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We see a lot of Fraudulent situations that make money and from your donation money to them, on Facebook; in particular, on the Wild Horse Advocacy pages and posts. Keep in mind, the money donated to these people go to themselves directly, into their pockets, and not the Wild nor Domestic Horses, what so ever.

Groups such as Veteran’s for Mustangs, Animal Wellness, and all of their other “Shell Groups”, are not, nor ever have been setup to assist horses, and they are not administered by any Military Veterans (very illegal and people have served prison time for misrepresenting themselves in these matters, and all money had to be returned, as history shows us quite well); rather, they (most of them) have previous histories of ripping off the Public using Charities and non-profits to do so. These groups here, I mention specifically, but more on FB that need to be approached, do have a history of such.

For further information on this, go to the AARP page: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2019/veterans-charity.html

The sad fact is, when money goes to them, there is that much “LESS DONATION MONEY” that can go to a legitimate Non-Profit, rather than these commercialized and illegal ventures to scam money from innocent people thinking they are doing something for the Wild Horses.

The best thing I can tell you is to beware of these organizations, as we will be taking them to task in the future — and use the Laws provided to assist us in filing charges as well, against these people, and under several other Laws that have been developed to protect the Donators as well as protect the integrity of the terms, such as Veterans, et al . . .

Many of the scams and fraudulent activity on FB needs to be attended to. These sites to be taken down . . . as well as the people arrested, most often, for Fraud and Scamming the Public out of their money — all the while misrepresenting the situation at hand . . .

One of the major reasons nothing has really been accomplished Directly For the Wild Horses in 20 years or 30 years now! Now there is no excuse, and many other options available, rather than the misleading groups that state there is only One Option — which is not true – but simply more misinformation.

BE AWARE . . . Misinformation and Disinformation strategies, are obvious if one knows what they are looking at . . .

If I had my choice of things to do, I would sit and enjoy the calm of the woods in the Pacific Northwest, all the while Riding the Trails up here on Horseback, and camp where and when we want; especially, on a sunny, and perhaps a cool day.  But like so many of us here in this group, and so many other people here in the Northwest, we all know of the plight of the Wild Horses on Our Nation’s Public Lands.  And, all of us simply want to do something about it.

As Vietnam Veterans, all of us here, we know the extravagance of our government and how it turns against America’s Icons, both Veterans’ and Wild Horses’, when the situation suites them, or when personal monetary gain is at hand.  As Veteran’s we can, and many do, directly relate to the Wild Horses, Wolves, and many other Wildlife, indeed.

Oddly, we find today, the commercialized non-profits, and others, are also obtaining monetary awards, through subsidies, grants, and donations, i.e., mostly from taxpayer money – and we have something to say about that, in particular.  These people, hypocrites all of them, turn their backs on American Icons’ often, for profit; yet, wave the American Flag high, and assume their patriotism to be first and foremost, and the hell with everything and everybody else.

Some of the factual information we have gathered, well, we would rather not have seen it, but we did and a lot of it needs to go public.  It is not just a matter of those of us, experienced horse people and those who work with horses’ daily, that can get-things-done, but we need help from those whose ego, or awareness of themselves and secure with themselves, or, those who do not out-rightly fear horses, are all who have the ability to help.  Psychopathic liars, narcissists’, profiteers who would simply exploit the Wild Horses for their own benefit, thieves and grifters – Need Not Apply.

Today, right now, we see the tragedy first-hand, for about 20 to 30 years now, of nothing getting done to Save Wild Horses.  Yes, the lies much more extravagant from the corrupted government agencies involved (e.g., Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forestry, and the Department of the Interior) as well as the corrupted and commercialized non-profits’ of today.  False Narrative’s quite abundant.

Yes, it is just time American’s step-up to the plate, so to speak, and get things done that need to resolve the current situations of the Wild Horses.  The current mess in government (for decades now) as well as the current corrupt affairs of what is called the Public Lands Ranching – Grazing Permit Programs, needs stopped. 

They do nothing, and have not done so for decades now, and our Public Lands suffer greatly.  Our Public Lands continue to be destroyed by their lack of management as well as their programmed lies and false-narratives’ that contribute to the current mass of False Information (referred to as Disinformation – if confused look it up) which resolves nothing, but rather, makes particular commercialized non-profit groups, and very few people, very rich.  This is where the False-Narratives’ and the False-Information is developed and comes from . . . This is simple:  Be Aware.