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Wyoming began running this ad for tourism back in march of 2011 as near as I can tell. Obviously, the Wyoming board of tourism is either blissfully unaware of the ongoing activities of “Slaughterhouse Sue” Wallis, a Wyoming state representative who has a predilection for consuming horse-flesh, or maybe just hopes that you, the tourist, are not aware.
Using the imagery of our wild horse icons, Wyoming tourism encourages you to visit Wyoming and roam free! Kind of like the wild horses are meant to. I find it strange and somewhat sick that the state of Wyoming would use these icons to attempt entice visitors to the state, while at the same time entertaining ideas on how to eradicate them and possibly put them on your table.
As this video was shot with the camera’s close in, we are not able to determine just why the horses became agitated enough to charge the fence and take off running at full speed away from the pen where they were being held.
Was “Slaughterhouse Sue” approaching with a fork in one hand and a napkin in the other? Wallis, who back in November 2011 was condoning the posting of pictures of a young woman who had killed her horse and then crawled inside it for a photo op was documented by RT Fitch at Straight from the Horse’s Heart:
Wallis Lights Up over Pics of Nude Woman Inside Dead Horse
(Quote from Slaughterhouse Sue)
“People humanely kill an old horse, butcher it to use the good meat, and decide to have some fun with it, and take pictures.” continues this sack of trash.”
Was the BLM cranking up its horse harvesting machine in an attempt to obliterate yet another herd?
Was there another “professional” helicopter hitman attempting to land his machine on a horse’s back just for fun?
The fact is, we have no idea what made them bolt and run. But the imagery is clear and so is the message. These animals are meant to roam free and that means free from the prospect of harassment and being terrorized as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues its deadly eradication campaign.
They should also be free of the “Slaughterhouse Sue’s” of the world whose interest is not healthy and enduring herds, but simply “what’s for dinner?”
I find it to be an ironic and sick message put out by Wyoming tourism:
Come to Wyoming and watch as we terrorize, capture and send to slaughter hundreds of these national icons! Save this video, by the time we are done…..there won’t be one left!
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Jul 27, 2012 @ 01:16:47
Jul 11, 2012 @ 17:52:09
This is a comment that was posted in THE ATLANTIC. Andrew Cohen did an article on Wyoming and America’s Wild Horses and Burros. He, as do the rest of us, wants to get to the bottom of the cesspool and START CLEANIN IT UP.
Former Interior Department employee during the Reagan Administration, fifth generation rancher married to a fifth generation rather, Cheyenne, Wyoming, attorney Karen Budd-Falen is the author, or one of the main authors of H.R. 1996, an amendment to the Equal Access to Justice Act know originally as the Government Litigation Savings Act sponsored in the House by her Cheyenne compatriot and fellow fifth generation rancher and University of Wyoming Law School graduate Wyoming Representative Cynthia Lummis. Representative Lummis is known as the Representative who tried to offer an amendment during the House floor vote on the 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that would have offered a way around the 1967’ 1969 Federal Meat Inspection Safety Act so that horses could be slaughtered by a fee for service plan. She walked out angrily when told to sit down before she caused the entire bill to fail. Representative Lummis also told Madeleine Pickens that she had nothing against wild horses, but that there were just too many of them on Public Lands, a statement that likely will still be true when the number of wild horses is only one.
Mrs. Budd-Falen’s bill would prohibit attorneys representing tax payers without a direct, personal financial interest in the outcome of the litigation against government from being able to receive compensation through the government’s fee shifting programs that is supposed to help citizens without the massive resources of the federal government, nonetheless, hold the government accountable when the government over-reaches its power, breaks the law, or acts incompetently. In order to receive compensation, the plaintiff must first prevail, of course. Mrs. Budd-Falen commented off-handedly to the audience at Wyoming state Representative Sue Wallis’s anti-wild horse/pro-horse slaughter/pro-puppy mill breeder Summit of the Horse in January 2011 that she had made a living for 22 years suing the government when the government was wrong.
So here we have a Wyoming attorney from a fifth generation rancher married to a fifth generation rancher whose family and their families of origin managed to build their family wealth at the public trough through ranching and farming subsidies as well as the fees she has been awarded through the Justice Act and the same EAJA that she would have Congress deny the very people who have contributed to her ability to build her wealth at least one of the rights that she has enjoyed. At first glance H. R. 1996 does not appear to have much to do with horses, but when the author talks about it as part of the overall strategy plan for ranchers to remove wild horses and burros from public lands and to support efforts to return domestic horse slaughter to our borders, the legislation gets an exclamation mark. For the record, Mrs. Budd-Falen’s appearance at the Summit of the Horse is not promoted, and her name was not listed on the video where she appeared. Like just about everything else involved with horse slaughter and the BLM’s mismanagement of our wild horses and burros, Mrs. Budd-Falen’s appearance involves some misdirection. An environmental lawyer who specializes in representing ranchers, Mrs. Budd-Falen is labeled as an attorney fighting against animal rights abuses. A curious observer wonders if this label is intended to mislead the audience at the casino where the meetings took place or the larger public. Of course, it is unlikely that the larger public would have been watching were Mrs. Budd-Falen not addressing the group. http://vimeo.com/19145473
Mrs. Budd-Falen’s father-in-law, Public Lands Council President John Falen, has successfully lobbied the House of Representatives to extend the length of years that grazing permits are issued for from ten years to twenty years without an accompanying increase in grazing fees.
We have such a thing in this country known as Congressional Oversight, but when it comes to the BLM, ranchers, and wild, free roaming horses and burros, effective oversight is nonexistent.
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Jul 10, 2012 @ 04:16:32
Jul 08, 2012 @ 05:55:47
Marti, you’ve outdone yourself outlining the future of “ecotourism” in Wyoming. Slaughterhouse Sue also seems willing to chew up our Constitution too, by partnering with all of those international RFID companies and their partners.
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Jul 07, 2012 @ 18:45:08
As our top notch investigative reporter, Debbie Coffey has pointed out….we need to check a bit further as to WHAT entities support these bills and WHY. Take a look:
http://lummis.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Government_Litigation_Savings_Act_Endorsements.pdf
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Jul 07, 2012 @ 18:39:06
It’s wise to keep an eye on ALL Wyoming congressmen and congresswomen:
http://lummis.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=263860
Lummis EAJA Bill Gets its Day in Committee
Government Litigation Savings Act Awaits Markup
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct 11, 2011 –
EAJA was passed as a permanent appropriation in 1980 in order to help individuals, small businesses and non-profit organizations with limited access to financial resources defend themselves against harmful government actions. EAJA allows for the reimbursement of attorney’s fees and costs associated with suing the federal government. When operating correctly, EAJA allows plaintiffs who sue the federal government to recover part of their attorney’s fees and costs if they “prevail” in the case.
Congress and the agencies halted tracking and reporting of payments made through EAJA in 1995.
According to research by a Wyoming law firm, 14 environmental groups have brought over 1200 federal cases in 19 states and the District of Columbia, and have collected over $37 million in taxpayer dollars through EAJA or other similar laws. Those numbers do not include settlements, and fees sealed from public view. An independent study from Virginia Tech University discovered similar findings as a result of a comprehensive Freedom of Information Act request of five Federal agencies. The Virginia Tech study also revealed that two of these agencies could provide absolutely no data on EAJA payments.
The bill is co-sponsored by the following members of both the Senate and House Western Caucuses: Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), James Risch (R-ID) and Representatives Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Jeff Denham (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Steve Pearce (R-NM), Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Don Young (R-AK).
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