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The Bureau of Land Management is seeking information about the fatal shooting of two stallions on the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Utah. A $22,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. A member of the public reported discovering the dead horses on ... Read More
March 23, 2023Cory Golden
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Elected officials in North Dakota this week continued voicing their support for the preservation of the state’s only wild horse herd, which lives inside   Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The National Park Service is considering management options for the park that includes “expedited” or “phased” removals of all of ... Read More
March 23, 2023Cory Golden
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Tickets are now on sale for a full schedule of summer tours, photo safaris and special programs at Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary headquarters in Lompoc and satellite sanctuary in San Luis Obispo on ... Read More
March 9, 2023Cory Golden
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A resolution calling for the federal government “to implement best management practices for wild horses and burros by allowing for equine slaughter and processing for shipment” died recently in Wyoming’s state legislature. The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance on a 2-2 tie. A fifth committee member was absent due ... Read More
February 24, 2023Cory Golden
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For immediate release LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA -- A total of 19,989 American horses were shipped to slaughter plants in Mexico or Canada in 2022, according to government statistics. While this represents a 14.7% decrease from the previous year, the foreign slaughter pipeline continues to be a shameful open secret with only an unscrupulous ... Read More
February 20, 2023Cory Golden
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Despite strong support from the public and lawmakers, opponents stymied a House bill at the end of the 117th Congress, which ended last month. The lack of movement in the House of Representatives contributed to the U.S. Senate failing to move a similar bill. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, a ... Read More
February 15, 2023Cory Golden