Category: Odds & Ends
Great News! New York Senate Votes to Increase Penalties for Animal Cruelty Offenses
Story by Natasha Brooks as published on One Green Planet.org
People convicted of serious animal cruelty crimes will now be banned from owning companion animals.
We have some great news for animals! The New York state Senate passed legislation on June 6, 2017, that would increase penalties for those convicted of animal cruelty. This legislation was sponsored by Republican Senator James Tedisco, and it received support from both major parties. According to Tedisco, “It’s the most bipartisan, nonpartisan day of the session … It’s a privilege to have an animal; it’s your responsibility to take care of them.”
People convicted of serious animal cruelty crimes will now be banned from owning companion animals. Additionally, they voted to double the jail time and fines for these crimes, from two years in prison and a $5,000 fine to four years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Those convicted will…
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Full Eclipse August 21, 2017 – Regulus in Virgo: The New Mythmaker Begins
Nevada Passes Law to Restrict Wildlife Trade
By: Mark Hofberg as published on the International Fund for Animal Welfare
“It is unfortunate that similar protection has not been granted to Nevada’s Wild Horses and Burros.” ~ R.T.
Nevada joins California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, New York, and New Jersey as states that have stood up for wildlife within their borders.
Another state has taken decisive action to stop wildlife trafficking.
On Monday, Governor Sandoval of Nevada signed SB 194 into law, making the Silver State the 7th state to restrict the trade of products such as ivory and rhino horn within the state to help save wildlife species.
photo by R.T. Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation
Wildlife poaching and trafficking is one of the principal threats to wildlife around the world, and the US is one of the world’s leading destinations for wildlife products to be traded and sold. Our demand for these products is contributing to…
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Planetary Influences ~ Magpie’s Magic Nest
A Plea to Save our Wild Horses & Burros from advocate Bonnie Kohleriter
Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation photographing members of the Cold Creek Herd, Sept. 2012 ~ photo by R.T. Fitch
by Bonnie Kohleriter
PLEASE CONSIDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WILD HORSES AND BURROS ALLOWED ON
29 M ACRES OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEIR CONTINUED VIABILITY
CONCURRENTLY PLEASE CONSIDER TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE LIVESTOCK IN
THOSE SAME AREAS TO PRESERVE THE RANGELANDS
THESE STEPS TAKEN WILL PROVIDE A COST SAVINGS TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS
The BLM manages 245 M acres of our public lands and the USFS manages 191 M acres. Wild horses and burros (WHBs) are limited to 27 M acres on BLM land and 2 M acres on USFS land. Only 26,600 WHB are allowed on the BLM 27 M acres and only 2000 on the USFS 2 M acres. In addition, some 400,000 livestock are allowed on the same…
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The Shocking Truth About What Happens to ‘Surplus’ Zoo Animals
by Corrine Henn as published on One Green Planet
“These surplus animals are often sold and traded through an online database…”
photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation
When we capture animals from the wild and put them in zoos, these animals become commodities. They are stripped of their ability to display natural behaviors and lead a stilted existence filled with stress and boredom. Despite the harm that life in captivity does to zoo animals, both mentally and physically, many zoos run captive breeding programs. As such, zoos can sustain their captive animal populations and the draw of a new baby animal is a great way to get paying visitors in their doors. The only downside to captive breeding is the occurrence of “surplus” animals.
Unlike the many sanctuaries that take in abandoned and abused animals to live out the remainder of their lives, zoos don’t…
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Ozark Encyclopedia – C – Copper
Wall of Faces ~ Vietnam Memorial
Horses We Can’t Forget on Memorial Day
After doing some research on military horses in WWI, and the HUGE number of animals killed in battle we would be remiss to not honor not only the horses, but the military K-9.
All gave some … Some gave all … Billy Ray Cyrus
by Jocelyn Pierce as published on Equitrekking.com
“Throughout the United States’s military history, the horse played an indispensable role. “
Memorial Day is a day of reflection and remembrance to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives while serving in the military. Perhaps the most largely unrecognized, and sometimes altogether forgotten veterans are the horses that served alongside man.
Since the domestication of the horse, humans and horses have shared a partnership that has been integral to the thriving of civilizations. Horses were essential in agriculture, transportation, and warfare, not to mention companionship in some of history’s darkest hours and in the face of humankind’s brutality.
Throughout the United States’s military history, the horse played an indispensable role. In wartime, the horse was used to transport cavalry troops, supplies, and artillery weapons as well as for charges, scouting, raiding, and communication. While serving man and country…
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