Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Wednesday expressed disappointment in the House Appropriations Committee’s vote opening the door to horse slaughter, but urged supporters of wild horses to keep the pressure on Congress.
“While today’s vote is disheartening for the overwhelming majority of Americans who oppose horse slaughter, there may ... Read More
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The House Appropriations committee voted 27-25 on Wednesday to reject the Roybal-Allard/Dent horse slaughter defund amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Agriculture Appropriations bill.
Because there is no permanent federal ban on horse slaughter, advocates push annually for an amendment barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from hiring horse meat plans ... Read More
Dear Wild Horse Nation,
I am writing today to implore you to be a strong, persistent voice for wild horses.
America’s wild horses are fighting for their lives and they need our help NOW!
Even as we celebrate this Fourth of July, tens of ... Read More
A July 1 press release from our colleagues at the Cloud Foundation is profoundly disturbing. If this tip is valid, then Interior Secretary Zinke and the Bureau of Land Management are satisfied that the propaganda against wild horses and burros has drowned out any chance for science and solutions ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management plans to start the bait and water trapping of up to 125 burros and wild horses from the Marietta Wild Burro Range during the week of July 17.
The estimated burro population on the 68,000-acre range stands at 341, compared to an agency-assigned Appropriate Management Level ... Read More
Word from Washington, D.C., is that it has been too quiet from wild horse supporters. We must turn that around – *now* -- before thousands of wild horses and burros are lost to foreign slaughterhouses or felled by bullets paid for by our own tax dollars.
Here’s how you can help ... Read More