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PBS execs, board members silent on glaring wild-horse errors in Emmy-nominated “Human Footprint” series

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Ed Winters, Wild Beauty Foundation edward@winterstonepictures.comErik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, emolvar@westernwatersheds.orgVickery Eckhoff, veckhoff@rcn.com September 4, 2024 Hollywood filmmaker, enviros and journalists urge PBS to correct wild horse errors in “Human Footprint” series A coalition of organizations and journalists has submitted a…

Fact-checking 13-year old photographic images in the Washington Post

Misreporting on wild horses is an out-of-control problem — and Washington Post editors are locked in conflict over fixing errors or letting them stand.

Fact-checking the New York Times: Maps and data expose cattle, not wild horses, as looming crisis.

A third reader submits hard proof of fundamental errors within the same New York Times article, and goes ignored. What does the Times choose to correct? A spelling error.

Fact-checking The New York Times: Sources claim wild horse damage, but photos show cattle did it.

Challis wild horse herds aren't causing land health problems in the Spar Canyon. Domestic cattle — under the management responsibility of the BLM — are. And photos prove it.

Fact-checking 9 errors in the Washington Post, Seattle Times and Houston Chronicle

The Washington Post, Seattle Times and the Houston Chronicle all have a duty to inform the public — not disinform it.

Fact-checking errors and omissions in the New York Times

"4% of “the West” is not, can never be considered “the West,” New York Times . You can't let that stand."

Cattle vs. Wild Horses (2002-2018). All data BLM.

BLM data shows cattle historically outnumber wild horses on federal lands. That data is now public, and could reshape the entire wild horse debate.

Death and Drugs at a Farmer John Pig Farm

An investigation by the international animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) found filthy, inhumane overcrowding at a Farmer John farm, a brand owned by Hormel that produces the popular LA Dodgers' Dodger Dogs.

Investigating China’s Infamous Dog Meat Trade

Started in 2009, the Yulin dog meat festival, with its brutality and filth, has become symbolic of China’s now declining, mostly unregulated dog meat industry, which is responsible for killing between 10 and 20 million dogs for food annually.

There’s Nothing Humane About Whole Foods Turkey

Investigators found birds trapped in feces that covered much of the floor, a half-foot deep in some places; with eyes that were swollen shut, swollen nostrils, open wounds and bruises; missing large patches of feathers; inflamed and swollen crops; and stress bars on their feathers — an indication of poor environmental conditions or severe malnutrition.