Members of Congress call for wild horse protections, use of fertility control

 

Forty-two members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Congressional leaders calling on them to include protective language for wild horses and burros in the Fiscal Year 2018 Interior appropriations bill.

“While we recognize that management issues must be addressed, killing these magnificent creatures is not the answer,” the letter reads. “Instead, Congress

December 15th, 2017|

House members pen letter supporting ban on horse slaughter

Twenty-one members of the House of Representatives on Thursday sent a letter to House leadership calling for the continuation of a temporary ban on horse slaughter.

“Horse slaughter threatens public health, is strongly opposed by the vast majority of Americans, has no American market and benefits foreign interests,” the group wrote in a letter addressed to

December 15th, 2017|

Will a Senate bill save thousands of wild horses, burros from being euthanized?

 

As published by Whittier Daily News

Advocates for wild horses and burros are lauding a U.S. Senate spending bill they say would spare thousands of mustangs on public lands from being killed.

An explanatory statement on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s $32.6 billion Interior spending bill for fiscal 2018, released Nov. 20, calls for “humane and politically viable options”

November 24th, 2017|

Senate committee moves to protect wild horses

 

As published by horsetalk.co.nz

The U.S. Senate Appropriations committee has taken steps toward protecting wild horses, in a move welcomed by advocates.

The committee on Monday unveiled a Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Appropriations bill that would bar the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from killing healthy wild horses and burros.

The language was released as part the Fiscal Year

November 22nd, 2017|

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November 21st, 2017|

Senate appropriators pick fights on wild horses

 

As published by E&E News

Senate appropriators opted to retain traditional language in their new Interior Department spending bill protecting wild horses and burros from being killed or sold, setting up a debate with the House over the controversial issue.

The Senate version of the fiscal 2018 Interior-U.S. EPA spending bill, unveiled yesterday, contains provisions that would

November 21st, 2017|

RTF statement on protective language for wild horses in Senate bill

 

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday unveiled a Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Appropriations bill that would bar the Bureau of Land Management from killing healthy wild horses and burros. The language was released as part the Fiscal Year 2018 chairmen’s recommendation and explanatory statement for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. Senate appropriators have stood against

November 21st, 2017|

Senate takes crucial step toward protecting wild horses!

 

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday unveiled the Fiscal Year 2018 Interior Appropriations bill that would bar the Bureau of Land Management from killing healthy wild horses and burros.

“Appropriations herein made shall not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for

November 20th, 2017|

Fox & Lake Range HMA roundup ends with 189 wild horses captured

 

The Bureau of Land Management on Saturday captured 37 wild horses on the final day of its helicopter roundup at the Fox and Lake Range Herd Management Area in Nevada.

BLM reported no injuries among the 24 studs, 11 mares and two foals captured. A total of 189 wild horses were captured at Fox and Lake Range

November 20th, 2017|

Fox & Lake Range roundup, day two: 56 Nevada wild horses captured

 

The Bureau of Land Management on Friday captured 56 wild horses in a helicopter roundup at the Fox and Lake Range Herd Management Area in Nevada.

BLM reported no injuries among the 24 studs, 25 mares and seven foals captured. A total of 152 wild horses were captured at Fox and Lake Range on Wednesday and Friday.

November 18th, 2017|