Wild Horse Sanctuary plans open house in Shingletown

Wild Horse Sanctuary Shingletown. Photo by Greg Barnette.

If you live in the Redding, California area, and want to see wild horses and burros, and meet Terri Farley and Craig Downer, among other fantastic things, come one, come all to Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown this Saturday, August 18, 2012, for their annual "friendraiser". Read all about it. Cross-posted from The Record Searchlight… Continue reading Wild Horse Sanctuary plans open house in Shingletown

Anti-Wild Horse Bill Passes Nevada Senate Committee

Cross-posted from I-Team Report, KLAS TV CBS Ch. 8 Las Vegas LAS VEGAS -- With all the financial trouble Nevada is in, you might think state lawmakers would welcome a project that will bring millions of dollars to the state and attract tourists from around the world. But a panel in the Nevada State Senate… Continue reading Anti-Wild Horse Bill Passes Nevada Senate Committee

Public Lands Council opposes Pickens’ wild horse sanctuary

Cross-posted from Drovers Magazine online The Public Lands Council this week sent a letter to Director of the Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey supporting BLM’s response to a prospectus submitted by Madeleine Pickens’ Saving America’s Mustangs Foundation (the Foundation) to build and establish an eco-sanctuary for wild horses. PLC President John Falen said the… Continue reading Public Lands Council opposes Pickens’ wild horse sanctuary

BLM rejects Pickens wild horse rescue plan

Yet another plan rejected by the BLM to provide sanctuary for wild horses and burros who have been rounded up from their protected lands and robbed of their freedom while federal holding pens are bulging with them: MARTIN GRIFFITHS reports for the Associated Press: The federal Bureau of Land Management is rejecting a proposal from… Continue reading BLM rejects Pickens wild horse rescue plan

Dark Days Loom for New Mexico Wild Horse Sanctuary

Written by JANE ALLIN The glimmer of hope provided by Governor Richardson’s sanctuary plan for the wild horses of New Mexico is now threatened with infection by the parasitic filth otherwise known as the BLM: the Black Plague of the Wild Ones. An announcement several weeks ago by the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural… Continue reading Dark Days Loom for New Mexico Wild Horse Sanctuary

Robert Redford already in, wild horses still out for NM stimulus dollars

Rob Nikolewski, reporting for New Mexico Watchdog, states that $1.75 million in federal stimulus funding for a Robert Redford related project to renovate a state-owned ranch, headquarters for a film institute, is already approved, while Governor Richardson's proposal to spend $2.8 million dollars to create a wild horse sanctuary cannot even get a vote. The… Continue reading Robert Redford already in, wild horses still out for NM stimulus dollars