November 11, 2007

• A few articles and blogs discussing the recent decision by Australian authorities to shoot 10,000 wild horses, known as "Brumbies" in Australia. First link is an article published in the London based Independent, which states over 4,000 have already been killed by sharp shooters poised in helicopters that aim for their hearts.
• http://news.independent.co.uk:80/world/australasia/article3150038.ece
• http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=452
• http://blogs.thewest.com.au/news/news-blog-should-wild-horses-be-shot/
• National Public Radio posts a story about the closure of BLMs Palomino Valley processing facilities due to an outbreak of salmonella, the Jackson Mountain wild horses, drought, wildfire, and the 178 that died http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16107672 as does the Reno Gazette Journal http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/NEWS04/711090469/1007/NEWS
  No questions or challenges are offered regarding BLM approving the driving of "severely weakened" wild horses by helicopter or the unusually high number of wild horses that mysteriously appeared in June in the Jackson Mountain HMA.