Matching gift offer extended to 6pm August 30th

Make a donation between today and 6pm EST, Monday, August 30th, 2021, and two of our supporting partners will double the amount you give. We are so grateful to the horse-loving couple who are making this extensive campaign possible. OFFER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 6PM EST, AUGUST 30TH Your donation will help us fight a…

Meet Topaz, Heavenly Horse Haven's adoptable animal of the week

(March 20, 2020) — My Valley News of California writes: Topaz is a mare with a history, and before she landed at Heavenly Horse Haven, her future was quite murky. Topaz. Heavenly Horse Haven. Anza, California, Riverside County. “She came from San Diego Animal Control as part of a cruelty case,” ranch owner Gina Perrin…

Horse Watch: Links of the Day

Read, discuss. Here is what caught our attention today concerning horses. Are you ready? There is a lot to get through. HORSE RACING • Threat of horse racing shutdown still looming State officials and stakeholders continue to hash out a deal to keep horse racing running in Pennsylvania, but the threat of a shutdown is…

Horse tripping now illegal in 12 States

AMBUJA ROSEN, an independent journalist in California, writes the following eyewitness account: "Your are in the front row. A bony Arabian mare stands so close you can see the scars on her flanks, and the terror in her eyes. Three men on horseback swoop down on the mare, chasing her with swinging lariats, until she's…

Animal protection group accuses Sheriff’s Dept of misconduct over arrest, harassment at rodeo

SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) PRESS RELEASE Graphic Footage of Animal Cruelty Released Jordan Valley, OR (May 21, 2013) -- SHARK has uncovered disturbing ties between the Malheur County Sheriff’s Department and the Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo. These ties may explain why Malheur County Sheriff officers not only violently arrested SHARK volunteer Adam…

Activist violently arrested for filming at Oregon Rodeo; call to action for the horses

SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) PRESS RELEASE Jordan Valley, OR – On Saturday May 18th, 2013, SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) volunteer Adam Fahnestock was peacefully sitting monitoring the Big Loop Rodeo when rodeo personnel and a Malheur County Sheriff’s Deputy approached him. After a very brief conversation, the deputy suddenly grabbed Fahnestock…

Auctioned Wild Springs Mustangs may face bitter end

Cross-posted from the Equine Advocacy Examiner Written by MAUREEN HARMONAY Wild horses at upcoming Wild Springs Indian Reservation auction could face a gruesome future For the last eight years, the tribal residents of the sprawling Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Wasco County, Oregon, have rounded up countless wild horses who roamed their extensive million-square-mile territory,…

Horse tripping banned in Phoenix (Arizona)

We adore Congresswoman Thelda Williams, who is a true hero for horses. What Williams is finding out is that trying to protect horses from abuse, such as horse tripping in her home state of Arizona, is a long and frustrating process. Thankfully our hero -- or more to the point -- the horses' hero, is…

AZ Senator Bee kills horse tripping bill

By PATRICIA HAIGHT, Ph.D. | Updated July 31, 2008 ------- Liberty and Justice for All? Not for Arizona horse lovers at the mercy of AZ Senator Timothy Bee This July 4, I am questioning my fundamental beliefs in our American political system. As the maternal granddaughter of a woman who walked across Russia and stayed…

Rough Events at Mexican Rodeos in U.S. Criticized

By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN | New York Times | 12 June 2008 TURLOCK, Calif. — It always begins at noon in a dusty arena, with brisk salutes on the brims of glittering sombreros and mustachioed horsemen in three-piece suits. Let others have their golf and their swimming holes. Here in the Central Valley of California,…