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tCm: All this seems like a violation of our First Amendment rights, our
freedom to be on our public land and the rights in place for the horses.
Whats up with that?
RT: Without a doubt, it has become a fight for our First Amendment
rights and that is the biggest battle we pursue in court at the cost of thousands of dollars. Laura Leigh is the plaintiff on what we call our “First
Amendment Case” due to the fact that she was denied access to view the
roundup in 2010. The judge said it’s a mote point as the roundup was
over. But we believed although the round up was over, the issue was not.
And we pursued it all the way to the 9th Circuit Court proving a violation
of our First Amendment rights and that Judge concurred with us and in
our favor. The BLM is actively fighting our case against transparency as
they have a lot to hide as horses are being killed and abused during these
stampedes. It has been proven that wild horses are slipping out the back
door to Mexico for slaughter. That’s why we are moved to the far ends of
the roundups where we can’t document anything. The BLM has a lot to
hide.
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tCm: What is the Wild Horse Freedom Federation?
RT: The WHFF is in existence primarily for one reason: fighting the
corruption in the BLM. We have a legal team that is researching kinks
and dents in the BLM in an effort to put them in a legal tailspin because
we, and thousands of others, believe the BLM is violating laws and mismanaging our public lands including the wild horses on it. WHFF supplies our legal team with the funds and with grants to legally battle this
agency for the betterment of these herds, our public lands, and to establish transparency. We are in existence exclusively to challenge the Federal and State Governments are these pressing issue and violations of our
First Amendment rights and freedoms. We have a strong legal team
spearheaded by Bruce Wagmen, a prominent and premiere wild animal
advocate attorney.
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