Laura Leigh video verifies BLM roundup shell game in Nevada

Cross-posted from R T Fitch's Straight from the Horses' Heart Laura Leigh released her first video of the corrupt and devious activities of the Bureau of Land Management and their divisive helicopter stampede contractor at the “Tuscarora” stampede. Post URL http://rtfitch.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/wild-horse-advocates-video-verifies-blms-stampede-shell-game/ Note: There is a report that the wild horse alleged driven to his death…

Sue Cattoor tries to explain deadly wild horse roundup activities

Cross-posted from CBS News Channel 8 Las Vegas Written by GEORGE KNAPP LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Aug. 2, 2010) -- The contractor for the Bureau of Land Management is denying they are intentionally keeping wild horse advocates from observing roundups. A federal judge ordered the BLM to give Laura Leigh access to a roundup at the…

21 mustangs die as 636 pulled from range despite safety concerns

Cross-posted from CBS News Now, Channel 8, Las Vegas ELKO COUNTY, Nev. (22 July 2010) -- A wild horse roundup in northern Nevada has ended, for now. Phase one of the Tuscarora Gather captured 636 horses, but 21 mustangs died during the operation, mostly from a combination of stress, heat, and dehydration. Now, the Bureau…

BLM still restricting access to Tuscarora roundup despite Judge’s ruling

Cross-posted from Channel 4 Reno Reno, NV - (Jul. 19, 2010) Six hundred and twenty wild horses have been rounded up in northern Elko County, but so far, the public and the media have been unable to view the Bureau of Land Management roundup. Horse advocates say, the BLM is violating their first amendment rights.…

Mustangs fenced out of water- NV roundup death toll rises to 12

Independent Investigation requested to uncover cause of mustang deaths and inability to access water ELKO, Nevada (Jul. 15, 2010) -- Mustangs of the Tuscarora/Owyhee Complex in NE Nevada are now the focus of a BLM “emergency” as the agency claims that they don’t have enough water. The issue is not one of lack of water…

BLM helicopter roundup to begin despite presence of vulnerable young foals

BLM starts dangerous roundup, violating their own protocol designed to protect wild horse babies THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE Elko, NV — (Jul. 8, 2010) Over 1,400 federally-protected wild mustangs are to be rounded up beginning tomorrow, July 9, in the Tuscarora area of Elko County Nevada during the hottest month of the year. The…