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Equines
BLM to Proceed with Barbaric Sterilization of Wild Mares, Despite Outcry
Press ReleaseMay 14, 2019EquinesDespite multiple lawsuits, federal injunctions and overwhelming public opposition, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced last night that it is again moving ahead with barbaric experiments on captive wild mares. It will...
Legislators Decry Forest Service Plan to Condemn Wild Horses to Slaughter
Press ReleaseMay 6, 2019EquinesToday, 64 members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to US Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and US Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen objecting to the Forest Service’s impending plan to...
AWI Commends Bipartisan Effort to Stop Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseApril 4, 2019EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the 111 members of the US House of Representatives who recently signed a bipartisan letter in support of defunding federal inspections of horse slaughter facilities....
BLM Bucks Controversial Policy for Wild Horse Sale
Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2019EquinesThe Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is gratified to learn that the Bureau of Land Management has rescinded a controversial sales policy for wild horses and burros in the United States...
Forest Service Seeks to Sell Off Wild Horses
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeLast October, the US Forest Service (USFS)—which manages approximately 8,000 wild horses and burros in the United States—made a shocking announcement: The agency would soon begin rounding up and selling...
BLM Drops Wild Horse Sterilization Experiments, Plans to Return Some Horses & Burros to the Range
Press ReleaseFebruary 18, 2019EquinesWild horse advocacy groups are hailing an announcement Friday by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to officially abandon any plans to use mares rounded up from Oregon’s Warm Springs...
Animal Welfare Groups Applaud Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseJanuary 30, 2019EquinesFederal lawmakers introduced legislation today to permanently ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the US and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad. Introduced by...
Victory! BLM Stands Down on Sterilization Scheme
Equines, Terrestrial WildlifeIn the last Quarterly, we discussed the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to conduct mass surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon....
BLM Drops Planned Sterilization Experiments on Oregon’s Wild Mares
Press ReleaseNovember 7, 2018EquinesToday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will drop proposed sterilization experiments on wild horses in Oregon, just days after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to stop...
Federal Judge Stops BLM from Conducting Inhumane Horse Sterilization Experiments
Press ReleaseNovember 2, 2018EquinesUS District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman today issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from proceeding with controversial experiments to surgically remove the ovaries...