OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~ President/Co-Founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Repost from 2017 It’s a dangerous time for not only our wild horses and burros but also for our country in general. Although there is renewed hope that we will no longer “lead from behind” in a […]
By Emily Caldwell “Slipped into a large transportation infrastructure bill, the amendment must now pass the Senate before it can become law…” The House of Representatives passed an amendment Wednesday that would ban the transportation of horses across state lines or to Canada and Mexico to slaughterhouses for […]
by Danny Prater as published on PETA Relief for horses used for racing! The New York senate has just passed a bill prohibiting the slaughter of horses who have been forced to race or bred for racing “stock.” It will also require that those used for racing be microchipped […]
Press Release Ending Transport of Horses Across State and National Lines Will Have the Effect of Banning the Trade, Notes Animal Wellness Action WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/8/2021, U.S. Reps. Troy Carter, D-La., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and John Katko, R-N.Y., introduced an amendment to H.R. 3684, the Investing in […]
by William E Simpson II as published on The Pagosa Daily Post “Congress finds and declares that wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West…” According to a November, 2020, article in The Aspen Times, the US Bureau of […]
by William E. Simpson II as published on ValueWalk American Wild Horses Are Arguably Worse-Off Today A recent article at Reason, titled ‘Predictably, Wild Horses Are Still Suffering Due to Federal Slaughter Ban’ stated that, “Turns out that basing animal rights policy on the strong feelings of animal […]
May 27 2021 Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today called on the Interior Department to suspend its Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Incentive Program over reports that some program participants have abandoned animals at slaughter auctions in direct opposition to the program’s requirements. “I write with great concern regarding […]
BY JACOB OGLES as published on SRQ No Americans should have resorted to eating their horses, according to Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota. The congressman on Wednesday filed bipartisan legislation with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, that would outlaw killing horses for food. “The slaughter of horses for human consumption […]
By Dave Philipps as published on The New York Times “Nothing new here EXCEPT kill buyers are now paid $1,000.00 per wild equine, your tax dollars, to sell our National Treasurers for human consumption over-seas, sweet…” In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never […]
by Taylor Perse as published on Eugene Weekly “Though revered by much of the public, wild horses across the West are also the subject of a 70-year controversy involving locals, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), activists and ranchers…” Their stillness makes them almost imperceptible. But I know […]
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