By Laura Leigh
This commentary was written and posted today on the personal website of Horseback friend and photographer Laura Leigh, a true American Hero cut from the mold of Wild Horse Annie herself.
The Editor
Note: this site is my “blog.” The information site on “Wild Horses” is http://wildhorseeducation.org
Laura
Poster art by Fortunino Matania
“War Horse,” the...
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By Steven Long
Photo by Laura Leigh
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The United States Department of Agriculture has an unusually stout influence over appointments to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board of the federal Bureau of Land Management. The giant cabinet department that serves the needs of farmers and ranchers has veto power to appointments to...
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By Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine, President, Wild Horse Education
Yesterday, 11/29/2011, at the Calico Complex roundup in Northwestern Nevada a mare broke her neck on the panels.
THE CALICO COMPLEX, Nev (Horseback) – The young grulla mare’s death came after she was captured, separated from her family, processed, corralled, reprocessed and PZP treated. She was the...
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AWHPC Statement on the White House’s “Canned” Response to Our Wild Horse Petition
Photo by Laura Leigh
If you signed the Wild Horse and Burro petition on the White House’s “We the People” website, you have received the same canned response that we received from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director, Bob Abbey.
We are as...
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Federal Judge Orders BLM to “Answer” Wild Horse Inhumane Charges, Allegations documented in striking video
HOUSTON, (WHFF) – On October 6th, 2011 the Honorable Judge Howard McKibben ordered that the Motion for Injunctive Relief in the matter Laura Leigh v. Ken Salazar addressing “Humane Treatment” be answered.
The matter addresses alleged inhumane conduct at...
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Advocate Challenges BLM Covert Wild Mustang Operations
Reno Attorney Gordon Cowan in Photo
HOUSTON, (WHFF) – On June 30, 2011 the last reply brief was filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the landmark First Amendment case for the public’s “right to know” in matters of government action; these actions do not relate to...
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Recognized Advocates launch Wild Horse Freedom Federation
HOUSTON, (WHFF) – Noted equine author and wild horse advocate R.T. Fitch and his wife, award winning wild horse photographer Terry, have combined their legal forces with journalist/videographer Laura Leigh to form a unified wild horse legal advocate organization whose mission is to “place people between wild horses...
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HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Two of the natin’s most respected press organizations have filed amicus briefs on behalf of journalist and photographer Laura Leigh in her appeal against an adverse ruling by a Reno federal court in a press freedom case that may have lasting implications for the federal Bureau of Land Management. The Reporters...
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The Fight Continues for the Public’s Right to Know
Plaintiff Laura Leigh pours over documents
Attorney Gordon Cowan makes final check of document inventory
Late last week the battle to view the government’s handling of wild horses and burros went to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
RENO, (Wild Horse Education) – The Brief begins in part: “A journalist...
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OPINION: The battle to see our horses continues, as horses continue to die behind closed doors
By Laura Leigh,
RENO, (WHE) – Wild Horse Education is continuing the legal battle for transparency against the Department of Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Because the public is continually denied consistent access to roundups and...
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