THE WILD HORSE CRISIS OUT WEST CONTINUES

Celebrities are fighting it, deals are being brokered, and two proposals are sitting in Congress to end it. So why are horses still being slaughtered in droves?
By Leslie Macmillan

“Head ranger Phillips ordered journalists there not to document the event, telling me and photographer Sam Minkler, who is Navajo, “I will escort you off the reservation.”

How does Ranger Phillips get away with preventing journalists from taking photos and documenting a news worthy event especially when at least one of them are Navajo? 

Read more: Horse Slaughter Continues In The West – The Wild Horse Crisis Out West Continues – Esquire

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