Meet “Cloud’s Encore” By Ginger Kathrens, The Cloud Foundation Pryor Mountain, Montana (The Cloud Foundation) – Well, what a trip. Knock me over with a feather on Monday afternoon, May 6th, when Effie Orser, Lauryn, and I spotted Cloud on a distant ridge and began hiking. When we climbed over a gentle saddle between...
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Three years running, Terry Fitch rides home with ribbons, this year she captured 11 MAGNOLIA, TX (Wild Horse Freedom Federation) – Long time Wild Horse and Equine advocate Terry Fitch, co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation, has garnered 11 awards for her photographic artistry in the prestigious Equine Photographers Network‘s International 2013 Winter Photography...
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NERN Castration Clinics Continue to Help Horse Owners in the West ENCINITAS, CA, (NERN) – The National Equine Resource Network’s (NERN) low-cost castration clinics have reduced the number of stallions by a total of 142 in the last two months, according to Shirley Puga, head of the nonprofit organization. In March, a series of...
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CHEYENNE, (American Wild Horse Preservation) – A federal court in Wyoming has approved a consent decree between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Rock Springs Grazing Association (RSGA) that will wipe out wild free-roaming horses from the Wyoming Checkerboard, a two-million acre swath of public and private land in the southern part...
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Conservation group requests a freeze on roundups Blonde and Tibet Photo by Anne Novak WASHINGTON (April 8, 2013)–Last week Protect Mustangs, the California based conservation group, officially called for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to put a freeze on roundups and return all wild horses and burros, in government funded holding, to herd management...
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“Humane Education” Why it is not the right thing to do! Horse Harvest Illustration by John Holland, Equine Welfare Alliance UNITED HORSEMEN – Animal rights (AR) groups led by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Peta and the Institute of Humane Education (IHE) are campaigning across the US to implement what they...
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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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ATTORNEY FOR CONTROVERSIAL HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT SENDS THREATENING EMAILS TO JOURNALIST, OTHERS LARKSPUR, COLORADO, (Equine Welfare Alliance) – Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) has received copies of an email sent by the lawyer for Valley Meat in Roswell, NM, threatening criminal prosecution against others for speaking about Valley Meat’s plans to begin slaughtering horses...
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WASHINGTON, (AWI) – The Animal Welfare Institute has applauded Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for joining the Animal Welfare Institute and the majority of Americans who feel there are better, more humane, more responsible options for horses nearing the end of their lives or their careers than being slaughtered for meat. Secretary Vilsack, while...
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Horse people working for a better future for the horse industry. Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Where Have We Been? If the United Horsemen presence has seemed less prominent lately, it is because we have been working on public policy issues facing horses, owners, and industry professionals. Most of this activity has taken place out...
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