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Kaufman Zoning Horsemeat, Common Horse Sense and Animals-Angels have all provided a link to the newly released report, Deleting the Fiction: Abandoned Horses-Part II. There is also a link on American Herds Equine Protection section. Click on each organizational name to access the report. To all the people that worked diligently to verify the claims of abandoned horses now running amok, THANK

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"Three-Hundred Wild Horses Spared from Canadian Slaughter Help Still Needed". The Native Times prints International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros article written by Karen Sussman about the recent heroic efforts ISPMB has demonstrated as they saved 300 wild horses from slaughter. Click Here to learn more and help ISPMB in their ongoing efforts.Maryland reporter Denise Koch does

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ALERT! ~ Patricia Fazio of the Wyoming Animal Welfare Network has recently issued an alert about a bill floating around the U.S. House, H.R. 767 - the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, that aims to target the eradication of any species classified as a "harmful non-native" on federal wildlife refuges and private lands, potentially leaving hundreds of animal and

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Kentucky's Courier-Journal prints a story titled, "Kentucky's Unwanted Horses Crisis Spiraling" as they recant a story of epic crisis of unwanted horses and attempt to prove it by establishing an unwanted horse hotline. This same kind of story was printed back in March of 2007 titled, "Kentucky Overrun with Unwanted Horses" but real investigations into Kentucky's horse "problem" found absolutely

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The Animal Welfare Institute has issued an Alert requesting immediate public involvement to speak up for America's horses. The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a bill that would ban the use of double-decker trailer horses are usually hauled in on their way to slaughter. Click Here to learn more and for contact information and let your voice be herd! On February 11th, the Homes

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The New Mexico Senate has taken a step in the right direction as they voted unanimously to pass Senate Memorial 35 to establish a a wild horse park in Sandavol County. Led by Senator Komadina (R-Corrales), New Mexico believes that wild horses would make great ecotourism for New Mexico and they have begun to study the feasibility of getting one started on BLM lands near Placitas. Click Here to

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The Lompoc Record published an emergency call by wild horse rescue, Return To Freedom, as a mare named Scout, one of 28 other horses that were rescued from the floor of Cavel's Illinois slaughterhouse, requires life-saving surgery due to a sudden emergency. Return To Freedom is requesting help in paying for this surgery that will save Scout's life. Click Here to read the article in full. To help

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BLM has announced the National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board will be meeting in Tuscon, AZ on February 25, 2008 at the Radisson Suites. Written public comments must be submitted by 2/15/08 to be considered. Click Here to read the article in full.BLM in Ridgecrest CA will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Click Here for full details.BLM announces an

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Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue is asking Minnesotans and midwesterners to adopt abused and neglected domestic donkeys and wild burros as they report having more than 1,000 being kept in sanctuaries across the west. Click Here to read the article in full to see if you can help.Yesterday the owners of Barbaro announced they will make his final resting place Churchill Downs. Barbaro's was the

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URGENT! Help needed in rescuing horses. Oklahoma Land and Timber Company (formerly Mississippi Land and Timber) has without warning terminated the grazing leases on Blackjack Mountain near Finley, Oklahoma. These Spanish Mustangs have to be removed by February 29, 2008. The problem is that the company (which has recently purchased the land) had previously agreed to extend the leases (contract in

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The Humane Society of the United States has asked all of us to speak out and up for America's horses by urging everyone to participate in the National Call In Day For Horses on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. PLEASE everyone participate and let your voice be HERD! For more information and dowloadable flyers, Click Here to read the issues and how you can help!Nevada Department of Agriculture's

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The United States Human Society has provided an easy way to urge America's Senators to QUIT STALLING and get on reversing the Burns Amendment that stripped the last remaining protections from slaughter from America's wild horses and burros. Click Here to be herd!Tuesday's Horse, a blog for the International Fund 4 Horses posted an article titled The Horse On The Hill, which details smear

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Participate in a limited time poll that wants to know if you are in favor of H.R. 503, To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit horses from being shipped to slaughter and S. 311, A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit horses from being shipped to slaughter. Click provide links so you can be herd!Veternarians For Equine Welfare has issued a press release titled, VEW Releases

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The American Horse Defense Fund has put out an Alert requesting public comments to support the elimination of inhumane double decker trailers used to transport horses to slaughter. The public has until January 7, 2008 to be heard and AHDF says we really need to be! For complete information, http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/dec07/071215b.aspThe BLM is holding a "Trapsite Adoption" for wild horses

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You'll have to excuse the delay in posting anything new but apparently when the "Christmas Tribute" email went out, AH went under investigation for being a potential spamming blog and access was shut down until the investigation was complete. Needless to say, glad to be back and obviously there won't be anymore Christmas emails sent again! Now on to business.....The Houston Chronicle published an

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Phantom Stallion author Terri Farley shares her pain as the BLM announces yet another round of removals of 1,000 of our wild horses to make room for more Rolex Rancher write offs. A poignant piece titled Silent Night With Choppers that speaks for us all! Thank you for caring Terri. Read her impassioned cry in full HERE. The Colong Foundation For Wilderness pushes back as rumors of Australian

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT, KAREN SUSSMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD HORSES & BURROS-Dear Friends of the Virginia Range Wild Horses,WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! We are nearly out of hay and funding as we enter our 2nd quarter. Can you help us again with any size donation. We still have a job to do in adopting out the last 40 wild horses but HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS! We have

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Horse Talk Radio will host a another discussion on the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. The broadcasts are available live online via http://www.kpcw.org/index Saturdays at noon, EST. You can also listen to a previous Horse Talk broadcast on the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act from October 13, 2007 at http://www.archive.org/download/HorseSlaugherPrevetionActIi/HorseSlaugherPrevetionActIi_vbr.m3u

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For those unfamiliar with a common scenerio being played out repeatedly around our Nation's wild burros, the Big Bend Sentinel out of Texas has just released an article detailing how wild burros living in Bend Ranch State Park have been shot by high ranking park officials over the last several months - 18 confirmed dead and there may be many more. The burros are being quietly erradicated to "make

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Nice story about Judi Chapman, aka Hossfly, based in Arizona that works with wild mustangs in such a way the reporter decides to call her a "Horse Whisperer". http://www.yumasun.com/news/chapman_38134___article_news.html/horses_mustangs.htmlThe Carson Ranger District is accepting applications for potential adopters for 22 wild horses removed during November from the Jacita Mesa Wild Horse

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On December 1, 2007, the BLM has issued a public notice regarding the establishment of a new system of records for the National Wild Horse & Burro Program. The public has 30 days to review the new system and provide any comments or recommendations before BLM approves it. This new proposal deserves attention! To view the complete article on what the BLM is proposing and who to contact for more

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Las Vegas NOW has reported the Nevada BLM has pushed back final test results until next April regarding WHAT caused 71 wild horses to die on the Tonopah Test Range in July. Click HERE to view the KLAS broadcast with complete details. For more wild horse and burro news, go to www.lasvegasnow.com Filmaker James Kleinert will show excerpts from his upcoming full documentary, The American Wild Horse

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Yesterday, Inside Edition did a special news report on the status of Horse Slaughter in America. To read the text of the report, go to: http://www.insideedition.com/ourstories/reports/story.aspx?storyid=1080American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign has posted the 2007 Final Gather Results and the 2008 Wild Horse & Burro Gather Schedule for those interested in those statistics. BLM releases the

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The recent death of a black stallion in Corolla, Virginia has been confirmed as resulting from a gunshot wound- the seventh wild horse shot in the area in the last six years. http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_111907_horse_wild_shot.1c683737.html The Wild Horse Preservation League is sponsoring the Fund-a-Flake program by distributing donation cans around Central Lyon County.

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Give A Horse A Second Chance, a book about adopting and caring for rescue horses. Includes favorable reviews for the book by Western Horseman, Horse Illustrated and the Natural Horse. http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK1HIOS8NBG4MAMThe Nevada Commission for the Preservation of Wild Horses will conduct their next meeting on November 26, 2007 an 12:00 pm (noon) at the Washoe County Commission

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Another horse was found dead by gunshot on Friday from the Corolla wild horse herd, bringing the total up to seven since 2001. An additional horse was found decomposing in a march in July 2006. Despite the reward of $12,000 being offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of the horse shootings, no progress has been made in the investigations. http://content.hamptonroads.com/

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The National Transportation and Safety Board has released a preliminary report regarding the reasons a helicopter crashed during the recent removals of wild horses from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The final reports release date is still unknown. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=7bd6552f-e93d-4a15-beb6-174faf2e1d56 Hoof Rehabilitation Specialist, Pete

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Conservation Magazine presents an indepth article titled Wildlife Contraception by Douglas Fox on the use of contraceptives for wildlife. Focuses on the origination and history of PZP and how it is being used on wild horses, elephants and deer. http://www.conbio.org/CIP/article40712.cfmCelebration abounds as the only "true wild horse" and teetering on extinction, the Przewalski horses at the

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Very descriptive article about what is being called one of the largest culls ever as the Australian government continues to push ahead with their plans to shoot 10,000 wild horses. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=494610&in_page_id=1811 An update on the October 18th helicopter crash that resulted when National Park Service was attempting round up

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The Nevada Commission for the Preservation of Wild Horses will conduct their next meeting on November 26, 2007 an 12:00 pm (noon) at the Washoe County Commission Chambers, 1001 E. 9th, Reno, NV 89512. Copies of the Commission's agenda were cited as posted on their website, at http://www.wildhorse.nv.gov/ but as of today, no agenda is publically available.The Commissions privately released agenda

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A trial run of using a horse round up to raise funds for charity will kick off this weekend in Canada. http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=c38ddd2a-115e-4985-81eb-66d8fba85ebf Life Savers Wild Horse Rescue announces teaming up with Fund Raising Strategies to benefit American horses. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,221535.shtmlTuesday's Horse, a

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Willie Nelson sends out both a message and an appeal for public support as Willie and his family, Bo Derek, the Barbi Twins and a host of others head to Washington D.C. on November 13 and 14 to demand a vote on the passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S.311) http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/11/a-letter-from-willie-nelson/ Tuesdays Horse, a weekly blog sponsered by the

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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.

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Over 10,000 wild horses slaughtered as the Australian government has decided to perform a "major culling" of their wild horse population, home to approximately 100,000 wild horses currently targeted for a 3-4 year eradication program. Australian officials decided the most humane solution is to employ sharp shooters to kill the wild horses. Report also states that while some shooters were told to

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The BLM announced today that the Palomino Valley Holding Facility is scheduled to re-open on November 13, 2007. BLM believes the horses have improved sufficiently and proper sanitizing has been done that the facility may again begin processing wild horses and burros for shipment. The article highlights why the 178 horses that died since being driven from the range by BLM were all attributed to

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The White Mountain and Little Colorado HMA removals are back on thanks to outcry from Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal and pressure from Wyoming's congressional delegation. The removals are scheduled to begin tomorrow with an estimated cost of $300,000 to round them up and and additional $500,000 to contain the captured wild horses. Guess if we want something done in the Wild Horse and Burro

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Mustangs Make Milk! The milk carton that is as Anderson Dairy located in Las Vegas, Nevada has just announced the majestic American Mustang will grace their milk cartons for the next 7-10 days in efforts to promote adoptions and awareness of the Wild Horse and Burro program. Watch reporter George Knapp's New Story about the promotional efforts or for the online version, go to Las Vegas One at

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The Animal Welfare Institute has issued a press release announcing the recent devasting crash that killed 18 young Belgian draft horses has spurred State Representatives Bob Molaro and JoAnn Osmond to introduce legislation to ban the use of double-decker trucks to transport horses in the state. http://www.awionline.org/news/2007/illinois_doubledecker_ban.htm"In the wild, horses eat tough grass

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In depth article highlighting the history of the wild horses at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, their connection to Sitting Bull and over a century of well-documented presence in the Park. The wild horse herd recently gained national attention due to a helicopter crash that occurred as Park officials rounded up the wild horses with intentions to sell them at a local livestock

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Bad news for anyone that wants to know what BLM is up to on public lands. On August 14, 2007, the Final Decision was issued in the Federal Register that now allows BLM to circumvent publishing environmental assessments on livestock allotment grazing renewals. The BLM has just issued their formal Planning Documents and Guidelines available at- http://www.rangenet.org/trader/GrazingCX07/Guidance%

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An interesting article on a a tourist package to take part in a time honored wild horse round up in Ecuador. http://www.hiddentrails.com/america-south/ecuador/cotopaxi-horse-roundup.htm Wild Horse Sanctuary near Shingletown still has five colts and two fillies looking for great homes! http://www.redding.com/news/2007/nov/02/choose-among-5-colts-2-fillies-to-take-home/ Charles Lawson yaps about "

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San Diego Zoo loses two rare species in wildfires, one of which is a Kiang, a wild member of the horse family, one of the least studied animals in the world and considered a tremendous loss by Zoo officials. Article also details health problems in wild animals often linked to levels of activity, including sudden, traumatic environmental changes such as evacuations (or round ups?). Zoo general

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A crafty political maneuver by Nevada Senator Harry Reid pushes through confirmation to a top post in the U.S. Department of the Interior that circumvented months of opposition by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, who based his concerns on ethics questions as well as attempting to demand accountability of the Department and the current Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne. The appointment was

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"Wild Horses-An American Romance", is a production of the Nebraska ETV Network in partnership with South Dakota Public Television. Also equipped with its own promotional website that reads like a BLM textbook with such claims as "in recent years, thousands of wild horses have died on federal ranges of starvation and thirst" and listing Slaughter as the top option in their "Solutions" section. A

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Public comments and input are due by October 31, 2007 for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting to be held November 5, 2007 in Portland, OR. For more information on requirements and where to send comments, see "Let Em Know" blog post or log on to: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2007/october/NR_071001.htmlBLM Nevada Statewide Resource Advisory Council Meeting,

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Letter sent by Evelyn Braile to the Bismark Tribune protesting the use of helicopters to remove wild horses from public lands on the grounds that helicopter removals is inhumane. Many comments protest the "liberal" whining of the author who advocates humane treatment for the wild horses. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/10/26/news/opinion/letters/doc47214a14242d3936373499.txt#

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Read the February 2002 BLM Memo that discusses reducing the National wild horse and burro population to "AML" by 2005. Includes a chart of state by state AML strategies and how they were projected using Stephen Jenkins Population Modeling Software, the Congressional involvement that approved this plan entitled, "Strategy to Achieve Healthy Lands and Viable Herds, The Restoration of Threatened

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HELP PROVIDED- foster homes, temporary shelters, and property for horses, burros, livestock, horse trailers and hauling, pets of all kinds, lost and found, volunteers are standing by to assist those displaced by the Southern California fires. http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2007/10/help_for_animals_in_the_fires.htmlKiger Mustang Adoption Event- Over 100 wild Kiger Mustangs will be

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Ten of the Virginia Range Wild Horses that International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros has been desperately trying to adopt out after the Cheyenne River Reservation was no longer able to support them, have found homes with students of the Takini School. The School is requesting donations to buy hay as it is at a premimum due to drought for several years. http://

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Congradulations to Chuck Matton of Wild Horse Preservation League for his recent appointment to the Sierra Front-Norwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council as the Wild Horse & Burro Representative. You may contact Chuck at 191 Territory Road, Dayton, NV 89403 Phone: (775) 720-9678 Email: mattonco@prodigy.netBLM Nevada Statewide Resource Advisory Council Meeting, Thursday, November 15, 2007

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BLM is proposing to convert the Continental Peak Grazing Allotment from sheep to cattle (100% at 1,761 AUMs) and add fences that will inhibit wild horse movements and fence off water sources in the Divided Basin Herd Management Area. Comments accepted until Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Bob Price, Rangeland Management Specialist, BLM Rock Springs Field Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

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Deadline for 80 PMU MaresAs the hormone-replacement drug Premarin continues to lose its popularity, Canadian ranches that supplied the drug's key ingredient-pregnant mare urine (PMU) are shutting down, leaving hundreds of horses homeless. The Animali Farm, a non-profit horse rescue based in California, is working to find homes for 250 horses on ranches leaving the PMU industry. No longer needed

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As wild horses were being driven up the chute during what was hoped for to be a quiet removal operation in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, the helicopter driving them was so low, one of the skids caught the fence and flipped the copter. The wild horses have lived in the Park for decades but have never been granted federal protection. NPS Superintendent Valerie Naylor ignored

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Willis Lamm is at it again, posing as the "be-all-know-it-all" wild horse authority in his bid to desperately cover for BLM. In a Letter to the Editor of the Nevada Appeal, Lamm parrots the party line without offering little more than "opinion" while attacking anyone who presents sincere issues that question BLMs actions. This time the lucky recipient of Lamms attacks is Betty Kelly & her

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Whisper Winds Equine Rescue puts out a call for help regarding horse abuse and local officials failure to do anything about it. Story and pictures can be accessed at http://www.whipseringwindsequinerescue.com

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