Written by Heidi Hall The Tennessean “…accused of abusing 16 horses named in the indictments, either chemically burning their legs or irritating the quicks of their hooves…” Maryville, Tenn., horse trainer Larry Wheelon stood outside the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration stadium in August, days after animal abuse […]
This past weekend the public was not allowed to witness nor audit the controversial BLM helicopter wild horse stampede and roundup in the Red Desert of Wyoming. This subversive action on the part of the federal agency so infuriated the Board and Officers of Wild Horse Freedom Federation that Advisory Board Member and noted photographer Carol Walker put our cares and concerns for the weather aside and traveled to the area in question to be the eyes and ears for WHFF and the wild horse and burro advocacy. Below is her report along with her photographs which will be added to her stunning collection of wild equine photography at http://www.wildhoofbeats.com upon her return home. Carol will cover the release of the PZPed mares and final operations before heading back, stay tuned.
By ROY APPLETON of the Dallas News “…found most of the animals to be underweight and without hay or pasture grass…” A memorandum alerted the Dallas City Council: The man who will manage the city’s new horse park was charged two years ago with animal cruelty. Publicity was […]
While the bulk of Americans give thanks and embrace family traditions from years gone by a small group of elite Federal agents and specialized contractors plot, terrorize, capture and destroy federally protected wild horse herds which embody to all Americans traditional western heritage, freedom and family.
by Tim Hornyak as published at Cnet.com The “Kelpies” are a tribute to Scotland’s horse-powered history If you thought Middle Earth’s enormous statues of Isildur and Anarion were cool, Scotland now has something that’s nearly as badass. They may not be as imposing as the Argonath, but the […]
By Frank Deford as published at NPR.org “a vet told them that Metro Meteor’s condition was terminal…” This is a Thanksgiving story about a horse. Actually, a horse artist. I don’t mean an artist who paints horses, like Degas or Remington, but a horse who paints — and […]
By R.T. Fitch ~ co-founder and president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation UPDATE A spokeswoman from the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro holding facility in Delta Utah during a phone interview on Monday has indicated that the animal remains found outside their gate by members of YEAH were […]
By MARGARET REIST / Lincoln Journal Star “Since she didn’t finish her career, maybe the horse could finish it for her,” LINCOLN, Neb. – Skinny was Vicki Bourg’s horse from the moment she first climbed on his back, sometime after the Burwell Rodeo where she met Jesse Roberts. […]
“Feel Good Sunday” takes on a special flavor for me, today, because I am home with family and friends after yet another month of globetrotting half way across the world in an effort to provide for those who I leave behind when I travel. And as luck would have it I will be able to share Thanksgiving at our southeast Texas ranch with our equine family as well; for this I am doubly thankful as my spirit needs to be recharged in the manner that only close contact with our equine children can accomplish.
So in preparation to set my mind right and to seek out an appropriate story to share I spent some quality, private time in the barn with the boys, this morning, so that my head would be re-calibrated; and as I listened to the soft munching of hay and gentle nickers swirling around me it became clear that I should share a story I had written several years ago, of just such a moment, a point in time that is easy to re-create and to draw upon when living with horses. With that realization I will set my jet lagged mind free and share with you a story of a like experience pulled from the pages of our book, Straight from the Horses Heart, and go back out to enjoy the company of the characters of said book minus/plus one. Enjoy and keep the faith, may the Force of the Horse® be with you.” ~ R.T.
A few weeks ago, she was the darling of The Jurga Report. Readers and Facebook friends were touched by Great Britain’s Princess Anne’s recent decision to source her new riding horse from the collection of adoptables housed at a rehoming center run by World Horse Welfare.
She was the royal face for Doing What’s Right in the horse world. This week, many think she’s turned her back on welfare ethics with a call to debate the place of horse slaughter in the bigger picture of neglected and unwanted horses.
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