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 […]
“Natural” horse herd control advocate Sussman loses ranch
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 […]
The Fort Polk horses: last stand of the U.S. cavalry
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 […]
What does the Omak Suicide Race owe to a horse massacre & the KKK?
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 […]
Sages testify about overgrazing in wild horse habitat
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, […]
Beavers gnaw way toward wolf, grizzly & economic recovery in the Cascades
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 […]
BLM to gather 575 Nevada wild horses, thanks to Friends of Animals’ “victory”
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 […]
Thinking out-of-the-horse-box to save wild horses from slaughter
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 […]
Down Under drive to kill brumby wild horses brings bill to save them
Man from Monaro stands in the bootprints of The Man From Snowy River SYDNEY, Australia––In a reversal of fortune as abrupt as a stallion wheeling on hind legs to strike at an aggressive rival, the wild horses of Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales are suddenly slated for protected […]
Aussie prof challenges “invasion biologists” on their own turf
Contends “compassionate conservation” is most effective protection of biodiversity SYDNEY, Australia––The conservation establishments of both Australia and Israel might like to designate Arian D. Wallach an “invasive species” and slate her for extirpation. Indeed, Wallach’s arguments could eventually put the entire global industry of exterminating “invasive species” out of business. Like any successful adaptive […]