“So Welfare Ranchers get another handout at the expense of YOUR pocket book and the loss of habitat for wildlife on our public lands. More subsidies, more failed federal programs and a slap in the face to the private ranchers and farmers who pay taxes, maintain and care for their own land…the welfare ranchers of the west continue to rape our public lands and reap their private profits. The wild horses, burros and even sage grouse be damned as the most corrupt agency in the federal government continues to pander to special interests and deep pockets. The Department of the Interior’s BLM just can’t shake it’s addiction to cater to hunting, grazing and extraction special interests…and the wild ones are paying the price.” ~ R.T.
Last published 01/09/2011, by R.T. Fitch ~ author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart“ Recently I was engaged in an email conversation, with a group of colleagues, on the issue of the extensive cruelty exhibited by Federal agencies and our government, overall. The discussion was centered on the […]
Source: Wild Horse Freedom Federation 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 […]
“In his own sniveling words” – Ben Masters “My Term is up and I am STILL a DWEEB” “Three years ago I was nominated to sit as the volunteer wildlife management chair for the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro program where I represented the interest […]
By Christopher Ketcham as published on The New Republic Cowboys and cows are soaking the American West dry The American West faces its fifteenth year of low rainfall, sparse snowpack, and warming temperatures in what climatologists believe is only the beginning of a climate-change-induced megadrought that may last a […]
By: Max Walker of ABC15.com The deaths bring the total number of deceased horses found since October to 16 HEBER-OVERGAARD, AZ — In an update Monday, authorities said four more wild horses have been found dead in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The bodies were found February 7 inside […]
Opinion by Craig Downer as published in the Reno Gazette Journal “There is a cover-up concerning the major factors that are deteriorating the Pine Nut Mountain ecosystem…” My statement concerns the Carson-City-BLM roundup of 575 out of 775 wild horses from the Pine Nut Mountain Herd Management Area […]
By Laura Singleton The Independent “…advocates of the Heber Wild Horses still express an opinion that the investigation of the horse deaths are “’oo little, too late.’…” photo by Stacy L. Sanchez HEBER-OVERGAARD — As of February 1, the bodies of 10 horses and two horse skeletons have […]
By: Jennifer Martinez as published on Fox 10 Phoenix “This is the second time that our facility has been shot at…” PHOENIX (FOX 10) — There were some scary moments for volunteers with the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, after they say they were shot at Sunday. […]
By BEN LEFEBVRE as published on Politico “Are we jumping from one MeatHead to another?” ~ R.T. President Donald Trump will nominate David Bernhardt to be the new Interior secretary. The announcement in a tweet from the president Monday ends a nearly two-month-long search for a permanent replacement […]
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