As published by Courthouse News Service
Baton Rouge, LA (CN) — Horse-lovers have already saved 50 of them, but a Louisiana conservation is suing the Army for its plan to remove hundreds more free-roaming horses — some of them descended from herds brought by Spanish conquistadores — from Fort ... Read More
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December 21, 2016AnnieFannie
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Thirty-one wild horses were captured on Tuesday as the Bureau of Land Management began a four-day "emergency" helicopter roundup in Eastern Nevada.
The BLM plans to remove about 100 wild horses from public and private lands inside and outside ... Read More
December 21, 2016AnnieFannie
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Bureau of Land Management press release (pdf)
Ely – The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is scheduled on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, to begin gathering and removing approximately 100 excess wild horses from public and private lands adjacent to ... Read More
December 19, 2016AnnieFannie
Bureau of Land Management press release
Sacramento, CA – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a hearing about the use of aircraft and motor vehicles in wild horse and burro management on public lands Monday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Place Sacramento/Roseville, 220 Conference ... Read More
December 17, 2016AnnieFannie
As published by The Town Talk
An animal welfare group has filed a lawsuit against Fort Polk and its commanding general, arguing plans to remove more than 700 horses from Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center violate National Environmental Policy and National Historic Preservation acts.
Pegasus Equine Guardian Association, represented by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, filed ... Read More
December 16, 2016AnnieFannie
President-elect Donald Trump has announced as his nominee to lead the Department of the Interior Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. The freshman congressman’s poor voting record on animal-welfare and environmental issues and his routine support of energy interest raise concerns for Return to Freedom.
Zinke, who grew up ... Read More
December 15, 2016AnnieFannie
