THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS: OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Animal rights advocates urged members of a federal advisory board on wild horses and burros Monday to recommend an absolute ban on horse slaughtering in the U.S. and condemned the Oklahoma Legislature's attempt to authorize the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The advocates, many representing wild… Continue reading Advocates call for horse slaughter ban at wild horse and burro meeting
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Feds rein in sales of wild horses
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARSON CITY, Nev. –- Sales of wild horses and burros will be restricted under new rules announced Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management after an investigation into the sale of more than 1,700 horses to a Colorado livestock hauler who supports the horse meat industry. "It is a response to… Continue reading Feds rein in sales of wild horses
AWHPC Statement on the White House’s “Canned” Response to Wild Horse Petition
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign writes: If you signed the Wild Horse and Burro petition on the White House's "We the People" website, you have received the same canned response that we received from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director, Bob Abbey. We are as frustrated and disappointed as you are with this… Continue reading AWHPC Statement on the White House’s “Canned” Response to Wild Horse Petition
Wyoming to intervene in wild horse roundup lawsuit
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports: CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Jul. 28, 2011) –- Gov. Matt Mead will oppose a lawsuit filed by environmental groups trying to block the U.S. Bureau of Land Management from proceeding with a plan to round up and castrate hundreds of wild stallions in the southwestern part of the state, his office said Thursday.… Continue reading Wyoming to intervene in wild horse roundup lawsuit
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