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Horse Politics
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Despite Census Showing Mustang Population is Half the Size Previously Claimed, Forest Service Calls for New Roundup
Forest Service and livestock interest groups have falsely inflated wild horse numbers to secure tax dollars for roundups to remove most of the wild horses from the Modoc Forest.
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BLM to Proceed with Barbaric Sterilization of Wild Mares, Despite Repeated Public Outcry and Legal Opposition
Wild horse advocates see the BLM plan to continue cruel treatment of wild mares as irresponsible and a waste of tax dollars while PZP vaccine is readily available for humane management.
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Bipartisan Legislators Take Stand Against Slaughter of California Wild Horses
It's time for the Forest Service to abandon its cruel plan to treat these national treasures like trash by selling them for $1 a piece by the truckload, without limitation on slaughter.
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PAST Act Introduced in Senate as More Evidence for Ending Walking Horse Abuse Surfaces
The exaggerated and artificial gait that results from soring is referred to as the “Big Lick,” and it has been rewarded in the Tennessee walking horse industry.
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Onaqui Wild Horses in Peril, Horse Advocates to Rear in Protest
Groups will encourage the BLM to expand the PZP fertility control program to stabilize the Onaqui wild horse population as opposed to the expensive and cruel planned roundup.
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U.S. Reinstates Safeguards to Prevent Wild Horse and Burro Slaughter
The US Congress has reinstated safeguards to prevent unscrupulous kill buyers from purchasing large numbers of wild horses and funneling them to slaughter.
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Horseracing Integrity Act Proposes National Standard for Anti-doping and Medication Control
It is no secret that we have a drug crisis in the horse racing industry, one that has led to the premature deaths of thousands of horses over the years.
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Feds Give Cash Incentive for Mustang Adoptions - Advocacy Group Calls Foul
The American Wild Horse Campaign has taken aim at the BLM's new policy of paying people $1,000 to adopt a wild horse or burro from BLM holding facilities.
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Locals Rally at State Capitol to Urge Governor to Permit Fertility Control Program for Virginia Range Mustangs
Northern Nevada Wild Horse Fertility Control Darting Team calling on the state to restart the humane fertility control program for the Virginia Range mustangs.
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Lives of American Wild Horses and Burros at Risk with Budget Cuts for 2020
The BLM delivered a report to Congress outlining options for wild horse and burro management including destruction of healthy wild horses and burros and sale for slaughter.