Take action for wild horses — Tuesday’s Horse

Help end conflicts between wild horses and public land ranchers The Voluntary Grazing Retirement Act — H.R. 5737 — would benefit wild horses and burros by providing another way to settle land and resource conflicts. H.R. 5737 would also allow third parties, like wild horse or environmental organizations, to compensate livestock grazing permittees who choose […] …

Urge New York Times to Reveal the Truth About Wild Horse Issues — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Source: In Defense of Animals “IDoA is a lot kinder to Dave Philipps than I would be as his checkered history of dancing with the truth on the issues surrounding wild equines on our public lands is both long and broad.” ~ R.T. In 2017, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, David Philipps published a book titled Wild […] …

Wild horse killings leave Arizona community on edge — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Source: Breitbart Someone has been shooting wild horses in a national forest near Heber-Obergaard, Ariz., for the last 16 months, and the unsolved crimes are tearing apart the small community. Some 35 horses have been found dead in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, with most of them killed by bullets, authorities said. Local horse advocates and […] …

D.C. District Court Rejects Challenge to BLM Wild Horse Removal Decisions — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

by Duane Morris LLP The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently rejected claims challenging actions by the U.S. Department of Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to remove wild horses from an area of federal land in Nevada known as the Caliente Complex. In 2008, BLM issued a resource […] …

Salt Wells Horses Get Short End of Stick — Western Horse Watchers Association

The Tier 1 analysis in Appendix A of the draft EIS for the Rock Springs RMP amendment provides data for current conditions on the Salt Wells Creek HMA. The numbers were copied into a spreadsheet to see if the current management plan favors privately owned livestock over wild horses and if so by how much. …

BLM’s Final Solution for One Third of Wyoming’s Wild Horses — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

Published by Carol Walker on Wild Hoofbeats The Bureau of Land Management just announced plans to destroy three wild herds of horses in the Checkerboard Area of Wyoming’s Red Desert. These wild horses are federally protected and living on 2 million acres in southeastern Wyoming. The proposed Resource Management Plan would zero out the Salt […] …

More horses reported dead near Heber Wild Horse Territory — Tuesday’s Horse

SPRINGERVILLE, AZ — The death count has risen in recently reported cases of horse slayings within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Following a report earlier this month that a total of eight horses were found dead, largely from gunshot wounds, the Forest Service is now reporting that an additional seven horses were discovered. That brings the …

Advocacy group wants protection for Alberta’s wild horses — Tuesday’s Horse

SUNDRE — Bob Henderson’s love affair with wild horses began almost 50 years ago and he’s become a passionate advocate for the ponies that roam the Rocky Mountain foothills of west-central Alberta. “I was in the woods and this black stallion comes charging through the trees at me. He snorted and blew — and that […] …

Off the Range — Western Horse Watchers Association

What do these things have in common? Overpopulation narrative Plans based on false premises (such as the Path Forward) Roundups Fertility control Chemical sterilization (extended use of contraceptives) Surgical sterilization Sex ratio skewing Sale without limitations Adoption events Adoption incentives Trainer Incentive Program Extreme Mustang Makeover Inmate training programs Sanctuaries and preserves New off-range corrals […] …