BREAKING NEWS! Legal Battles and more!
From:Wild Horse Education [mailto:wildhorseeducation=gmail.com@createsend4.com] On Behalf Of Wild Horse Education
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:47 PM
To: bellringer@fourwinds10.com
Subject: BREAKING NEWS! Legal Battles and more!
Letter from Leigh
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Legal Highlights
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First Amendment Suit Joined by Major Media Organizations!
The four year fight to gain access to wild horses and burros during capture and holding by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been joined through Amicus briefs sent to the Ninth Circuit Court by major press organizations. This case has been a huge commitment in time and resource but we are making incredible strides to resolving this issue once and for all; the public has an undeniable "right to know!"
“The public has a right to see what happens during wild horse roundups on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. Because of their remote location, the only effective way for the public to monitor BLM’s activities is through visual recordings by media representatives such as plaintiff- appellant Laura Leigh. Although the court below correctly recognized that there is a public and press right of access to such activities, it gave excessive weight to the Government’s justifications for limiting access to the horse gathers. In particular, it afforded too much discretion to the Government to decide whether observing the gathers was safe, without recognizing that journalists routinely – and critically – face far more dangerous situations on a regular basis without official interference or protection. In its holding, the court below denied meaningful public and press access to the horse roundups, while sustaining unconstitutional restrictions on such access. The lower court’s decision should be reversed.”
To view a full listing of organizations in the Amici Curiae brief go to Wild Horse Education.
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Big Media Attention Coming This Fall!
The Travel Channel is beginning a new series this fall. Wild Horses are included in the premiere line-up! Travel Channel (TC) contacted Leigh and WHE helped TC set an itinerary that included interviews with BLM, an Advisory Board member, rancher, adopters, other advocates and of course meeting wild horses “wild and free” and during capture. The Travel Channel even chose Dave Philipps to be their on camera reporter! READ HERE>>> In September of last year investigative journalist and Pulitzer prize nominee, Dave Philipps, broke a story showing 1700 wild horses were sold by the BLM to one kill buyer, Tom Davis. Wild Horse Education assisted in the investigation after a relationship was formed with Laura Leigh and Philipps at the Stone Cabin roundup earlier that year. READ HERE>>> |
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Together We Will Create Change! |
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This fall will continue to be intense! We will announce court hearings as they are scheduled, continue to bring you news from the range and many projects that we have been actively engaged in will be announced as they become public knowledge. Check our website or Join our Facebook page for Alerts. Onward! |
