Video shows helicopter chase wild horse with broken leg
New images of a wild horse roundup by the federal government are causing outrage. According to the federal government, there isn’t enough room for the horses on public lands, so they do roundups. Those roundups are controversial, and we have an example of why. Video obtained by the I-Team shows a young horse with a […]
BLM plans wild horse roundup in central Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management is gathering about 223 wild horses about 77 miles east of Fallon this week. About 43 mares captured in the Desatoya Herd Management Area will be treated with GonaCon fertility control and be released. About 30 stallions will also be released. The other 150 horses are considered excess. The BLM will use […]
Freedom Reigns Equine Sanctuary
Freedom Reign Foundation is a non-profit 501C (3) that is dedicating to improving the lives of horses by rescuing those who are destined for slaughter and providing them a safe haven; backing legislatures that improve the quality of life for horses in many industries; and educating the public on the plight of so many horses […]
Medina Spirit, disputed winner of 2021 Kentucky Derby, dies after workout
Medina Spirit, the disputed winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has died of a heart attack after a workout at Santa Anita Park, trainer Bob Baffert said. According to a statement from Santa Anita Park, a team led by Senior Veterinarian Dr. Laurie Bohannon “immediately took blood, hair and urine samples from Medina Spirit. Those […]
Australian national park plan proposes reducing horse numbers by more than 10,000
Thousands of wild horses in a delicate alpine region of eastern Australia will be culled or rehomed under a six-year plan to preserve the habitat. Authorities who prepared a draft plan for wild horse heritage management in Kosciuszko National Park have laid out plans to retain 3000 horses in parts of the park. However, a […]
Urge Congress to end the abusive practice of soring horses
“Soring”—which involves intentionally inflicting pain on a horse’s hooves and front limbs to produce an exaggerated high-stepping gait known as the Big Lick—remains a persistent and rampant practice in Tennessee walking horse competitions. To end this abuse, Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have reintroduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act in […]
Put these steeds out to pasture: It’s time to replace carriage horses with electric vehicles
In this overwhelmingly Democratic city, our next mayor, barring any surprises, is likely to be Eric Adams. He will have the opportunity to solve a problem that no mayor before has been able to solve: the horse carriages in Central Park. Back in 2013, it was, in fact, his promise to shut down the business […]
Let wild horses do their part to save the West
America’s wild horses are in crisis. Throughout the West, they are being rounded up and kept by the government in what amount to prisons before being sterilized or auctioned off — some to owners who will treasure them, but others to middlemen who will ship these beautiful animals to the slaughterhouses of Canada and Mexico
“The Burro Evil”: The removal of burros from Grand Canyon National Park (1924–1983)
The plan was simple: arm the park rangers, send them deep into the canyon, shoot the animals, and leave the bodies. The goal was for them to kill all of the estimated three hundred burros within the park boundaries in less than a month. If all went according to plan, every feral burro in Grand […]
My Hero, the Marlboro Man
Come on, Mister. Do what you do best. Bring the ponies home. I have come to Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeastern Oregon’s outback to participate in yet another roundup of wild horses. If we can’t catch the animals, the government will shoot them. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service claims the horses are […]
The Cruelty of Ejiao
Donkeys are paying the price for China’s rapid progress and lost traditions While China’s economy continues its dramatic transformation, it seems there is little room for sentimentality. Villages, once the cornerstone of Chinese culture, are being destroyed at a rate of 300 a day and valued traditions and customs are being eroded as progress is […]
Carriage Horses in the News
Motorcycle collides with horse-drawn carriage in Maine A Thomaston man is in serious condition after colliding with a horse-drawn carriage while he was riding a motorcycle on Route 32 in Jefferson. Stephen Grant, 38, was riding westbound on Waldoboro Road when he approached an incline being ascended by a horse and buggy, said Detective Scott […]
