Source: The Toledo Chronicle “The horse slaughter industry is a predatory, inhumane enterprise…” Iowa has become ground zero in the national debate on horse slaughter, now that the USDA has cleared a horse slaughter plant to begin butchering horses here. Not only will our state earn the disdain […]
Source: Multiple The Nevada Department of Agriculture wants to hear from nonprofit organizations on developing a wild horse management plan for the Virginia Range southeast of Reno. The agency on Monday said its goal is a cooperative agreement with an organization to manage and sustain the horses at […]
Announce Formation of Foundation Focused on Protecting Animals and Wildlife SANTA FE, NM- Former Governor Bill Richardson and legendary actor, director, and conservationist Robert Redford today announced they are joining the fight to stop horse slaughterhouses from reopening in the United States. The action is the first of […]
(ALBUQUERQUE)—Attorney General Gary King has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to stop a plant in Roswell from slaughtering horses for meat because federal authorities have not yet undertaken the required environmental review. The AG’s motion, filed late last Friday, joins Front Range Equine […]
Source: Letter to Wyoming‘s Star Tribune Editor: Your feature on BLM’s Deerwood Ranch wild horse sanctuary, near Centennial (“Rancher offers sanctuary to wild horses,” July 13) left me feeling conflicted. On one hand, this ecosanctuary gives 228 once-wild stallions a safe, comfortable life, the bliss of freedom, and […]
Source: USA Today “It is ‘Feel Good Sunday’ and today we highlight a war-time equine hero who is NOW going to be permenatly honored by the USMC in a larger than life statue. This is a horse who suffered to fight for our country…she was not a cow, […]
Guest Editorial by Grandma Gregg Referring to today’s upcoming capture list – it says 100 wild horses will be bait/water trapped on the Murderer’s Creek HMA in Oregon starting tomorrow! This HMA is jointly “managed” by BLM and USFS, who said in their recent EA: “The AML for […]
Source: A Humane Nation ~ Wayne Pacelle‘s Blog “…the situation unfolding at Palomino Valley is yet another symptom of a broken horse and burro program…” Those of you who regularly watch our good friend Jane Velez-Mitchell’s show on HLN may have seen me last night in a brief segment […]
For immediate release: Contact: Tom Gorey Friday, July 19, 2013 (202-912-7420) BLM Announces Summer Schedule for Tormenting Wild Horses and Burros The Bureau of Land Management today announced its current summer schedule for gathering wild horses and burros roaming Western public rangelands. The schedule is subject to […]
Source: Multiple Hooked on Mismanaging Wild Equines into Extinction RAWLINS, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management has decided to round up 85% of the wild horses in the Adobe Town and Salt Wells Creek herd management areas. The BLM announced Friday that the roundup in Sweetwater and […]
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