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Wild horse problem needs 15 years, $5 billion, says acting BLM chief

October 22, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

“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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Horses, USA, Wild horses Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Astrid Kodric-Brown, Erick Lundgren, Erik Molvar, Merritt Clifton, Monty Irby, Priscilla Feral, Scott Sonner, Wayne Pacelle, William Perry Pendley

Four schemes to save 70,000 wild horses from a BLM Apocalypse

April 27, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

What the Trump administration plans & what wild horse advocates hope to do about it             WASHINGTON D.C.––The infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,  riding a white horse,  red horse,  black horse,  and pale horse to sow Pestilence,  War,  Famine,  and Death,  are prophesied to come galloping at wild horses in the guise of Oil,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Sheep & goats, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Chris Stewart, Donald Trump, Kitty Block, Laura Leigh, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Feral, Sara Amundson, Suzanne Roy

Wild horses on non-BLM land: showdowns in the High Sierras

April 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Where the Bureau of Land Management does not reign,  it’s the wild west             ALTURAS, Calif.;  VIRGINIA CITY,  Nevada––Two hundred miles and strategic worlds apart,  on either side of the California/Nevada border,  side-by-side experiments are underway in how to most effectively prevent wild horses from being sold to slaughter when […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Bernjamin Spillman, Gini Richardson, Jeffrey Berns, Merritt Clifton, Sherry DeBoer, Todd Gloria

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

Shoot wild horses, sell them to slaughter, or just let them die?

May 11, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Conservation, Donkeys, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Feral animals, Food, Habitat, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Meat issues, Native American beliefs, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, USA, Wild horses, Wildlife Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Brian Maffly, Gloria Tom, Hannah Grover, Merritt Clifton, Mihio Manus, Neda DeMayo

Tony, the truck stop tiger since 2001, dies at 17––will he be the last?

October 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Had at least 13 predecessors in 30 years             IBERVILLE PARISH,  Louisiana––Tony,  17,  the latest and perhaps the last of a succession of at least 13 tigers exhibited for 30 years at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete,  Iberville Parish,  Louisiana,  was euthanized due to advanced kidney failure on the evening of October 16,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Sanctuaries, Sports, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Carole Baskin, Jamie Hargett, Jeremy Hargett, Lea Skene, Mary Sue Pearce, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sandlin, Natalie Lima

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