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Alpine Wild Horses: Cease and Desist and Moratorium suggested on 9/24/24

Also to:CC:
Governor Ducey
Now Governor Katie Hobbs.
Terry Lincoln, Az Department of Agriculture
Kevin McFee, Az Department of Agriculture
Randy Porter, Az Department of Agriculture
Kurt Davis, Az Department of Game and Fish
Ryan Patterson, Apache County Manager and Clerk of the Board
Derek Rapier Greenlee County Administrator
David Gomez, Greenlee County Board of Supervisors
John Scruggs, Apache County Sheriff’s Office
Tim Sumner Greenlee County Sheriff

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WHOA Updates its Mission Statement as Required due to continuous Unequal Protection of a Political class of Wild Horse Advocates under the law.

Wild Horse Observers Association (WHOA) was formed by Placitas, New Mexico community members to protect and preserve the remaining wild horses and their habitats in the areas of Placitas, New Mexico, the state of New Mexico, and all the United … Continue reading

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NM State’s Wild Horses Are Legally Protected since 2007 and are therefore subject to the NM Animal Cruelty Law and the NM Fence Out Law as upheld by the NM Appellate Court.

The Wild Horse Observers Association Filed Suit in Defense of NM State’s Protected Wild Horses on Nov. 20, 2023 with change of venu accomplished on 5/13/2024. versus NMLB, Sandoval County Commissioners, Sandoval Sheriff Jessie James Casaus, and three citizens For … Continue reading

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The False-Alarm-Ordinance to BAN Watering or Feeding, TARGETING “Wild Horses” in Sandoval County NM — It is not law, it is not on the books, and is fraudulently worse.

It is an abusive and illegal RUSE against the 86% and against NM’s Protected Wild Horses, all for a Highway and Development on Federal Public Lands through Placitas, La Madera, and Puertecito without Due Process. By Patience O’Dowd, president, Wild … Continue reading

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Opposition to Sandoval County NM Proposed Ordinance to Ban Feeding or Watering of Wild Horses in Placitas to “improve road safety”. “Cattle” Guards for Safety are prevalent across NM and US, but NONE in Placitas.

While BULLS ROLL CARS and kill people. Deer are hit from the Sandia Mountain all the way to I25 near exit 242. Wild horses are not near I 25. To: Sandoval County Commissioners, Wayne Johnson Mgr. S.C., Mitchico Martin USDA … Continue reading

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Postponement Request of SB301 and SB271 (Scheduled in HAAWC Tues) for Negotiation of NM Wild Equine Board under NM State Parks Dept.

To: Dear Senator Brenda McKenna, Representative Matthew McQueen, cc Senator Carrie Hamblen, Thank you for your response in the email string (See Attachment 1) which I will address herein. To: Dear Citizens of New Mexico, From: Patience O’Dowd for WHOA, … Continue reading

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Meeting with Represenative McQueen 2/14/2023

Mr. Miles and I Met in person with in Santa Fe Round House per my request of Feb 11, 2023 https://whoanm.org/wordpress/?p=1201 . For our meeting of 2/14/2023 I provided a printout of the information below for discussion. This information clearly … Continue reading

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WHOA’s proactive and respectful road safety suggestions to NMDOT in 2019 and to Sandoval County Manager NM in 2021. (However, neither interested. . . clearly rather risk people, rather than protect wild horses.)

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REQUEST FOR NEGOTIATION

Good Afternnoon Representative McQueen, I have provided a number of compromise bills, mediations, alternatives, etc.  The state seems rabid to continue their 52-year grinder for NM’s wild horse wipe out. I have sucessfully worked with ranchers using this plan:  The … Continue reading

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GOVERNMENTAL PROTECTED WILD HORSE SABOTAGE IN PLACITAS NM

KILLED FOR A CAUSE? AFFIDAVIT I, Patience O’Dowd of Sandoval County NM, do swear under penalty of perjury that the following statements are true to the best of my understanding and recollection. On 1/19/23, I arrived at the scene of … Continue reading

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