News and Noteworthy

onaqui
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are set to begin as soon as Sunday a helicopter roundup of 250 wild horses in and around the North Hills Joint Management Area northwest of Enterprise, Utah. As part of an updated plan for the 74,000-acre Joint Management Area, the agencies ... Read More
December 12, 2019Cory Golden
DG in SLO
The U.S. Forest Service is now selling remaining Devil’s Garden wild horses ages 10-younger for $25 apiece with restrictions against slaughter. On Jan. 10, USFS plans to drop the price of all wild horses still at the Double Devil Corrals in Modoc National Forest near Alturas, Calif., to $1 apiece regardless ... Read More
December 11, 2019Cory Golden
New-rules-for-managing-wild-horses-burros-on-horizon
As published by United Press International Federal agents soon might expand methods to manage wild horses and burros on public lands, including unrestricted sales that could lead to slaughter for meat and sterilizing on the range, according to a rule proposed by the Department of Interior. An explosion in the number ... Read More
December 9, 2019Cory Golden
las vegas sun
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture are seeking public comment to study a single-dose contraceptive that could help control wild horse populations across Nevada by temporarily halting wild mare fertility. Since the passage of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in 1971, ... Read More
December 6, 2019Cory Golden
horizontal horse slaughter sign
This fall, digital billboards in New York City’s Times Square have alerted throngs of tourists about the need to spare horses from slaughter and protect the wild horses that still roam our public lands. Those Return to Freedom billboards and more like them coming to ... Read More
December 6, 2019Cory Golden
Irene Vejar
Dear Friends, On this holiday when we pause to give thanks, we are grateful – –​ grateful for the opportunity to work each day to protect America’s mustangs: a symbol of freedom inspiring not only Americans but people all over the world, –​ grateful for the support that enables us to care all year long for 465 wild horses and ... Read More
November 28, 2019Cory Golden