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		<title>Wild Horses: Wildlife Not Livestock</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R.T. Fitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treated as livestock or treated as wildlife? In regard to the fundamental issue at stake in the management of wild mustangs and burros on public lands, the federal government and the Bureau of Land Management have sided with the “treated as livestock” option.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitch.wordpress.com&blog=8143161&post=1983&subd=rtfitch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The BLM Slaughter Conspiracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Holland and Valerie James-Patton

“Pure propaganda” was Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spokesperson Tom Gorey’s reaction in a recent AP interview when asked about the growing accusations that his agency is in the process of virtually exterminating the very herds of wild horses and burros that it is supposed to protect.
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		<title>We were There: An Equine Christmas Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by R.T. Fitch, and excerpt from the book &#8220;Straight from the Horse&#8217;s Heart&#8220;
My lovely bride, Terry, and I would like to give our special readers an equally special Christmas present.  We are so involved with the ins and outs of a corrupt government agency that every now and then we need to wash our minds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitch.wordpress.com&blog=8143161&post=1972&subd=rtfitch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: The Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s Slippery Slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opinion by Willis Lamb from the Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates
The old adage goes, if you&#8217;ve dug yourself into a hole, your first step should be to throw away the shovel. The BLM apparently doesn&#8217;t see the logic in this bit of wisdom and instead of throwing away the shovel, they&#8217;ve called for a backhoe.
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		<title>Embattled Montana Gov sticks Bloodied Foot in Mouth Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schweitzer: &#8220;No governor in Montana history has sent more bison to slaughter than this governor.&#8220;
Opinion by R.T. Fitch, author of &#8220;Straight from the Horse&#8217;s Heart&#8220;
HOUSTON (SFHH) &#8211; Montana’s Governor Brian Schweitzer garnered international notoriety, earlier this year, by allowing a controversial bill to linger on his desk and become law while he partied at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rtfitch.wordpress.com&blog=8143161&post=1963&subd=rtfitch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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