Report from the Frontlines: Twin Peaks (Calif.) Roundup Begins

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Report from the Frontlines: Twin Peaks (Calif.) Roundup Begins

August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Speak Up for Wild Horses; Send a Letter via Pony Express

August 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

By Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, Humane Society of the U.S. . . . Over the past few weeks, tens of thousands of you have contacted the federal Bureau of Land Management, encouraging the agency to impose an immediate moratorium on the senseless wild horse gathers being conducted on our public lands. Read More →

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Controversy on the Range

September 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

New York Times video on Twin Peaks roundup controversy. Read More →

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Report from the Front Lines: Twin Peak Roundup Begins

August 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Twin Peaks roundup in northeastern California is underway. We will provide updates from advocates observing this operation as they become available. August 29, 2010 BLM rounded up 54 horses on this Sunday, for a total of 963 horses captured to date. Of these, 54 mustangs have been returned to the range. Today BLM reports 2 deaths: At Litchfield Corrals this morning, two horses died. In the first incident, the veterinarian humanely euthanized an ailing 30-year-old mare with a tattoo from Arabian registry. Based on the tattoo, the mare was not a BLM wild horse, and was likely turned out into... [Read the full story]

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SAMPLE LETTER FOR COMMENTS ON BLM PROGRAM REFORM

July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Please personalize and send this letter via email address below to comment on the BLM’s Draft Strategy Development Document. Be sure to keep your comments organized in the categories listed. Deadline: Monday September 3. To: wildhorse@blm.gov CC: madeleinesponyexpress@gmail.com Subject: WHB Public Comments To Whom It May Concern: Following are my comments on the Department of Interior’s “Wild Horse & Burro Strategy Development Document.” The current program, which rounds up and removes wild horses and burros by the tens of thousands each year from the Western range, is fiscally... [Read the full story]

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Controversy on the Range

New York Times video on Twin Peaks roundup controversy. Read More →

Horse Advocates Pull for Underdog in Roundups

OUTSIDE RAVENDALE, Calif. — It is horse versus helicopter here in the high desert. On one side are nearly 40,000 horses spread over 10 states, whose presence on the range is a last vestige of the Old West. On the other is a group of crusty cowboys whose chosen method of roundup involves rotors more than wrangling, using high-tech helicopters to drive... Read more of this article

Feds to round up wild horses in Utah

The Bureau of Land Management will begin rounding up hundreds of wild horses from the mountainous deserts of western Utah on Tuesday, a move the federal agency says is necessary for the health of the land and the wildlife. The BLM wants to take 480 horses from herds in the Conger and Confusion mountain ranges, about 75 miles west of Delta. That would... Read more of this article

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Speak Up for Wild Horses; Send a Letter via Pony Express

By Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO, Humane Society of the U.S. . . . Over the past...

TWO ACTIONS THIS WEEK FOR WILD HORSES: Visit Your Federal Legislators During Summer Recess; Send Your Letters to M. Pickens for the Pony Express!

MEET WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATORS AT HOME BY SEPTEMBER 12 One of the most...

Oppose Massive Wild Horse Roundup in Wyoming’s Pristine Red Desert; 1,500+ Mustangs Targeted for Removal in Adobe Town

Email us your comments by Friday (August 13); we will hand deliver to BLM on Monday...

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