story by Hannah Grover as published Daily Times “The story below is presented unedited so you will see the word ‘feral’ used often. I do not claim to possess abundant knowledge as to the origins of the horses on Navajo land, but I cringe when I hear that […]
“We received this information from Elaine Nash last night” – R.T. Earlier this month, the Navajo nation had announced a plan to sell hunting permits to 60 Navajo hunters, with the first hunt scheduled for March 27, 2018. As of today, due to the diligent work of wild […]
Click to access 2018_feral_horse_proclamation.pdf Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife This is not the first go around on this issue but we need to act fast as permits have already been sold. Former Governor Bill Richardson and Robert Redford Join Fight to Stop Horse Slaughterhouses Richardson meets […]
Source: The Navajo Times ~ (this is an excerpt, see below) With multiple efforts to reduce the number of wild horses on the Navajo Nation, officials are considering a hunt. The Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife asked hunters and sportsmen for their support for a hunt […]
SOURCE: news.yahoo.com By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – The first effort of its kind to prevent wild horses roaming the Navajo Nation in the U.S. Southwest from being sent to slaughter in Mexico has gained the preliminary approval of tribal leaders, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson said on […]
Bill Richardson, former Gov. of New Mexico SOURCE: santafenewmexican.com Newly installed Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye is renegotiating a wild horse protection agreement with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and actor/activist Robert Redford. Richardson and Redford formed the Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife in 2013 […]
By Brenda Norrell as published on the Narcosphere “Tuba City Chapter House is opening the doors to The Cruelty Group, Navajo Nation Agriculture and Navajo Nation Resource Enforcement.” The cruel roundups of wild horses on the Navajo Nation continue on Thursday and Friday in the Tuba City area. […]
Source: by Leslie Macmillan as published in Esquire Celebrities are fighting it, deals are being brokered, and two proposals are sitting in Congress to end it. So why are horses still being slaughtered in droves? BLACK MESA, Ariz. — The West is on the verge of a wild […]
Source: New York Times “Our land is precious to the Navajo people as are all the horses on the Navajo Nation. Horses are sacred animals to us.” PHOENIX — Under pressure by animal welfare groups and many of his own people, the president of the Navajo Nation, Ben […]
Source: HorseTalk.co.nz The horse is sacred to the Diné and is a central part of the nation’s culture and tradition. Elders and medicine people of the Navajo Nation have voiced their opposition to horse slaughter, saying the animals must be honored for their sacred role in Navajo cultural traditions. […]
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