Equine Photographer Makes Connection with Tibetan Yaks | Straight from the Horse's Heart

Equine Photographer Makes Connection with Tibetan Yaks | Straight from the Horse's Heart

Last summer my wife, Terry, and I trekked across Outer Mongolia on horseback in a quest to view and observe the re-introduced, primitive wild horse, the Takhi. (As featured in the May issue of Horseback Magazine. and in TrueCowboy Magazine)

This summer we are in Tibet, the second largest horse culture in the world behind Outer Mongolia, where we have spent a week on horseback and another week in a 4-wheel drive in an effort to reach Base Camp at Mt. Everest.  (Which we finally made on the 27th, another “Bucket List” quest completed)

Horse Slaughtering for Food Set to Resume With USDA OK | Straight from the Horse's Heart

Horse Slaughtering for Food Set to Resume With USDA OK | Straight from the Horse's Heart

“The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” USDA press secretary Courtney Rowe said today in an e-mail. “Until Congress acts, the department must continue to comply with current law.”

Straight from the Horse's Heart | A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope

Straight from the Horse's Heart | A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope

USDA Bucks Administration, Sec of Ag, Congress, Senate and John Q Public in Embracing Predatory Horse Slaughter

Press release from Equine Welfare Alliance.  DO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE THESE HORSE AND BURROS!

Study of Equine Abuse and Neglect Patterns Produces Surprising Findings | Straight from the Horse's Heart

Study of Equine Abuse and Neglect Patterns Produces Surprising Findings | Straight from the Horse's Heart

EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare Alliance today released a statistical study on the rates of equine abuse and neglect across the US since 2000. The research examined equine abuse statistics from Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine and Oregon.

Historical records of the number of cases of equine abuse and neglect from these states was correlated with three potential causes; the rate of equine slaughter (or lack of it), unemployment and the cost of hay.

Surprisingly, the researchers found that the rate of abuse has been in decline in four of the six states since 2008. Five of the six states had shown a spike in abuse and neglect around 2008 and two have shown a significant increase in the past two years.

BLM’s Pick-Up Truck Wranglers | Straight from the Horse's Heart

BLM’s Pick-Up Truck Wranglers | Straight from the Horse's Heart

On May 23, 2013, several wranglers at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Palomino Valley facility seemed to be too lazy to saddle up their horses, so all 3 of those big boys crammed themselves into a pick-up truck and drove it around inside a pen of wild horses like they were in a Monster truck event, and what may be a government owned vehicle even fishtailed – yee haa!!  Apparently, this was supposed to have been an effort to separate out a paint horse from the other horses.