Mexico is forging ahead on animal protection. Earlier this year, its Congress made dogfighting a felony throughout the nation. Mexico City adopted an extraordinary charter on animal protection. A number of major food retailers in Mexico have said they will change their purchasing practices to stop buying...
ACTION ALERT UPDATE! SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO DECIDE FATE OF AMERICAN WILD HORSES THIS WEEK: CONTACT SENATORS NOW! Dear Friends of Equines, Although we expected last week that the Senate Appropriations Committee would hold the markup sessions on the FY2018 Interior appropriatons bill, the absence its chairman...
A BLM T-shirt I wear commemorating my first mustang adoption calls wild horses “uniquely American.” The label celebrates wild horses as a uniquely native, uniquely valuable species. But the Agency’s actions and policies tell another story. The BLM’s website erroneously calls them non-native, when today the...
As we keep calling those on the Budget Committee and wait for them to decide when to meet again, perhaps you would like to read a bit about the twisted logic inside the BLM. The myths and outright lies told by the Department of the...
From Daniel Fernandez SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO DECIDE FATE OF AMERICA WILD HORSES ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY: CONTACT SENATORS NOW! Dear Friends of Equines, The moment has finally come. We have just learned that the Senate Appropriations Committee has finally scheduled the markup sessions for the FY2018 Interior appropriations bill next Tuesday 17th...
WASHINGTON — Animal advocates are keeping close watch on Congress amid concern that a moratorium on horse meat production may be in jeopardy. Congress shut down the industry nearly a decade ago by cutting off funds for USDA meat inspectors. But in July, a key House...
By Jerry Finch You could be a horse whisperer. A true horse whisperer is a person who understands the language of the horse and can speak that language while showing trust and respect. It takes a very special skill, one that a horse instantly recognizes. That meeting...
By: Jerry Finch The police detective sat in the driver's seat of the town's new Crown Victoria, punching the keys on the dashboard computer. Two other units pulled up. Warrant in hand, we approached the junkyard house. No one answered. It wasn't necessary to serve them,...
Throughout history, horses have worked alongside us as companions and partners in work, war and sport; they are living symbols of our nation's spirit. We have the honor and duty to protect them, which is why I am imploring my colleagues in the horse racing industry...
