Running for ReRun

ReRun Launches New Program to Benefit Former Runners
Date Posted: 7/27/2005 1:14:43 PM
Last Updated: 7/27/2005 3:40:17 PM

ReRun Inc., the national non-profit Thoroughbred adoption group, is
launching its new program "Running for ReRun" at Saratoga Race Course
July 30. "Running for ReRun" allows a horse owner to donate a portion of
the horse's earnings to the ReRun program.

The first horse signed up for the program is Cooking the Books, owned by
ReRun's vice-president Felice Busto's Sea Horse NJ Stables. Cooking the
Books, a 3-year-old New York-bred trained by Barclay Tagg, will donate a
percentage of earnings from his race to ReRun. Jockey Richard Migliore
will wear the ReRun name on his pants during the race to raise awareness
for the program.

The names of horses and owners who participate and donate a portion of
their earnings from a race will be posted on ReRun's Web site and
recognized periodically in major racing publications.

ReRun promotes Thoroughbreds as a versatile breed and has found a niche
in matching racehorses' temperaments, talents, and physical capabilities
with prospective adopters. The organization, founded in Kentucky in
1998, has chapters in New York, Virginia, Kentucky, New Jersey, and
Illinois.

ReRun's executive director, Laurie Condurso Lane, said, "We hope other
owners will support this effort by donating a portion of their earnings
to ReRun."

Lane added, "It can take months to transition a racehorse from the track
to a new home and, during that time ReRun pays board, veterinary, and
other expenses. ReRun operates primarily with volunteers, while
fundraising and donations enable us to offer these important adoption
services."

Busto, who got involved in racing as a result of acquiring an
ex-racehorse five years ago, said she hoped to encourage other owners to
follow suit. "People don't realize that these highly trained athletes
can later excel in second careers as hunters, jumpers, dressage, or
trail riding prospects -- you name it."

Articles.

JULY 27, 2005
Grazing Rules Ride on Doctored Science
Veteran scientists leave the BLM in frustration

BY TONY DAVIS

When government scientists first reviewed a proposed overhaul of U.S. Bureau of Land Management grazing regulations, the resulting reports read as if they had been written by environmentalists.


In separate internal reports written two years ago, scientists from the BLM and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service warned that the BLM's new rules could or would damage wildlife, water supplies, streamside areas, vegetation and endangered species. The Wildlife Service's report also said that the rules would tend to give grazing a higher priority than other uses, remove the public from the decision-making process, and give away public rights on public land.

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BLM to gather wild horses from blackened rangeland


July 27, 2005 4:12 PM

The Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho The Bureau of Land Management will use wranglers and a helicopter tomorrow morning to begin rounding up 350 wild horses in danger of starving after a wildfire blackened their range in southern Idaho.

Since the Clover Fire was put out in mid-July, B-L-M workers have been working to repair a pipeline to provide water for the Saylor Creek Herd.

The horses are feeding on a patchwork of unburned islands in the 300-square-mile blackened area.

But officials fear they won't survive.

They'll round them up beginning tomorrow and put them in temporary corrals. Some will be offered for adoption while others will eventually be returned to the range.