By R.T. Fitch ~ volunteer president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Nevada to be Branded “Animal Cruelty State” in Court of US Public Opinion “Yesterday we ran a brief story with photos of a 3 week old foal being abused at a Nevada Department of Agriculture bait trap […]
Update by R.T. Fitch ~ volunteer president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Photos Show Ag Department Cruelty Reno Wild Horse Advocates are not only outraged by the Nevada Department of Agriculture’s war against the Virgina Range horses but also the documented cruelty exhibited with the manhandling of the […]
Update from the Equine Welfare Alliance “It’s better to do something sooner rather than later…” The Everett Herald has reported that Councilman Dave Somers wants to put an end to the rumors (Wayne Lindahl, the owner of Florence packing also denied the plant opening stating there would never […]
By JAN FALSTAD Billings Gazette “Leachman has blamed everyone else for not taking care of his horses…” BILLINGS – After the longest trial in Yellowstone County Justice Court history, a jury found Billings livestock breeder James Leachman guilty on Tuesday evening of all five counts of abusing his […]
Written by Michael Wolfe of Reno’s 2 News “…there’s other alternatives…another solution to this problem” A group gathered in south Reno to protest the removal of wild horses. The small group of wild horse advocates camped out along Veterans Parkway in south Reno Wednesday morning. Several police officers were also on […]
By Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times “…a revealing, disturbing look at how political and corporate forces have seemingly undermined the freedom and safety of our nation’s equine population.” The documentary “Saving America’s Horses: A Nation Betrayed” unpacks the complex and, what may be for many, under-the-radar […]
By DYLAN WOOLF HARRIS of the Elko Daily “…it’s the taxpayers who are getting gored…” ELKO — Certain local residents’ concerns weren’t assuaged by the Bureau of Land Management’s response to why $872,161 in federal money is paying for a proposed wild horse eco-sanctuary preliminary report. The federally-owned, […]
By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Owner Rita Crundwell ‘was kind of like Madonna’ in her field… Ask anybody in the quarter horse business. They’ll tell you. Rita Crundwell was one of the greatest owners anybody had heard of. The 59-year-old woman from Dixon, Ill., had hundreds of […]
Published by the Elko Daily Free Press “These horses are going to kill that country…” “This is a case where dumb meets dumber. Maddy Pickens trying to build a petting zoo for castrated BLM geldings calling them wild horses and in so doing condemns the true wild horses on 3 […]
Story by Brad Carl of Billings’ KULR8.com Graphic Images Shock the Courtroom BILLINGS – James Leachman, who operated a ranch on the Crow Reservation, has been charged with multiple accounts of animal abuse for five horses that he owned on his property. On Wednesday, the prosecution called in witnesses […]
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