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Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Update on Wild Horses Shipped from Palomino Valley 
Dear Readers,
My concern over empty corrals at Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Preparation Facility led me to request more details about our mustangs and their after-capture movements All of the information I've put in italics are taken directly from BLM sources.
"As of December 31, 2015, the number of animals at PVC are as follows: 1,129 horses and 12 burros, "
I also asked for the WHO, WHEN, WHERE and WHY of wild horse shipping.
Although the WHY is still forthcoming, but these shipping records cover the period I asked for, from November 1 - January 1. They were secured for me by BLM Public Affairs Specialist Jason Lutterman.
WHO are these horses? Their coat colors are sorrel and roan, both strawberry and blue, gray and bay, black, brown, pinto and dun.
They're as old as 15 years and as young as one. Some were born on the range, but many are facility born. Some have strikes listed on their final shipping orders.
Strikes tell how many
times a wild horse has been offered for adoption but failed to find a home.
Three strikes aren't good.
The 3-year old bay with 4 strikes, 2-year old sorrel with 5, and three yearlings with 3 or 4 each are not protected by the BLM oversight afforded adoptees. Three strikes mustangs and horses of certain ages may be be sold outright. To whom? For what? If they're fortunate, they might be sold to someone with good intentions.
WILD HORSE HOW-TO: Have questions about mustangs or burros in facilities other than Palomino Valley? Contact that facility directly. If the facility cannot pull the information for you, ask who can and you should be given a name and phone number/email address for someone who can.Labels: adoption, BLM, Bruneau, burros, Calico, Carson City, Elk Creek, Idaho, mustangs, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Palomino Valley, Paul's Valley, Sale Authority horses, Three Strikes, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 6:18 PM 3 comments  
Saturday, March 02, 2013 Horse Poem for the Citizens of Oklahoma  HERE I AMHere I am. I was your partner, I thought I was your friend even. I guess I was wrong. I helped you, loved you, trusted you, did my best for you. Look at me now. Can you look me in the eye? Here I am. I'm afraid, in pain, alone. Was it because of me or you? I gave my all for you. I'm sorry I got old. I didn't mean to stumble. I don't want to blame you; I want to love you. Here I am. I need you. I'm terrified. Many are with me, but really we're all alone. We want to trust, love, live again. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to die. Here I am. Sold for meat. Sentenced to death. Thousands of us. Was it worth it? Didn't you ever love me? Am I nothing more than a cast-off toy to you? Here I am. Won't you save me? Save me. Is that so hard to do? I want to live. Thousands like me want to be loved. Save us. Please. Hear we are. Scared. Unloved. Alone. Starved. Dying. Hear my dying breath. I still love you. Here I am. -BorrowedWingsOfPegasus A note from Rebecca: So this is my poem. I don't know if you'll like it or not, but I think it's a way that some may see what a loving family horse sent to the slaughter may feel. Hearing the Phantoms hoof beats, Rebecca G., penname BorrowedWingsOfPegasus Labels: horse slaughter, Oklahoma, poem, Rebecca Gilbert Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 7:36 AM 0 comments
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