Urgently calling all horse advocates! Please come to the Oklahoma City Press Conference and Rally March 4, 2013, during the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Advisory Board Meeting. The Oklahoma House and Senate just voted in favor of the legislation legalizing horse slaughter (Bills HB 1999 and SB 375) and returned to Committee. It is… Continue reading BLM Advisory Bd Mtg, Press Conference and Rally, March 4, OK City
Tag: wild horse and burro program
Slaughter of wild horses as solution to long-term holding gets mention in the media
Well it didn't take long did it, for the word slaughter to begin appearing in the media as the final solution for relieving the US government of the burden of stockpiling wild horses in long-term holding, who incidentally never needed removing in the first place. The State is not Nevada where you might expect to… Continue reading Slaughter of wild horses as solution to long-term holding gets mention in the media
BLM reports facts and figures on wild horse and burro program
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management manages more than 245 million acres of federal land in 12 western states with about 30 million acres currently designated as horse management areas in 10 of those states under the authority of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971 signed into law by President Nixon.… Continue reading BLM reports facts and figures on wild horse and burro program
BLM’s final solution for wild horses exposed (US)
Source: Cloud Foundation Press Release June 11, 2009 Documents Reveal BLM Secret Plan to Destroy Wild Horses Documents obtained from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) via the Freedom of Information Act by a Phoenix-based non-profit, The Conquistador Program, reveal shocking and detailed plans to destroy healthy wild horses in government holding facilities as well… Continue reading BLM’s final solution for wild horses exposed (US)