The BLM program currently prioritizes roundups over alternatives that reduce the need for expensive stockpiling Tucson, Ariz. – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, will tour and hold a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Palomino […]
Source: By Kerry Drake as published at WyomingNews.com “The BLM has failed in its mission 100 percent, on purpose,” Ken Salazar may not have totally destroyed the Wild Horse and Burro Management Program while he was head of the Interior Department, but he made an already terrible situation […]
Source: By Sarah Favot of the Pasadena Star-News “They can’t speak for themselves so we have to speak for them,” PASADENA — Wildlife activists packed a federal appeals court hearing Thursday afternoon to oppose the roundup of wild horses, which were recognized by the 1971 Congress as “living […]
Exclusive report from “Grandma” Gregg, Environmental Researcher and Jesica Johnston, B.A., M.A in Biology and Environmental Planning “The forage has grown back from last summer’s fire and there is an abundance of food…” Last weekend several experienced wildlife observers with binoculars and long-distance camera lens thoroughly combed 77 […]
SOURCE: PPJ GAZETTE by Debbie Coffey Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Some advocacy groups quickly lauded certain aspects of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report regarding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse & Burro Program, but, there was one aspect that Americans who love free […]
Source: By Elizabeth Batt as published in the Digital Journal “…the paddock areas resemble feedlots…” Reno – Advocate Monika Courtney is tackling a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facility in Reno, NV., over its lack of shelter and basic care for rounded-up wild horses. Digital Journal spoke […]
It is extremely important for as many wild horse advocates as possible to attend this meeting Sept. 9-11 in Arlington, VIrginia. Even if you can only go for one day, or a half a day, please go. The Advisory Board will most likely address issues like the field spaying of mares, […]
Source: By Monika Courtney as published at This Is Reno.com “The ghostly broken spirits trapped onto 160 acres of hell are prisoners…” Was the quick organizing of a BLM workshop in Reno a courteous act or another PR stunt – pulling a hand brake on bad publicity pertaining […]
Source: Multiple and unedited RENO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management wants to brainstorm with the public on how to improve the comfort of wild horses and burros at the agency’s Palomino Valley adoption center. Horse advocates have criticized the federal agency for the lack of shade […]
by Martin Griffith as published in the Deseret News “The agency still has not gotten the message that the removal of wild horses from our Western public lands is inhumane, unsustainable, unscientific, and must come to an end…” RENO, Nev. — U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials say […]
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