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by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Colorado Sentinel » THE deaths of scores of rounded-up wild horses in a holding facility in Cañon City and the removal of hundreds more from public rangelands in Rio Blanco County kept the controversial issue of wild-horse management front and center in media headlines this year. More than 140 horses… Continue reading Roundup, disease outbreak punctuate year of headlines for wild horses
The Bureau of Land Management continues to strip our federally protected Mustangs from their rightful homes on America's public lands, destroying their herds. According to more than one expert, this is putting the country's public lands at great risk, particularly from wildfires. Enter the Wild Horse Fire Brigade. Listen » Wild Horses can keep wildfires… Continue reading Wild Horse Fire Brigade on NPR
Introduction What's coming up is a must read for wild horse and burro defenders. Skip this introduction and go directly to source article » In case you have ever wondered why we speak so little about wild horses and burros, you will soon see why once you read the article coming up in just a… Continue reading They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Some Wild Horse & Burro Advocates Do!
Sign on to the prospective letter to President Biden requesting a moratorium on wild horse gathers/roundups. The letter, signatures, and full list of co-signers will be transmitted directly to President Biden. Interior Secretary Haaland will also be sent the letter. Use link below. Letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqgKnOm6YuBh78KCDvrX7MuaFXeQEHxw6b7UNVRGcUiD2NLg/viewform Thank you so much everyone. Please share! Featured Image: Shutterstock
Carol Walker, of Wild Hoofbeats fame, wrote a superb and necessary post addressing the misinformation contained in the New York Times article written by David Philipps entitled “A Mustang Crisis Looms in the West.” Philipps puts the blame for the “degradation of public lands in the West on wild horses, in both the headline and… Continue reading Private livestock not wild horses are overwhelming U.S. public lands
Statement Regarding Launch of AWHPC as Independent Non-Profit Organization The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) and Return to Freedom, the founding organization of AWHPC, are happy to announce the launch of AWHPC as an independent 501 C 3 nonprofit organization. AWHPC was created in 2004 by Return to Freedom to provide a unified voice… Continue reading American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign launches as independent non profit organization
We are still working on our end of year reports. A lot of information gathering and tabulating, but we wanted to include everything. While you are waiting here is an excellent video about America's Mustangs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTho-Si5w9Y This is my personal favorite. I bet I've watched it 100 times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z60PfZ8Spw FEATURED IMAGE: American Wild… Continue reading Video: America’s Wild Horses — A Living Legend in Peril
HORSETALK reports: A LETTER from 30 lawmakers is urging US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reform the Bureau of Land Management’s controversial wild horse and burro management program. It follows a recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) review, which criticised the bureau’s program as being costly, unsustainable, and employing strategies which encouraged high population growth… Continue reading Federal lawmakers urge action over wild horses
As part of March for Wild Horses, we ask you to help challenge the BLM on the Myths and Facts they have on their website. We cannot make comments on BLM's website about this, but we certainly can here. This is an important exercise, and we appreciate your taking part. Here is today's BLM "myth… Continue reading Myths and Facts about Wild Horses by the BLM, Myth #3
As part of March for Wild Horses, we ask you to help challenge the BLM on the Myths and Facts they have on their website. We cannot make comments on BLM's website about this, but we certainly can here. This is an important exercise, and we appreciate your taking part. Here is today's BLM "myth… Continue reading Myths and Facts about Wild Horses by the BLM, Myth #2
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