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A wild horse in temporary holding after being captured during a 2012 Bureau of Land Management roundup on the Pancake Complex in Nevada. The complex includes the Jakes Wash Herd Area, where the agency is slated to start an ... Read More
August 27, 2020Cory Golden
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A contractor's helicopter drives wild horses toward the trap site during a 2017 roundup in Wyoming's Checkerboard region. RTF file photo by Steve Paige. Twelve animals died and 1,872 wild horses and burros were captured during ... Read More
August 25, 2020Cory Golden
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A helicopter pursues a wild horse at the Sulphur Horse Management Area during a 2017 roundup. RTF file photo by Steve Paige. The Bureau of Land Management captured 55 wild horses on Wednesday, the 10th day ... Read More
August 25, 2020Cory Golden
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A note from Return to Freedom: For the Bureau of Land Management to reduce the need for short- and long-term holding it must put a robust fertility control program in place so that euthanasia of healthy horses, unrestricted sales and slaughter remain off the table and roundups can finally be phased out. But, ... Read More
August 22, 2020Cory Golden
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Wild horses in a temporary holding pen after being captured during a 2018 helicopter roundup at the Triple B Complex in Nevada. BLM file photo.  The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday completed a 24-day "emergency" ... Read More
August 21, 2020Cory Golden
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Photo taken at RTF's San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary by Deb Hofstetter. The Interior Department’s Inspector General announced this week that Bureau of Land Management staff working in the Wild Horse and Burro Program misused ... Read More
August 20, 2020Cory Golden