Navajo Nation & BLM look at grim options CAMERON, ARIZONA––Why did 111 wild horses die stuck in the mud at a Navajo Nation stock pond near Cameron, Arizona, during the last week of April 2018? Photos distributed by Navajo Nation spokesperson Mihio Manus “showed clusters of horses with dried mud on their bodies, some overlapping one […]
Leaving The Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows & Horses
by Gavin Ehringer Pegasus Books, distributed by W.W. Norton & Co. 364 pages. $27.95 hardcover. In stores December 5, 2017. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Remember the most gripping and informative few books you ever read about dogs, cats, cows, and/or horses, by authors as thorough as the multi-time best sellers Desmond Morris, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, […]
Hurricane Maria: monkeys hold on, horses endure
“Oh my goodness, how could anything have survived this?” CAYO SANTIAGO, Puerto Rico––Hurricane Irma mostly missed the renowned Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony, on an island just east of the Puerto Rican mainland, but Hurricane Maria hit it head-on, at full Category 5 strength. The thousand-odd macaques on Cayo Santiago are ninth generation descendants from […]
Hope Ryden, 87, revealed the lives of wild horses, beaver, & coyotes
Known for film work before winning acclaim as author HYANNIS, Massachusetts––Hope Elaine Ryden, 87, author and/or photographer for 26 books mostly on wildlife subjects, and a frequent photo contributor to National Geographic, died on June 18, 2017 in Hyannis, Massachusetts from complications of hip surgery. Minister’s daughter Born on August 1, 1929, in St. […]
Settlement of alleged neglect case at ISPMB could set up a repeat
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros is allowed to keep & breed horses LANTRY, South Dakota––The fate of the remaining horses at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros ranch straddling the Dewey and Ziebach county lines in north-central South Dakota was on January 27, 2017 “settled” on […]
Auction date set for survivors of ISPMB wild horse sanctuary meltdown
Victorious Dakota Access protesters unlikely to ride to the rescue LANTRY, South Dakota––If just one Dakota Access pipeline protester in 10 could stop at the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros premises en route home from the multi-month vigil that kept the pipeline from crossing the Missouri River by passing under Lake […]
Trump election puts 45,000 wild horses at risk––and much, much more
No animal advocates among Trump advisors WASHINGTON D.C.––Every animal advocacy gain of the past eight years at the federal level stands at risk with the November 8, 2016 surprise election of Republican candidate Donald Trump as U.S. President, reinforced by Republican majorities in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Hunting & fur […]
810 allegedly starving horses impounded from Wild Horse Annie’s charity
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros and Friends of Animals were leading foes of PZP for wild horses LANTRY, South Dakota––The International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros, a leading opponent of contracepting wild horses, has surrendered custody of about 810 allegedly neglected horses, some apparently at imminent risk of […]
“Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors
Recommendation to kill horses came after advocates blocked multiple fertility control proposals Part II of a two-part series. See also: Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet? The BLM National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board frustratedly recommended that the 45,000 horses in holding facilities be killed only hours after […]
Is BLM advisory board threat to kill 45,000 mustangs a wild bet?
Who holds the chips after showdown at the Stockmen’s Hotel & Casino? Part I of a two-part series. See also: “Can’t fix wild horses? Kill ’em,” say BLM advisors ELKO, Nevada––Will the Bureau of Land Management really kill all 45,000 wild horses now in off-range holding facilities, as recommended on September 9, 2016 by […]