Behind-the-scenes person for ANIMALS 24-7, & that was perhaps the least of all she did Patricia “Patty” Bonney, 92, suffered terminal heart failure on October 22, 2022 at the converted stable in Beaverton, Oregon, that was her home since 1960. Never known or self-described as an activist, Patty nonetheless contributed endless volunteer effort throughout her […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 14, 2022, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself, down an extremely steep […]
Rodeo “wild cow milking”: living legacy of rich alleged child molester
One-time rodeo promoter Dr. Dan C. Trigg was not a man anyone wanted for a neighbor CASTRO VALLEY, California; TUCUMCARI, New Mexico––The Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley, California, scheduled for May 20-22 , 2022, is “likely planning again to feature the brutal, sometimes fatal, and blatantly sexist ‘wild cow milking contest,’” Action for […]
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, […]
Ice age rock art find exposes nearly 200 years of horse manure
The discovery does not improve the case for horses having survived the Ice Ages in the Americas CHIRIBIQUETTE NATIONAL PARK, Colombia––Images of ice age horses, among thousands of other animals painted along an eight-mile mural of rock art recently found in southern Colombia, have revived hopes among wild horse advocates––and Mormon literalists––that horses somehow remained […]
Judge boots wild horse foe William Perry Pendley from top office at BLM
Federal judge finds Pendley illegally headed the BLM for nearly half of his tenure HELENA, Montana––Wild horse nemesis William Perry Pendley was on September 25, 2020 removed from his position as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management by Chief District Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District of Montana. Morris ruled that Pendley has served […]
Rare Aussie animals save themselves, no thanks to Compound 1080
Brush-tailed rock wallabies & long-nosed potoroos need habitat, poison drops CANBERRA, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, Australia––Investigators are finding, in the wake of bushfires that ravaged protected habitat right around the forested coastal perimeter of Australia, that many rare Australian animals apparently know how to save themselves, with or without human help. More than a billion animals are […]
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 […]
Fire & ice puts Australian koalas and Icelandic horses at urgent risk
Songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1982 recommended “50/50 fire and ice” as the best response to a crisis. That isn’t working for either Icelandic horses or koalas. REYKJAVIK, Iceland; SYDNEY, Australia––Eco-disasters afflicting Icelandic horses and Australian koalas starkly illustrate extreme and contrasting effects of global warming as 2019 comes to an end. Hundreds of Icelandic […]
Wild horse problem needs 15 years, $5 billion, says acting BLM chief
“I’m not going to speculate on what Congress is going to do about money,” Pendley adds. FORT COLLINS, Colorado; CALGARY, Alberta––Returning the U.S. wild horse population to the officially estimated sustainable level of about 27,000, without mass roundups for slaughter, will take 15 years and $5 billion of investment, acting Bureau of Land Management […]
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