by R.T. Fitch I have spent a great deal of time, today, searching for good news in relation to wild horses, burros or just equines in general and let me tell you, the pickings are slim. So I turned my eyes inward and have realized that I have […]
By Dylan J. Darling / The Bulletin / Current Big Summit herd guidelines have been in place since 1975 The Ochoco National Forest is set to revise a 40-year-old management plan for a wild horse herd near Prineville and is looking for help from the public in the […]
Source: NPR.org Horses are some of humans’ greatest companions. Wendy Williams, author of ‘The Horse’, joins NPR’s Scott Simon to talk about that partnership, and how horses interact with other horses in the wild. Listen to the Story SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There’s a spot on the grasses of […]
By Josh Thomas of News Channel 8 Reward Grows to $50,000 with help from outside Horse Industry PALMETTO, FL (WFLA) – Horses are still being cared for at the Imperial Farms Equestrian center in Palmetto, a week after an expensive show horse was tortured and slaughtered on the […]
Source: Multiple Finally, an Abuser Serves Time A 35-year-old woman has been sentenced to two years in county jail after pleading no contest to animal cruelty for starving a horse to death in Leona Valley, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today. Aron Emily Jacques of […]
Story By RICHARD DYMOND of the Bradenton Herald “We have never had a case like this that I can remember,” PALMETTO FL– The distraught owners of a 12-year-old prize show jumper from Europe named Phedras de Blondel are calling the horse’s killing and butchering in Manatee County “a […]
Story by Dennis Myers as published on NewsReview.com “None of the scientists questioned that horses are native…” There’s a new book about wild horses in the West and the young people who try to protect them. Non-fiction is a different experience for Verdi writer Terri Farley, known up […]
story by Madeline Shannon as published on OneGreenPlanet.org Bet you didn’t think anyone besides humans could enjoy a relaxing lounge in a hammock! This donkey from Brazil enjoys a daily hammock break thanks to his human family, who supposedly introduced him to the wonders of swinging in such a […]
By Charles Ashby as published in The Daily Sentinel “The BLM is intent on removing an entire herd, but both the language and spirit of the Wild Horse Act protect wild horses from elimination…” A Front Range horse rescue group is trying to block the Bureau of Land […]
from Amy Hanchey Kistachie National Forest, which spans 7 parishes in Louisiana and encompasses a whopping 604.000 acres of land, is home to Fort Polk Military Base, which resides on approx. 140,000 acres. There are 2 theoretical groups of horses that roam the area. First, the horses that […]
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