(Reno, NV) Final briefs were filed in Reno Federal Court yesterday to gain transparency of action and protections from slaughter for the last of the Sheldon mustangs. The hardy horses that have resided in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge for more than a century are being permanently exterminated from the range and left vulnerable to slaughter. Horses from Sheldon served the US cavalry up until World War II. The Refuge accelerated plans to completely removed the entire population of about … [Read more...]
Press Organizations Join Wild Horse Journalist Against BLM
(San Francisco, CA) An ongoing battle in US Federal Court to have meaningful access to document wild horses removed from public land has been joined by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the National Press Photographers Association and thirteen other news media organizations. Laura Leigh, journalist for Horseback Magazine and founder of Wild Horse Education, began the legal action almost four years ago when her access to document the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and … [Read more...]
Humane Society of the United States speaks out against BLM refusing to grant captive horses shelter
1800 horses that have been captured by the BLM have been standing in holding pens in over 100 degree weather with no shade in a holding pen near Reno, Nevada. When the Humane Society of the United States (as well as several other organizations!) requested that shade be provided for these horses, the BLM refused. The BLM's response to all concerned is that the horses do not require shelter and can "cope" with temperatures which can soar above 100 degrees! The BLM has a responsibility to care … [Read more...]
Help stop the roundup of Mustangs in Wyoming!
Instead of waiting for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to release its report on the Wild Horse and Burro program, the BLM is planning on continuing with a roundup in Wyomings Adobe Town/Salt Wells Complex. Please click the link below to read more and to sign a petition to stop the roundup before the NAS releases its report! http://www.windwildhorse.com/windblog/2013/06/03/alert-wyoming-wild-horses-to-be-zeroed-out-by-blm/ , … [Read more...]