Why was Primarily Primates less ready for the Texas freeze than a pizza parlor? SAN ANTONIO, Texas––“After 4 days without power, we finally have electricity back at the sanctuary!” Primarily Primates posted on the morning of February 19, 2021. “Due to the tenuous situation here in Texas,” the posting added, “we will be using […]
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 […]
Four schemes to save 70,000 wild horses from a BLM Apocalypse
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Suspension of PZP test means more people could eat a horse
Friends of Animals blocks contraceptive project in the Pine Nut Mountains of Nevada. Part III of a three-part series examining winter, wildlife, & livestock. See also If “your ass is grass,” ranchers lost their butts in 2015-2016, and Winter policy favors feeding elk but starving bison. RENO, Nevada––Even a quick glance at satellite photos suggests that the […]
Court finally puts Angel’s Gate out of its misery
Eight-year struggle DELHI, New York––More than eight years of investigation and three years of litigation over the management of the former Angel’s Gate hospice in Delhi, New York, appeared to end with the dissolution of the charity on October 2, 2015 by Otsego County Court Judge John F. Lambert. The verdict may end one […]
Sex, drugs, & wild horses
Friends of Animals tries to stop use of PZP WASHINGTON D.C.––Friends of Animals on May 20, 2015 asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “consider new scientific evidence demonstrating the need to cancel the registration of porcine zona pellucida (PZP) for population control of America’s wild horses and burros, which was issued to the […]