Wild Horse Freedom of Press Case Gets Another Day in Court RENO, (Wild Horse Education) - Wild Horse Education, (WHE) a Nevada organization devoted to the protection of Mustangs and Burros on public lands, continued a landmark legal challenge in federal court in Reno over the last two days. The organization founder and Plaintiff, photojournalist...
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By Laura Leigh on February 15, 2013 Going to Court Against BLM Wild Horse Education has three cases coming to federal court within the next month. Some of these cases were started over two years ago by Wild Horse Education founder and president, Laura Leigh, before she created the nonprofit. Leigh, a photojournalist, has...
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Wild Horse Education Our “resume.” Please help support the work. Without you we can’t continue. We have roundups that we need to attend and Court issues to address. We have several projects including investigative work and creation of a public lands handbook for wild horse advocates. We need your help to keep this going!...
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By Laura Leigh RENO, (Wild Horse Education) – The Diamond Complex roundup has ended removal operations today. Final numbers are being determined for return to the range after treatment with PZP-22, a birth control agent. 792 were taken into corrals. Originally 603 were planned for removal. That number is expected to be adjusted due...
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Mustangs Hitting Owyhee Barbed Wire Fence During BLM Stampede, Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine RENO, NV (Wild Horse Education) - Shortly after a hearing ended in a case brought by Wild Horse Education’s founder Laura Leigh and her attorney Gordon Cowan the Honorable Judge Miranda Du issued a restraining order to conduct at...
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Federal Judge issues Hearing date on wild horse “Press Freedoms” case Wild horses offloading into the “closed to the public” facility Broken Arrow after capture from the range out of public site RENO, (Wild Horse Education) – Today during a status conference hearing on the matter that has become known as the “First Amendment” wild...
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Federal Judge issues Stop Order to BLM wild horse roundup RENO, (Wild Horse Education) – Federal Judge Miranda Du issued an emergency restraining order in a legal action filed in Reno Federal District Court against conduct at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse roundup operation in northern Nevada. The order states: Defendants...
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Mustangs Hitting Wire Fence Photo by Laura Leigh, Horseback Magazine RENO, (Wild Horse Education) - Today a lawsuit was filed in Reno Federal District Court against conduct at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse roundup operation in northern Nevada. The case was filed by Reno attorney Gordon Cowan for Plaintiff Laura Leigh,...
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By Gordon Cowan Photo: Laura Leigh and Bell Editor’s Note: Laura Leigh is the founder of Wild Horse Education, a tiny organization of volunteers who have done remarkable work bringing the giant Bureau of Land Management to its knees in federal court. She and her attorney, Reno litigator Gordon Cowan, achieved the near impossible...
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ENOUGH!!! By Laura Leigh December 15, 2012 For those of you that have emailed, or are about to email BLM, it is time to FLOOD THE FAX! AMY LUEDERS, NV Director, FAX: 775-861-6601 GENE SEIDLITZ, Winnemucca district, FAX 775-623-1503 MIKE POOL, BLM Acting Director DC: BLM Washington Office 1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665 Washington DC 20240...
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