Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine WASHINGTON, (NHBRMC) – The National Horse & Burro Rangeland Management Coalition issues the following statement in response to two stories released by NBC News today on wild horses: “Recent stories by NBC News (Today Show: Wild horses: Endangered animals or menace, and Cruel or necessary? and NBCNews.com: The...
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2013 Annual American Equine Summit Unites Against Horse Slaughter CHATHAM, N.Y., (PRNewswire-USNewswire) – The 2013 Annual American Equine Summit will take place Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28 at Equine Advocates Rescue & Sanctuary in Chatham, NY. This invitation-only Summit will unite the equine community’s foremost experts to speak about how to end horse...
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Wallis Group Goes All in As U.S. Horsemeat Under Scrutiny for Bute Contamination RECLUSE, (Wyoming) – The International Equine Business Association (IEBA) today filed court documents in order to intervene in and defend Valley Meat in the Valley Meat LLC. v. Vilsack et. al. and HSUS, Civ. No. 12-CV-1083, Federal District Court for District...
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Photos by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine and Animals’ Angels WESTMINSTER, MD, (Animals’ Angels) – Animal’s Angels Report Raises Serious Questions on Disappearance of Wild Horses There have been many reports lately about questionable actions of the Bureau of Land Management and its contractors, such as selling horses out of long term holding to known kill...
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By Steven Long Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The federal Bureau of Land Management has punted the another agency regarding the investigation of 1,700 missing wild horses sold to known killer buyer Tom Davis. “The whereabouts of the horses sold to Tom Davis is a matter under investigation by the...
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Secretary of the Interior threatens reporter “I’m gonna punch you out,” as press freedoms case readies for hearing RENO, (WHE) – Yesterday evening a Colorado 9News aired audio tape of the Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar, threatening journalist Dave Philipps, representing the Colorado Springs Gazette at the event, with violence....
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By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – When an unimpeachable public service investigative journalism organization, the Manhattan based Pro Publica, entered the public policy debate over Bureau of Land Management treatment of the wild horses in its care, the issue decidedly took the ongoing probe to the next level. And major metropolitan daily newspapers sat...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Terri’s Farm to Shut Down FMCSA finds company reincarnation of out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, (USDOT) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Tennessee-based truck company Terri’s Farm to immediately cease all interstate transportation services based on evidence that it was a chameleon...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Terri’s Farm to Shut Down FMCSA finds company reincarnation of out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, (USDOT) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Tennessee-based truck company Terri’s Farm to immediately cease all interstate transportation services based on evidence that it was a chameleon...
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By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Texas Parks and Wildlife, the state agency charged with the welfare of animals in their natural habitat didn’t have enough respect for 11 domestic horses to give them a quick and painless death. Instead, on the orders of park superintendent Barrett Darst of Big Bend Ranch State Park,...
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