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In Defense of Animals write: In 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) instituted the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), which pays individuals $1000 per animal to “adopt” wild horses who the Bureau had previously cruelly captured from our public lands using our tax dollars. Unfortunately, it has now been proven that some people take… Continue reading Take action with IDA against the Government’s Adopt N’ Kill Wild Horse Program
FINAL HEARING SET In Defense of Animals et al v United States Department of the Interior et al PLEASE NOTE: UPDATED DATE AND TIME Friday, February 24, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Federal Courthouse, Eastern District of California 501 I Street Courtroom #7 (14th Floor Judge Morrison England Jr.) Sacramento, California http://www.caed.uscourts.gov Rachel Fazio, acting… Continue reading Hearing in IDA’s Twin Peaks lawsuit set for February 24th
Written by DENNY WALSH Cross-posted from The Sacramento Bee A split federal appellate panel today [August 15, 2011] dismissed activists' appeal of a Sacramento judge's refusal to block last year's roundup and removal of wild horses and burros from their range in northeastern California. A year ago, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. denied… Continue reading 9th Circuit dismisses case seeking to block wild horse roundup
Cross-posted from the Nevada Sun ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 24, 2010 A federal judge Monday officially dismissed a lawsuit brought by animal rights activists over a big wild horse roundup in northern Nevada, saying the case was moot and plaintiffs lacked standing. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington, D.C., who in December denied… Continue reading Wild horses: Calico roundup case dismissed
Cross-posted from The Daily Record | March 8, 2010 WASHINGTON - Americans were outraged two years ago when federal officials threatened to kill more than 10,000 wild mustangs running free throughout the West. So when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced last fall that the Obama administration had no intention of carrying out the Bush administration's… Continue reading Wild horse controversy heads back to federal court
Attorney Bill Spriggs to File Second Lawsuit to Stop Inhumane Horse Roundups Cross-posted from Horseback Magazine via The Desert Independent By Robert WINKLER | The Desert Independent | February 5, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC plans to file a lawsuit on Monday, February 8, to keep the Bureau of Land Management… Continue reading BLM faces yet another lawsuit in its wild horse capture plan
Last updated January 7, 2010, 8:39 pm 120 protesters demonstrated yesterday in Los Angeles outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein's district office against the cruel and unnecessary government roundups of America's wild horses and burros. Hosted by In Defense of Animals and The Cloud Foundation, the group of protesters called on Sen. Feinstein to intervene on their… Continue reading 120 protesters demonstrate in LA against wild horse roundups
Source: Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Neda DeMayo, Return To Freedom 805-735-3246, 805-588-5105 Media Alert Preservationists Decry Wild-Horse Roundups The Bureau of Land Management has begun rounding up more than 2500 wild horses from the Calico Complex in North Western Nevada, generating protests from both the public at large and animal advocate groups. Return… Continue reading Grassroots rally in Los Angeles to save wild horses
ANIMAL LAW COALITION Posted Dec 29, 2009 by lauraallen Roundup Begins Today Despite Federal Court Advice, Pending Federal Environmental Complaints and Violation of BLM Promise for Public Transparency Washington, DC (December 28, 2009) Public outrage is increasing as the Obama Administration proceeds with a controversial Christmas week roundup of thousands of wild Nevada mustangs despite… Continue reading Obama Administration blasted for secret holiday roundup of 1000s of NV wild horses
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