update from Simone Netherlands of Respect4horses SFTHH Exclusive UPDATE: 83 co signers and the letter is officially closed. These are the co signers: Jim Moran Elton Gallegly John Campbell Robert Andrews Mike McMahon Patrick Kennedy Walter Jones Shelley Berkley Raul Grijalva Peter King Dan Burton Jim Gerlach James […]
If Wyoming’s Representative Sue Wallis gets her way, the answer to the question “What’s for dinner?” will be:
“Why HORSE of Course!”
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – A highly placed spokesman for the federal Bureau of Land Management refused to confirm that a proposed private refuge for tens of thousands of wild horses is a done deal, as claimed by billionaire Madeleine Pickens.
Simone Netherlands of Respect4horses reports that the first day of lobbying has been a huge success BUT we still need at least 20 more signatures on the letter supporting H.R. 503 and we only have until 1700 hrs on Tuesday to acquire them.
(CNN) — It’s the dirty little secret of the racing industry. Thoroughbreds who don’t make the winner’s circle, are injured or simply too old to race are discarded by their owners, auctioned off — sometimes to the slaughterhouse. Now these horses are getting new lives.
Time is very very short to get enough signatures on the congressional letter to Nancy Pelosi.
Anyone who knows anything about Wild Horses and Burros has heard the recent news that Madeleine Pickens has reported to garner agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to move 1,000 captive wild horses from long term holding to an “Eco-Sanctuary” environment with the remaining 38,000+ to follow. Ms. Pickens should be applauded for her efforts but while she moves 1,000 altered Wild Horses to private land the BLM will strip from public land several thousand more and put them behind bars. Doesn’t speak highly of the BLM’s level of commitment to a solution, does it?
In a membership communication distributed on January 30, the United Organizations of the Horse (a Wyoming based lobbying group whose mission is to open a horse slaughter facility in Wyoming – referred to as the UOH) applauded the financial support of various organizations and spoke of the attendance of Rep. Sue Wallis and David Duquette at the Simon Bucking Stock Sale in Oklahoma City, OK. Rep. Wallis is an elected state legislator from Wyoming, as well as Executive Director of the UOH, and Mr. Duquette is the President of the nonprofit 501 (c)(3) affiliate of the UOH, the United Horseman’s Front. The Simon Bucking Stock Sale is operated by Joe Simon Enterprises of Lakeville, MN.
Wild horses are federally protected and cannot be sold in slaughter auctions. Feral domestic horses are not covered by the same laws. The two groups can look identical.
On September 13, 2010, the District Court of Idaho granted Advocates for the West a victory in an important case under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to disclose to the public basic information on its grazing program – including the names of livestock permittees authorized to grazing the public lands.
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