Conrad Burns: Wild horse enemy and author of deadly amendment that bears his name dead at 81

Emily Langer reporting on the death of former U.S. Senator Conrad Burns for The Washington Post writes: "Conrad Burns, a onetime cattle auctioneer who parlayed his down-home appeal into three terms as a Republican senator from Montana, reaping federal dollars for his state as well as criticism for his impolitic, at times offensive, off-the-cuff remarks,…

Updated: BLM auctioning American icons in online Mustang sale

UPDATE: Learn how you can help at Laura Leigh's blog. What would you pay for a living, breathing, irreplaceable part of America's history and heritage in the form of an iconic Mustang? The bidding starts at $125.00 for wild horses such as this 15-year-old Calico mare, Necktag #0832. She, and many, many others, are for…

Horseback magazine talks to Conrad Burns about notorious amendment (US)

By STEVE LONG Horseback Magazine | Sept. 15, 2009 In the world of equine welfare there may be no person subject to [more] derision than former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns. An ardent supporter of horses as a commodity to be sold for whatever reason their owner deems profitable, the former auctioneer lost his seat in…

Horse on the Hill: April 15, 2008

MUSTANG KILLER JOINS AQHA Conrad Burns registers as lobbyist for horse group Posted on April 9 By MARY CLARE JALONICK of the Associated Press WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Conrad Burns has registered as a lobbyist, working for a group that supports the slaughter of wild horses. Burns registered with the Senate as a lobbyist for…

Rolex Ranchers and the Living Legends

10% of BLM Land Lease Subsidy Recipients are Billionaires and Control 65% of all BLM Lands March 25, 2005 (PR Web) The Bureau of Land Management correctly refers to wild horses and burros as 'Living Legends.' However, since Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) added his now infamous amendment to the 2005 Omnibus Appropriations bill, these 'living…