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Saturday, October 24, 2015
BLM Cares Really, Truly, Deeply About Wild Horses BLM 2008: Killing captive wild horses “magic bullet for budget problems"BLM 2015: Killing captive wild horses sold to Tom Davis in 2008 was "deceitful"
According to
the Associated Press ”Steven Ellis, the BLM’s deputy director of operations, lamented
Davis’ ‘deceitful actions.’”
I mean, BLM had absolutely no idea what Davis had done with 1,794 federally-protected wild horses.
Really?
It’s been
almost 7 years to the day since my op-ed in the Reno Gazette Journal quoted then-BLM Deputy Director Henri Bisson who suggested killing captive wild horses might be a “magic bullet for budget problems".
At the same time, Susie Stokke, then Nevada’s Wild Horse and
Burro Program Manager, told KUNR that though BLM spends millions on many
programs, “aggressive management of wild horses is the magic bullet for BLM budget
shortfall.”
2008: Sally Spencer, director of program which sold wild horses to Davis:
I mean, it almost sounds like a policy had been born.
Still, after the publication of the Op-Ed and a longer blog on the same topic, I heard from Spencer
who asked why I’d turned on the BLM. I responded that I was tired of lies, and never heard from her again.
The Denver Post
quotes the report : “Between 2008 and 2012, Davis spent $17,940 on horses from
the BLM... “ and “BLM spent more than $140,000 delivering the horses to Davis…”
If this wasn't an attempt to balance the BLM budget on the backs of wild horses, what was it?
Before this report came out, I asked BLM questions about Tom Davis and other wild horse policies. They never answered, so I turned to government websites.
"Myth #2: It is the BLM's policy to sell or send wild horses to slaughter. Fact: This charge is absolutely false. The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management care deeply about the well-being of wild horses" But they sent them to slaughter, just the same. ------------------
Author's Note: Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt pushed back its publication deadline
to give the agency over a year to respond to inquiries about wild horses, but BLM chose not to answer a single question
on the record for my recent non-fiction book, Wild At Heart: Mustangs and the Young People Fighting to Save Them
Labels: BLM, Department of Interior, Henri Bisson, horse slaughter, kill buyers, mustangs, Office of the Inspector General, Sally Spencer, slaughter, Steven Ellis, Susan Stokke, Tom Davis, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 1:13 AM 3 comments  
Saturday, October 10, 2015 Wild Horses & Young People Fight to Save Each Other
We were born to grow strong legs and far-seeing eyes
as we followed the paths made by wise guardians.
Instead, Destiny tossed us to the cruel.
We hurt. We starved. We tottered, bewildered, from one hard hand to the next.
Until, reflected in each others’ eyes
We healed a little, forgot a bit. Too tough and afraid to
believe in love, we still dreamed of gentle hands held out, palm up. We dreamed
a mirage of hope.
The story of a girl named Robin, who spent years in foster
care, and her love for Rocky the mustang appear in WILD AT HEART.
Watch the film: WILD AT HEART: MUSTANGS AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING TO SAVE THEM
Purchase the book WILD AT HEART first edition, hard cover volume
Labels: Cold Creek, Melissa Farlow, mustangs, Nevada, rescue, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 9:46 AM 4 comments
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