curbelo (R-Florida) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-New Mexico) for their efforts and for sponsoring the House Amendments that would have stopped the slaughter of tens of thousands of our wild horses and burros. […]
The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Source: Center for Biological Diversity For Immediate Release, August 24, 2017 Contact: Randi Spivak, (310) 799-4894, rspivak@biologicaldiversity.org Records Request Demands Zinke’s Report to Trump on National Monuments Sham National Monument Review Still Shrouded in Secrecy WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a […]
(Be sure to also read our Hall of Shame below the Agenda.) THE HALL OF SHAME Utah Gov. Gary Herbert – In May, 2016, Herbert was criticized for unethical campaign fund-raising activity. In a tape that was made without his knowledge, as Herbert was trying to get […]
Source: Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Joel Clement, a whistleblower who until recently served as director of the Interior Department’s Office of Policy Analysis. (Photo provided by Wilkenfeld Law) Bringing further attention to one of the most high-profile whistleblower cases to arise during the Trump administration so far, […]
‘In my most Outraged Opinion!’ by R.T. Fitch “Is it just me…?” For years we U.S. Taxpayers, who have decried the excessive removal of protected wild horses and burros from their rightful range, have been deluged with bogus numbers, bad science and just plain bull crap by the […]
SOURCE: medium.com Credit: Bureau of Land Management »» Budd-Falen Law Offices, Facebook With a career dedicated to undermining public lands and public servants, Budd-Falen is uniquely unqualified for the director’s post by Greg Zimmerman Rumors are swirling that President Trump will nominate Wyoming lawyer Karen Budd-Falen to direct […]
Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation at Palomino Valley SOURCE: The Cloud Foundation Press Release: For immediate release Are Wild Horses being Categorized for Slaughter? Colorado Springs, CO 07-01-2017 – The Cloud Foundation received an anonymous tip that Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and/or top Bureau of […]
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Source: Vickeryeckhoff.com Ryan Zinke, U.S. Secretary of the Interior by Vickery Eckhoff I’ve made a subspecialty out of writing to journalists about wild horses and, more importantly, cattle. Below is a letter I wrote to Matthew Shaer of Smithsonian, whose May 2017 article, “How the Mustang, the Symbol of […]
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