The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to capture and remove 2,700 wild horses in two helicopter roundups in Nevada.
The BLM has no plans to treat and release horses with proven, safe and humane fertility control, meaning that the agency will soon return to the same areas to remove more ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
Originally published June 16, 2026
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is expanding public awareness of the plight of America’s wild horses through a new public service announcement (PSA) featuring acclaimed actor and longtime advocate Ed Harris.
The PSA highlights the beauty, history, ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management recently completed a bait-and-trap roundup in which 425 burros and 97 wild horses were captured and removed from the Spring Mountains Complex, about 60 miles from Las Vegas.
One burro, a 13-year-old jenny, died from a broken neck during the three-month roundup, which ended June ... Read More
Seventeen members of Congress sent a letter to the Trump administration on Wednesday urging the president to sign an executive order permanently banning horse slaughter.
Live horse exports to Mexico have been suspended due to the discovery of new world screwworm in Texas.
“A permanent ban on the export of American ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management this week completed a bait-and-trap roundup in which 1,001 wild horses were captured and 16 killed.
The roundup, which began in March, took place on the Antelope and Triple B Herd Management Area complexes near Elko, Nev. It was conducted using temporary traps made of corral ... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has restricted the export of live animals to Mexico — including the shipping of horses and other equines to slaughter — due to the detection of New World screwworm in the United States.
The halt comes as Congress is moving closer to finally imposing a ban ... Read More