The bodies of nearly 50 wild burros have been discovered in various states of decay along a 40 mile stretch of Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert just south of the famous Las Vegas Strip, and 8 months later authorities are still looking for the crucial tip to crack the case.
Source: AWHC Monday, the House and Senate unveiled an agreement on the fiscal year 2020 spending legislation. The final bill rejects the efforts of bipartisan lawmakers to prevent federal funds from being allocated toward cruel sterilization surgeries and accelerated roundups. The vast majority of Americans, from both parties, oppose these surgeries and roundups. But, this […]
via Congress Rejects Bipartisan Effort to Protect Wild Horses & Burros — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Carol Walker as published on Wild Hoofbeats The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a Scoping Document with a 30 day public comment period on 5 of the largest wild horse herds in Wyoming: Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek, Great Divide Basin, White Mountain and Little Colorado. I have been visiting, observing and […]
By California News Wire Services Video footage from the scene shows the predicament the wild animal found itself in, with just his head and neck protruding from the hole. MORENO VALLEY, CA — A hapless donkey ended up underground just north of Moreno Valley, stuck in a sinkhole until a construction crew dug a path […]
By Jonathan Thompson as published on The Jackson Hole News & Guide “This scourge ‘wreaks havoc’ everywhere it goes…” (SFTTH Editor’s Note: Please reference Craig Downer‘s work which verifies that wild equids indeed improve and upgrade the land on which they roam.) In mid-October, William Perry Pendley, the acting director of the Bureau of Land […]
An open letter by equine advocate Charlotte Roe Fellow Wild Equid advocates, fans and partners; While the nation is riveted on impeachment hearings a vital part of our nation’s history is being threatened for its very survival. We can’t, won’t let up on this challenge. The BLM just rounded up 295 of the treasured Challis wild […]
By Scott Sonner Source: multiple and unedited William Perry Pendley says the agency adopted out more than 7,000 mustangs and burros captured last year — the most in 15 years It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, the acting […]
Published by Carol Walker as published on Wild Hoofbeats Carol is Director of Field Documentation at Wild Horse Freedom Federation Day 2 of the Fifteenmile Roundup in Wyoming We observers are on top of our rock formation after a very steep and treacherous long climb, and we are 1.5 miles from the trap where we […]
via Day 2 of the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Roundup in Wyoming — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Carol Walker of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Published on Wild Hoof Beats The day before the Fifteenmile roundup began, I was lucky enough to spend time with a family band who did not seem to mind humans, a truly atypical response from these very wild and flighty horses. The sun came out from […]
via Fifteenmile Wild Horse Roundup in Wyoming Day 1 — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
An open letter from Charlotte Roe The BLM’s latest acting Director, William Pendley, now argues that wild horses post an “existential threat” in that the “havoc and destruction” they cause is the “biggest challenge” facing public lands. Mr. Pendley’s bizarrely dishonest proclamation — he has long advocated for selling off federal public lands — aims […]
