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2011 Archives
Wild Horses and Burros

BLM SOLICITS PROPOSALS FOR WILD HORSE ECOSANCTUARIES

WASHINGTON, DC  (March 16, 2011) The latest public relations exercise by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), who issued a news release yesterday announcing they are soliciting proposals to establish wild horse “ecosanctuaries” on non-BLM managed land to “help the BLM feed and care for excess wild horses that have been removed from Western public rangelands,” exposes the hypocrisy that runs rampant through the Department of Interior agency.  Continue reading >>


BLM FAILS TO CONVINCE IN PHOENIX

PHOENIX, AZ (March 12, 2011) A large contingent of wild horse and burro preservation advocates are attending the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Advisory Board Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, with high hopes of hearing something, anything, convincing them Director Bob Abbey will implement the reforms he promised in his agency’s Wild Horse & Burro Program. Continue reading >>


Horse Racing

TRAGEDY AND INSENSITIVITY OVERSHADOW GRAND NATIONAL AS TWO HORSES DIET

LIVERPOOL, England (April 10, 2011) -- Two horses who die at Aintree in front of thousands of spectators and a worldwide television audience of 600 million watching the 2011 Grand National are ignored by insensitive BBC commentators calling the race.  Continue reading >>


 
Horse Slaughter

GAO REPORT ON CESSATION OF DOMESTIC HORSE SLAUGHTER RELEASED

WASHINGTON DC (June 22, 2011) An "explicit ban on the domestic slaughter of horses and export of U.S. horses intended for slaughter in foreign countries" is the only humane and viable option of the two presented in the GAO report. Continue reading >>

 

TOP CHEF CANADA HORSE MEAT EPISODE RAISES CULTURAL, MORAL AND FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS

OTTAWA, Canada (May 13, 2011) In a statement issued yesterday, watchdog group urges Top Chef Canada to warn viewers about dangers of horse meat. Continue reading >>