Myth that “We can save them all” without contracepting problematic populations both dumps dead dogs in ditches & feeds wild horses to the meat trade FORTUNA, California; POTEAU, Oklahoma & WAUSEON, Ohio––One might observe that the Miranda’s Rescue saga playing since April 2026 in northern California and the Bureau of Land Management equines-sold-to-slaughter horse opera […]
Risk of horse slaughter resuming in U.S. offsets Bouvry closure in Alberta
Canadian horse slaughterhouse may have closed in anticipation of U.S. competition FORT MacLEOD, Alberta; WASHINGTON D.C.––Animal advocates celebrating the recent closure of the Bouvry Exports horse slaughterhouse in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, once the biggest in Canada, may be celebrating prematurely. The real reason for the Bouvry Exports slaughterhouse closing may be anticipation that horse slaughter […]
A worse record on animals than Kristi Noem? Meet Markwayne Mullin
Pigeon shooter & advocate for horse slaughter nominated by Donald Trump to head Homeland Security WASHINGTON D.C.––Pigeons don’t hold seats on Congressional committees. Horses don’t either, though some allege that horses’ rear ends do. But it is safe to suggest that if either pigeons or horses, both reputedly among the most intelligent of animals, had […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
BLM to oust wild horses forever from “checkerboard” part of Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management moves to boot wild horses from public land to keep them from straying into private property ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming—The Bureau of Land Management [BLM] on March 31, 2025 opened a 30-day public comment period on a plan to permanently remove wild horses from “newly converted herd areas of the former Great […]
Rodeo rider Fallon “Kelly” Blackwood escapes hanging for horse theft
Who’s worse than a killer-buyer? How about a killer-stealer? ONEONTA, Alabama––If horse thieves were still hanged, Fallon Danielle “Kelly” Blackwood on May 23, 2023 might have been condemned to hang as many as 63 times for allegedly stealing at least 63 horses by fraud, even though one hanging would have done the job. Instead, Blackwood––one […]
Even the giant new Wild Horse Refuge can’t catch up to the mustang surplus
Sanctuaries & anti-slaughter legislation address the wrong end of the problem DENVER, Colorado––Wild horse advocates rejoiced on February 8, 2023 when the $29-million-a-year Wild Animal Sanctuary announced the purchase of 22,450 acres near Craig in northwest Colorado, to become The Wild Horse Refuge. “Spanning 29 square miles, a landmass larger than Manhattan, the refuge […]
Why are some Fort Polk horse rescuers celebrating the births of surplus foals?
Another Fort Polk “rescuer” faces charges in Florida horse deaths FORT POLK, Louisiana––Why are some wild horse rescuers in Louisiana celebrating the births of multiple foals who have nowhere to go except from sanctuary to sanctuary, if they are lucky? Why were alleged dealers in horses for slaughter Crystal LeBron, Gary Thompson, Jacob Thompson, […]
Horsemeat, dog meat, & how “angel” Marc Ching fell from grace
Donors ignored years of warnings about convict turned “rescue” celebrity LOS ANGELES––Marc Ching, who in November 2018 offered to sell the city of Los Angeles vegan food for impounded dogs at a substantial discount, is reportedly to be arraigned in December 2020 on one misdemeanor count each of practicing veterinary medicine without a license, false advertising, […]
Why Europe will not eat U.S. & Australian wild horses
Dutch & Danish seizures of illegally trafficked German horse meat do not mean revived demand WASHINGTON D.C., BRUSSELS––Yes, the Bureau of Land Management under Donald Trump appointee William Perry Pendley is desperately eager to dispose of as many as 45,000 wild horses in holding pens, plus about 68,000 of the estimated 95,000 wild horses […]