Source: Animal Welfare Institute Seventy-seven percent of Americans are opposed to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses, according to a newly released survey. The survey of more than 2,000 adults was conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of the […]
by Pat Raia as posted on The Horse The plan would surgically sterilize mares in Oregon’s Warm Springs Herd Management Area A group of U.S. senators has asked Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to scrap a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan to surgically sterilize mustang mares […]
Below we’ve posted excerpts from wild horse & burro advocate Marybeth Devlin to the BLM regarding their plan to sterilize wild mares. Marybeth hits the nail on the head with a big hammer, and we encourage everyone to read her comments. Email: blm_or_spaystudy@blm.gov, blm_or_bu_spaystudy@blm.gov Copies: DOI, BLM […]
NOTE TO OUR READERS: The public comment period for the BLM Environmental Assessment for sterilization has been extended to June 12th, so we will issue an ACTION ALERT before then, so that you can submit your public comment to the BLM. Veterinarian Leon Pielstick doing an ovariectomy via […]
BLM Drops Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments, Plans to Return Very Few Horses & Burros to the Range Burns, Oregon (February 15, 2019)—Wild horse advocacy groups are hailing an announcement today by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to officially abandon any plans to use mares rounded up from […]
“It is appalling to consider the use of this medieval, gruesome procedure in the unsterile environment of the Hines Corrals, let alone out on the range.” Portland, OR (Oct. 1, 2018)—A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction […]
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Front Range Equine Rescue, a nonprofit organization that works to stop cruelty and abuse of horses, filed a federal lawsuit in Washington D.C. challenging the Interior Department Bureau of Land Management’s project on September 24 (CNN)Nonprofit organizations are taking to the courts to try […]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop “Barbaric” BLM Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments September 21, 2018 Contact: Carol Walker, Director of Filed Documentation cwlivingimages@gmail.com 303-588-4749 Portland, OR (September 21, 2018) – Citing violations of the U.S. Constitution and three federal laws, an alliance of wild horse protection and animal welfare advocates filed […]
From Grandma Gregg I am ATTACHING my public comment for all of you in hopes that you may find something to use for your personal comment letter – I think it is due this Sunday. Note multiple email addresses at the bottom of my letter. As long as […]
After BLM Oregon posted this youtube video showing Dr. Leon Pielstick performing an ovariectomy via colpotomy on a “previously wild” mare, Rob Sharp, a Supervisory Wild Horse & Burro Specialist for the BLM’s Burns District in Oregon, sent the following email to 6 government employees (5 work for the […]
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