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RAY FIELD IS ON A MISSION IN TEXAS! There's an outrage from animal lovers who say wild horses and burros could soon be killed in record numbers by the government. Activist Ray Field says this isn't the first time. Field runs Wild Horse Foundation, an agency that adopts out wild horses.

From Keeneland Keeneland will donate copies of Anna Morgan Ford’s book, Beyond the Track: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse, to nonprofit organizations around the country whose mission is to find adoptive homes for retired Thoroughbreds.

By Jennifer Swanson jswan0415@aol.com To the people of the rescue world Heavenly Perfect, known to those who loved her as Melody, was a beautiful, loving mare who lured you into her stall with her low loving knickers and then when you went into her stall she was there to wrap her head around you and give you a big horsey hug.

The long awaited post on the auction scam… So there is a local auction house about 30 min from my house. I have known about it forever because it has a horrible reputation. Growing up, some of my trainers used to go there to buy lesson horses for like $100 at this auction.

Once again, the U.S. government is gearing up to slaughter wild horses because they’re taking up land needed for cattle so we can slaughter even more animals. If the American public could get off their fat asses and stop eating factory-farmed fast food, perhaps then we could have some balance in our wild lands.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed actress Bo Derek to the California Horse Racing Board on Tuesday. Derek, 51, best known for a cornrow hairstyle and beach run in the 1979 movie “10,” is a Republican, an animal rights activist and author of “Riding Lessons: Everything That Matters in Life I Learned

In many places besides the U.S., that is. As I and many other bloggers predicted several months back, the closing of the last three U.S. horsemeat slaughterhouses has done nothing to stop American wild horses from being butchered for food. They’re just being butchered in Canada or Mexico.

A few of you have commented on and emailed in your thoughts about the possibility of the U.S. government pulling a Tony Montana on thousands of wild horses out West. Well, you can take comfort in the fact that at least one boldface name will be speaking out on the issue.

Too many horses, not enough fundingThe horse world is abuzz right now. What to do with 33,000 mustangs that have been standing in long term holding facilities when adoption numbers are down, drought has destroyed rangelands, and there are 32,000 more wild horses that need to be managed?This is not an easy fix.I hear the complaints far and wide.

Too many horses, not enough fundingThe horse world is abuzz right now. What to do with 33,000 mustangs that have been standing in long term holding facilities when adoption numbers are down, drought has destroyed rangelands, and there are 32,000 more wild horses that need to be managed?This is not an easy fix.I hear the complaints far and wide.