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Why not spay wild horses? Technique has barely been tested

November 18, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Bureau of Land Management backs away from proposed trial of equine colpotomy             PORTLAND,  Oregon––Asked a lifelong horse advocate and high donor to  wild horse,  cat,  and dog sterilization projects,  by email to ANIMALS 24-7,  “Do you have any ideas as to a competent equine vet with relevant experience who might be able to opine […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Behavior, Feature Home Top, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Boyd Spratling, Everton Bailey Jr., Gail H. Collins, Ginger Kathrens, Merritt Clifton, Peter Knox, Rebecca Gimenez Husted

Aussie prof’s video challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf

November 9, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Feminist Ferals by Arian D. Wallach Produced by Tommy Lin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpx-ZHHWN5s&t=2s This video explores how conservation remains tethered to chauvinistic ideologies.  It explores how archaic beliefs about animals,  wildlife,  and nature,  has erased one of the Earth’s most significant rewilding events in recent history. Feminism would radically reshape conservation and our view of nature.  It […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, African wildlife, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Book & film reviews, Cats, Cattle & dairy, China, Culture & Animals, Dogs & Cats, Donkeys, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Feral cats, Fish, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Israel, Laws & politics, Mediterranean, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Arian D. Wallach, Billie Lazenby, Dove Sax, Erick Lundgren, Marc Bekoff, Merritt Clifton, Pablo Escobar

1,000 wild horses expelled from the Devil’s Garden

October 8, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Largest wild horse herd in California to be thinned in the Modoc National Forest ALTURAS,  California––Heavy rains brought the largest wild horse population in California a short reprieve before the start of potentially the most controversial wild horse gather of 2018.  But the rains gave the horses just one more day to run free. Modoc […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Amanda McAdams, Captain Jack, Felice Pace, Merritt Clifton, Peter Fimrite, Scott Buffon, Tim Ryan

“Natural” horse herd control advocate Sussman loses ranch

September 26, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is sued for unpaid rent             EAGLE BUTTE,  South Dakota––Attorney,  author,  and marine biologist John Christopher Fine,  of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,  on August 29,  2018 sued the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros and society president Karen Sussman,  “seeking nearly $135,000 in delinquent rent,”  reported Seth Tupper […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Sanctuaries, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Colleen Marie Burns, Elaine Nash, Karen Sussman, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Seth Tupper, Velma Johnston

The Fort Polk horses: last stand of the U.S. cavalry

August 17, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Wild horses on military land are not protected             FORT POLK,  Louisiana––Fifty-four miles south of Zwolle,  Louisiana,  where the last cavalry-against-cavalry battle fought by the U.S. Army was staged during the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941,  a 25-year series of conflicts over the fate of alleged descendants of those horses may be nearing an end. An […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Top, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Sanctuaries, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Working horses Tagged With: Amy Hanchey, Jacob Thompson, Janet McConnaughey, Kim Reischling, Leonidas Polk, Merritt Clifton, Philip Sponenberg

What does the Omak Suicide Race owe to a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 9, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is that the 12 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation embrace as their own an event which appears to have originated with white men celebrating what they saw as […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

Sages testify about overgrazing in wild horse habitat

July 20, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Western range issues can be seen from space             BILLINGS,  Montana––No one needs to take anyone else’s word about the condition of the western range.  Monitor Google Earth for a while and ancient sages will tell you all about it. First,  though,  it is necessary to understand the evolutionary and ecological relationships among sagebrush,  grasslands,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Birds, Canada, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Deer & other horned species, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Predators, Religion & philosophy, Science, Sheep & goats, The Americas, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Craig C. Downer, David Ganskopp, Erik A. Beever, K.W. Davies, Martin Vavra, Merritt Clifton, Molly M. Kawecka

Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades

July 18, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Future of logging,  hunting,  fishing & ranching region lies with nonlethal wildlife tourism             TWISP,  Washington––Vanishing salmon,  Washington’s worst wildfire roaring through the Methow River Valley in July 2014,  and flash floods that turned roads into rivers even before Finley Canyon stopped reeking of smoke and ash have brought beaver back to the Upper and […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Dog use, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Native American beliefs, Predators, Racing, Religion & philosophy, Rodeo, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Spectacles, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Ann McCreary, Christopher Solomon, Joel Kretz, John Sirois, Lynda V. Mapes, Merritt Clifton, Paul Wagner, Rob Wielgus

BLM to gather 575 Nevada wild horses, thanks to Friends of Animals’ “victory”

July 15, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

Friends of Animals blocked use of contraception while wild horse herd multiplied             GARDNERVILLE,  Nevada––One of the largest planned gathers of wild horses in recent memory,  scheduled for Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area of western Nevada in fall 2018,  results directly from Friends of Animals’ May 2016 claimed success in causing the Bureau of […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sheep & goats, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Benjamin Spillman, Byron Clark, Craig C. Downer, Ed Counts, Jay Kirkpatrick, Jenny Lesieutre, Judge Larry Hicks, Logan Ramsey, Mark Amodei, Merritt Clifton, Velma Johnston

Thinking out-of-the-horse-box to save wild horses from slaughter

June 16, 2018 by Merritt Clifton

by Anthony Marr When Charles Darwin first revealed his theory of evolution,  his friend Thomas Huxley exclaimed,  “It is so simple and obvious!  Why didn’t I think of it?!” It is because Huxley, like most people, thought inside the box,  meaning within the confines of an established concept,  while Darwin not only thought outside the box,  but […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Behavior, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Slaughter, USA, Welfare, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Gonacon, PZP-22, SpayVac, ZonaStat-H

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