Saturday, April 30, 2011

150 Emaciated Horses Seized from Maryland Breeder « Straight from the Horse's Heart

150 Emaciated Horses Seized from Maryland Breeder « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Six Month Investigation Leads to Horses Resuce

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Canterbury Farms near Maryland’s Eastern Shore is the nation’s largest breeder of Polish Arabian stallions, a place where horses “feel at home,” according to its Web site, and where a walk among the paddocks “will leave you with the feeling that you are visiting puppies in horse clothing.”

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

100 Captive Wild Horses Moved From Squalid BLM Facility « Straight from the Horse's Heart

100 Captive Wild Horses Moved From Squalid BLM Facility « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Multiple news reports indicate that more than 100 wild horses have been moved to a short-term holding concentration camp at the Utah State Prison in Gunnison. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allegedly moved the captive mustangs to a BLM corral at the prison after the agency's Butterfield Canyon facility near Salt Lake City incited national outrage.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Obama’s BLM Can Be Sued for Wild Horse Roundups « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Obama’s BLM Can Be Sued for Wild Horse Roundups « Straight from the Horse's Heart

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – A federal judge refused to dismiss wildlife groups’ lawsuit over the federal roundup of more than 1,500 wild horses and burros in northeast California and northwest Nevada.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Montana Horse Abuser Gets Public Defender « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Montana Horse Abuser Gets Public Defender « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Six days after paying $35,000 to buy 66 horses, James Leachman of Billings appeared in Justice Court on Tuesday represented at taxpayers’ expense by a Yellowstone County public defender.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Elected Wyoming Politician Takes Horse Eating to the Public « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Elected Wyoming Politician Takes Horse Eating to the Public « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any more twisted or perverse Wyoming Rep. Sue Wallis rushes in waving a butcher cleaver and BBQ tongs while salivating over her new cookbook on how to prepare horses to EAT.

Friday, April 15, 2011

I Cry for the Wild Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

I Cry for the Wild Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

I close my eyes at night and still see all the horses suctioned deep in the urine soaked manure.

I see that little emaciated mare whose eyes just cried out to me, “please take me out of here.”

I could almost hear her screaming from inside, begging me.

I cry as I type this.

BLM Attempts to Double Talk Way Out of Bind, Again « Straight from the Horse's Heart

BLM Attempts to Double Talk Way Out of Bind, Again « Straight from the Horse's Heart

This won’t come as a surprise to anyone as a recent biased newspaper article from the Salt Lake Tribune indicates that conditions at the Utah BLM Butterfield Short Term Holding facility are “OK” and are no longer considered to be abusive and cruel to the captured wild horses held within.

Federal Judge Orders Welfare Ranchers Off from BLM Public Lands « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Federal Judge Orders Welfare Ranchers Off from BLM Public Lands « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Recently a federal judge dealt another blow to “welfare” ranchers by reaffirming his late-February decision to halt grazing of private cattle on 17 Bureau of Land Management allotments covering some 450,000 acres in southern Idaho.

Breaking News: Convicted Wild Horse Killer Reportedly Released from Prison « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Breaking News: Convicted Wild Horse Killer Reportedly Released from Prison « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Houston (SFTHH) – Local Nebraska sources, close to SFTHH, have indicated that that convicted wild horse killer Jason Maduna , who allowed 70+ wild horses and burros to starve to death on his property in Morrill County Nebraska during early 2009, has been released from prison.

LUKAS Joins Equine Welfare Alliance « Straight from the Horse's Heart

LUKAS Joins Equine Welfare Alliance « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Walnut, CaliforniaLukas, the World’s Smartest Horse (according to the World Records Academy) and Guinness World Record Holder, has been honored as the first four-legged member of the Equine Welfare Alliance . Lukas’ owner/trainer Karen Murdock and her world-famous gelding have vowed to support the E.W.A’s pledge to create a collaborative global community based on love for animals.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wyoming Slaughterhouse May Not Happen « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Wyoming Slaughterhouse May Not Happen « Straight from the Horse's Heart

With all the on-going talk about building a horse slaughter facility in Wyoming, John Holland is concerned that people understand the legal concerns of such a venture. Holland is president and CEO of Equine Welfare Alliance.

Monday, April 11, 2011

BLM Abuse Case Goes Viral on Mainstream Media « Straight from the Horse's Heart

BLM Abuse Case Goes Viral on Mainstream Media « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Finally, a story about the cruelty and abject inhumane behavior of the BLM has aroused the interest of America’s mainstream media machine. We have been pounding the drum and blowing the trumpet for years and now that we have the press’ attention let’s not drop the ball.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Abusive Rancher Buys Back 60 to 70 Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Abusive Rancher Buys Back 60 to 70 Horses « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Jim Leachman of Billings presented a check Wednesday at the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Crow Agency to buy back 60 to 70 of the 829 horses he is accused of starving.

EWA Answers “United Horsemen” Anti-Rodeo Propaganda « Straight from the Horse's Heart

EWA Answers “United Horsemen” Anti-Rodeo Propaganda « Straight from the Horse's Heart

The first reading of the horse tripping was held yesterday and went well. Several of our advocates have been working hard and I want to send a special thanks to Willis Lamm, Eric Mills, Carrol Abel, Beverly McGrath and especially to ASPCA for sponsoring the bill. My apologies if I missed anyone but I don’t have the names of everyone that has been working this. Our opponents are still trying to pull the HSUS rhetoric and did so at the meeting and were corrected. No doubt, they’ll continue to say HSUS is behind this and out to ban rodeos.

Owner of Cruel Horse Auction Sits Down With Equine Advocates « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Owner of Cruel Horse Auction Sits Down With Equine Advocates « Straight from the Horse's Heart

In a meeting Monday April 4th, Sugarcreek auction owner Leroy Baker agreed to make several major changes in his handling that will drastically improve the humane treatment for animals. Local law enforcement has agreed to fully uphold enforcement of humane regulations.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Interview: Reporter Scoops Story on Wyoming Horse Slaughter Politician « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Interview: Reporter Scoops Story on Wyoming Horse Slaughter Politician « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Several months after filing charges against the pro-horse slaughter Wyoming politician Sue Wallis reporter Simone Netherlands sat down with SFTHH founder and Editor R.T. Fitch to make public the course of events that unfolded during the failed pro-horse slaughter fest inappropriately called the “Summit of the Horse” in Las Vegas, last January.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Tragedy Ends at Montana Large Animal Sanctuary and Rescue « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Tragedy Ends at Montana Large Animal Sanctuary and Rescue « Straight from the Horse's Heart

There are words to be said here, partly of a deep anger at the staff and management of MSLAR for all the death and destruction they caused, for the lies told to those who sent their loved animals to live their final days in peace, only to have their days end in the cold and misery from starvation while the caretakers stayed warm inside their luxury home with an indoor swimming pool.

Fringe Horse Slaughter Cult Begs for Cash « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Fringe Horse Slaughter Cult Begs for Cash « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Plagued by scandal, ethics complaints and law suits Wyoming State Rep. Sue Wallis and alleged horse trainer Dave Duquette plead with the public to finance their ongoing horse abuse campaign.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Horses Prove to be $1.2 Billion Industry in Virginia Alone « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Horses Prove to be $1.2 Billion Industry in Virginia Alone « Straight from the Horse's Heart

While the number of farms in Virginia decreased between 1997 and 2007, the number of farms with horses climbed to 13,520 from 10,972, helping to stave off what would have been a far greater loss of Virginia’s farmland.

Horse Stars in Spielberg’s New War Movie « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Horse Stars in Spielberg’s New War Movie « Straight from the Horse's Heart

The first images from War Horse have been released in what promised to be a return to form for the ET and Jaws director Steven Spielberg. The First World War drama is based on a children's book by Michael Morpurgo and was adapted as a hugely successful play by the National Theatre in London in 2007.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Obama’s BLM to Return 10 Wild Horses after Stealing 1,700 « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Obama’s BLM to Return 10 Wild Horses after Stealing 1,700 « Straight from the Horse's Heart

SUSANVILLE – (SFTHH) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that it plans to release this week a very small number of wild horses and mules into the Twin Peaks area, where over 1,700 of the federally protected animals were cruelly and unlawfully removed last year.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

800+ Montana Horses Face Uncertain Future « Straight from the Horse's Heart

800+ Montana Horses Face Uncertain Future « Straight from the Horse's Heart

The sale of 829 horses on a Crow Reservation ranch that was touch-and-go for weeks ran smoothly on Saturday.

The sale, believed to be the first of horses impounded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for trespassing on tribal lands, attracted 1,000 people, including 200 to 300 buyers to the ranch 16 miles east of Billings.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Wild Horse Advocate’s Photo Snares First Place « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Wild Horse Advocate’s Photo Snares First Place « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Coming in with a first place ribbon was wild horse advocate Terry Fitch’s photograph of “Dueling Band Stallions” capturing the top honors for the People’s Choice Amateur award. The photo was actually placed in fourth position by the judges in the category of “Extreme Action” but public demand and interest rocketed it to a solid first in “People’s Choice”. Dueling Band Stallions was shot last year in the Pryor Mountains of Montana where Fitch was visiting the herd of wild horse stallion “Cloud” made famous by Emmy award winning cinematographer Ginger Kathrens.

Nebraska Shamed by Horse Eating Senators « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Nebraska Shamed by Horse Eating Senators « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Yesterday we ran the article on the insanity that is the Nebraska Senate and it’s perverted pursuit of bringing bloody horse slaughter to their state. When you consider the source I can understand why baby faced and immature Sen. Tyson Larson thinks killing and eating horses is a cool thing to do, hell, he has hung out with “Slaughterhouse” Sue Wallis and Davie “Doink” Duquette and in so doing he has caught the disease; it’s highly contagious you know…where I come from it’s called “butt ugly stupid”. By rubbing elbows, and God knows what else, this little newbie legislator has contracted the cancer of dumb and dumber so he has been coached on ignoring the facts, speaking falsehoods and worshiping special interests as that is where the good ole money comes from.