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Horse Politics
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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.
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Kentucky Horse Council Announces Support of Legislation Defining Equine Abuse and Making It a Felony
Cruelty to equines would be made a Class D felony and the bill provides for termination of ownership interests for guilty parties.
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Nation's Largest Wild Horse Protection Urges No Vote on NM Legislation Authorizing Livestock Board to Remove Wild Horses from the Range
AWHC is concerned about the fate of horses removed from the range, since no wild horse preserves exist, and homes for wild, untamed horses are limited.
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Legislation to Protect Wild Corolla Horses Introduced in US Senate
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina has introduced legislation that would provide responsible management of the wild horse population
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Congress Urged to Act on Legislation to End Horse Soring (H.R. 693)
The PAST Act would end "soring" - the intentional infliction of pain on hooves and legs of horses to force them to perform an artificially high-stepping gait.