People sometimes abandoned their animals when their property is foreclosed on. This does not normally mean the original owners are NOT responsible for them or have given up ownership. Who owns and is responsible for these horses? Especially when there are unbreakable plastic leg bands...
Recently a viral Facebook post made the rounds about 13 horses that were to be euthanized. Very quickly, we here at HfH received numerous contacts from people crying out to us to do something...
Equine assisted therapy for teens in trouble has been shown to aid those kids in overcoming the many issues they are coping with. As our own about us on our therapeutic programs state - horses reflect back the exact feelings that a human presents to...
One of the problems with the NYC horse carriage debacle is the political gaming for real money going on by both sides. While this article only scratches the surface of the true debate, it does show that there is still national interest in the fate...
So called "mercy killings" and sterilization of wild horses on the range is strictly forbidden by the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, as pointed out in the article below by Cloud Foundation executive director Ginger Kathrens. Yet that is exactly what the BLM's...
There have been so many advances in reproductive sciences that this technique is no surprise to the general public - even if we do not understand how complicated the procedure is. Perhaps there is hope that this could be used in repopulating rarer breeds of...
Horse buyers are making more and more claims to the media in recent days that they are being threatened by animal rights activists. Its now become something of a mantra for kill buyers - that they personally feel threatened. We here at Habitat for Horses...
Horse slaughter is the answer for those "thinking outside the box" who want to use the land for private cattle ranchers. These permits are cheap in comparison to buying land. All of this to save cattle ranchers money though the amount of meat produced by...
It is the hundreds of thousands of cattle and other livestock that are creating the so called environmental damage Nevada counties are complaining about. Not the far fewer wild horses. Considering the groups behind the lawsuits, its no surprise Elko County is doing this. ...
[caption id="attachment_12385" align="alignleft" width="281"] Photo by Jennifer Reynolds - Eli, a gelding with a leg injury, watches from his stall in the barn at the habitat.[/caption]From last Wednesday through yesterday (Feb 17th) our website has been under an almost constant attack. Our webmistress would repair...