http://www.habitatforhorses.org An Equine Education and Rehabilitation Center Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/local-horse-rescue-offers-alternative-to-slaughter/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/local-horse-rescue-offers-alternative-to-slaughter/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 14:15:30 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18974
Seattle PI, Candace Calloway Whiting, May 17, 2013 In 2004 this sensitive and kind horse, Dakota, was purchased for fifty cents per pound to prevent her and the foal she carried from being slaughtered. The farmer who owned her had wrung all the use he could from her, and even though she was malnourished and [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/local-horse-rescue-offers-alternative-to-slaughter/feed/ 10 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/congressional-letter-to-obama/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/congressional-letter-to-obama/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:08 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18960
   REP. Ray Lujan, James Moran, Patrick Meehan and Jan Schakowsky collectively pen a note to the Obama Administration about horse slaughter. To read the rest of the letter, CLICK HERE]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/congressional-letter-to-obama/feed/ 3 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/screening-horses-for-ailments-doping-ahead-of-preakness-a-sophisticated-task/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/screening-horses-for-ailments-doping-ahead-of-preakness-a-sophisticated-task/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:22 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18950
Baltimore Sun, May 16, 2013, Kevin Rector In a pair of low-slung green stables manned by security guards and watched by 24-hour surveillance cameras, a pack of brawny young horses will be monitored, poked and assessed down to the blood in their veins. The horses set to race in the 138th Preakness are to be kept under [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/screening-horses-for-ailments-doping-ahead-of-preakness-a-sophisticated-task/feed/ 8 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/horse-health-issues-in-blm-holding-facility/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/horse-health-issues-in-blm-holding-facility/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:41 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18942
horsetalk.co.nz. May 16, 2013 A wild horse advocacy group has voiced its concerns over infections in captive wild horses held at a short-term holding facility run by the Bureau of Land Management. Wild Horse Education, a non-profit organization in Nevada that tracks the condition of wild horses and burros on the range and in holding, [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/horse-health-issues-in-blm-holding-facility/feed/ 9 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/celebrities-school-children-advocates-gather-at-capitol-to-lobby-for-permanent-ban-on-horse-slaughter/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/celebrities-school-children-advocates-gather-at-capitol-to-lobby-for-permanent-ban-on-horse-slaughter/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:07:57 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18905
“Horses on the Hill” event participants urge Congress to pass the SAFE Act WASHINGTON (May 15, 2013)—As part of the “Horses on the Hill” event, celebrities, local school children, young equestrians and advocates joined Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., and Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., sponsors of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/celebrities-school-children-advocates-gather-at-capitol-to-lobby-for-permanent-ban-on-horse-slaughter/feed/ 10 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/facing-national-scrutiny-blm-struggles-to-explain-wild-horse-program/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/facing-national-scrutiny-blm-struggles-to-explain-wild-horse-program/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:27:53 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18886
Susanne Roy, May 14, 2013, Huffington Post “Wild horses are not receiving a fair shake.” Those are the words of a thirty-year Bureau of Land Management (BLM) veteran to NBC News’ senior investigative correspondent, Lisa Myers, as part of hergroundbreaking report, “Horses are wild — but not free.” The segment is must-see TV. It not [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/facing-national-scrutiny-blm-struggles-to-explain-wild-horse-program/feed/ 35 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/the-case-of-the-missing-mustangs-what-happened-to-1700-wild-horses/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/the-case-of-the-missing-mustangs-what-happened-to-1700-wild-horses/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:54:07 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18875
NBC News, Lisa Myers and Michael Austin, May 14, 2013 The semis would rumble down country roads packed full of wild horses. Truckload after truckload, sometimes 36 horses at a time, all with the same destination: a ranch in the small town of La Jara, Colo.     Records show that for years, the Bureau of Land [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/the-case-of-the-missing-mustangs-what-happened-to-1700-wild-horses/feed/ 15 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/world-wild-horse-politics-headlines-highlight-wild-horse-reality-around-the-globe/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/world-wild-horse-politics-headlines-highlight-wild-horse-reality-around-the-globe/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 00:50:30 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18861
The Jurga Report: Horse Health Headlines, Equus, May 13, 2013 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” –Charles Dickens, opening line of Tale of Two Cities This article started out to be a simple story focusing on a complex subject: what’s new with the US Government’s Bureau of Land Management’s Wild [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/world-wild-horse-politics-headlines-highlight-wild-horse-reality-around-the-globe/feed/ 2 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/today-show-video-on-wild-horses-plus-a-heart-warming-story-about-a-blm-foal/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/today-show-video-on-wild-horses-plus-a-heart-warming-story-about-a-blm-foal/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 00:02:20 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18840
This story is too well written, with too many photos, to reproduce here. Lisa Myers did an excellent job both writing about the foal and in the video on wild horses. I have no doubt that your reaction will be the same as mine, but I look forward to hearing your opinions. Be certain to [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/today-show-video-on-wild-horses-plus-a-heart-warming-story-about-a-blm-foal/feed/ 9 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/governor-haslams-ag-gag-veto-could-have-national-impact/ http://www.habitatforhorses.org/governor-haslams-ag-gag-veto-could-have-national-impact/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:37:37 +0000 jfinch http://www.habitatforhorses.org/?p=18832
Food Safety News, May 14, 2013, Dan Flynn The veto by Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam of a bill requiring anyone taking pictures or shooting video of animal abuse to turn the evidence over to law enforcement within 48 hours may have national impact. Haslam’s veto, coming on the heels of an opinion by his [...]]]> http://www.habitatforhorses.org/governor-haslams-ag-gag-veto-could-have-national-impact/feed/ 3