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Wild Horse Sell Out Plan Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations awarded $21 Million to the Bureau of Land Management for the roundup, removal and long-term holding of 15,000-20,000 wild horses and burros in a single year from western public lands. Misleadingly billed as a “path forward,” this proposal is actually a path to destruction for America's… Continue reading BLM to accelerate roundups and surgically sterilize America’s wild horses
The Wild Horse Freedom Federation (WHFF) has obtained an alarming report through the Freedom of Information Act clearly showing that "Neda DeMayo of Return to Freedom, Nancy Perry of ASPCA, Gillian Lyons of HSUS and Drew Lesofski of the American Mustang Foundation participated in a closed door, round table meeting with pro-slaughter groups." Jason Lutterman,… Continue reading FOIA document obtained by WHFF shows wild horses betrayed by RTF, ASPCA & HSUS
Via EIN PRESSWIRE News Release WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 16, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Two national horse protection organizations today blasted Congress’ decision to increase the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program budget by $21 million budget to accelerate the roundup and removal of federally-protected wild horses and burros from public… Continue reading Spending bill sets stage for eradication of America’s Mustangs
PRESS RELEASE by WILD HORSE FIRE BRIGADE YREKA, Calif. - Oct. 14, 2019 - PRLog — In a certified letter delivered to Return To Freedom, Inc. ('RTF') and it's board of directors on September 16, 2019, key wild horse and burro advocates demanded that Return To Freedom, a 501-C-3 non-profit, immediately withdraw its support of… Continue reading American wild horses on path to extinction?
ASPCA® PRESS RELEASE Sutter, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary Lompoc, Calif. A stunning palomino stallion born in northwestern Nevada, Sutter was captured from public lands when he was barely two years old. Immediately following his capture, he was adopted to a private party through the Bureau of Land Management's horse adoption program. During that… Continue reading Sutter is the ASPCA® Horse of the Year
April 26th will be the ASPCA's third annual Help a Horse Day. Here are three ways to get involved: 1. ASPCA is holding a nationwide grants contest among equine rescues and sanctuaries, encouraging them to raise awareness about the life-saving work they do by hosting an event on Help a Horse Day this weekend. Some… Continue reading ASPCA’s Help a Horse Day 2015
by WENDY FERRELL Dear Friends, Thank you to everyone who has already participated in The Standlee® "You Can Be The Difference" Charity Program! We have just passed the half-way mark to Standlee's goal of donating 15,000 pounds of high-quality Premium Western Forage® to horses in need! If you have not yet participated, there is still… Continue reading Standlee’s “You Can Be The Difference!” Forage Drive
ASPCA will award five $10,000 grants to equine organizations for their work to protect horses NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today announced participants in its 2014 ASPCA Help a Horse Day grants contest, a nationwide competition for equine rescues and sanctuaries to raise awareness about the lifesaving… Continue reading Equine Rescue Groups Compete to Help At-Risk Horses on ASPCA Help a Horse Day, April 26
Jessica Springsteen asks Christie to sign bill to ban horse slaughter of horses for human consumption by MICHAEL SYMONS Cross-posted from Asbury Park Press TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie can’t seem to make his musical hero Bruce Springsteen happy, but he has a chance to impress the singer’s daughter. Jessica Springsteen, 20, an accomplished equestrian,… Continue reading Boss’s daughter asks Christie to sign bill to ban horse slaughter in NJ
In the wake of yesterday's runaway carriage horse incident in Columbus Circle, state Sen. Tony Avella and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal are renewing calls to ban horse-drawn carriages. The two lawmakers co-sponsored a bill to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City, calling the industry inhumane and dangerous. "Despite claiming to have taken every available precaution,… Continue reading State lawmakers call for ban on horse drawn carriages in NYC
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