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Big Sky country, bigger abuse

Tragic tales of animal abuse and neglect stain the beauty of the Last Best Place.

by Wendy Beye, May 13, 2011
Let me tell you about a real winter

A Wyoming rancher remembers the winter of 1979 -- what it was like tending cattle at 52 below zero.

by Mary Flitner, Feb 21, 2011
Room for everyone

A "hodgepodge of humanity" visits Mojave desert hot springs -- and there's room enough for all.

by Brad Monsma, Dec 06, 2010
Got warriors?

On Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation, Stanford Addison – a quadriplegic Northern Arapaho horse gentler – helps Indian boys through their difficult teenage years.

by Lisa Jones , Apr 29, 2009
Even four-footed employees deserve to retire

Susan Ives tells the story of Edith Ann, a faithful horse that narrowly escaped euthanasia when the Park Service decided she was too old and gimpy to be of further use.

by Susan Ives, Nov 12, 2007
Even four-footed employees deserve to retire

Susan Ives tells the story of Edith Ann, a faithful horse that narrowly escaped euthanasia when the Park Service decided she was too old and gimpy to be of further use.

by Susan Ives, Nov 12, 2007
They don’t have to shoot horses

At the Rolling Dog Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Montana, blind horses, dogs and cats find a second chance.

by Charles Finn, Aug 06, 2007
Advice from a horse

An HCN intern goes for a backcountry horse ride, and learns that while sharing trails can be a challenge, the payoff is worth it.

by Eve Rickert, Jun 15, 2007
The case for filet of filly

Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat.

by Sharon O’Toole, Apr 30, 2007
They shoot horses, don’t they? Not any more

Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat.

by Sharon O’Toole, Apr 16, 2007