"Fewer than 70" of 260 captured older wild horses remain available for adoption or for sale at $1 apiece at Modoc National Forest near Alturas, Calif., according to the U.S. Forest Service.
They were among 932 wild horses captured last fall during a helicopter roundup at Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory.
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The grazing fee for the privately owned livestock that dwarf the number of federally protected wild horses and burros has been cut to its lowest possible level, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.
The fee will be $1.35 per Animal Unit Month on ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments on a plan to return about 66 captured wild horses to Warm Springs Herd Management Area after the agency dropped its plan to perform dangerous and costly sterilization surgeries on wild mares.
To read BLM's planning documents and submit a public ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management announced on Wednesday that it will suspend the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area helicopter roundup in Nevada due to weather.
The agency says it may resume the roundup after foaling season.
BLM captured 340 wild horses from Feb. 7-19. No deaths were reported. The ... Read More
Nine stallions and eight mares were captured Tuesday during the ongoing helicopter roundup on the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area near Carson City, Nev., bringing the total number removed from the range to 340.
No deaths have been reported during the planned 575-horse helicopter roundup, which was delayed Feb. 13-17 ... Read More
Five stallions and two mares were captured Monday during the ongoing helicopter roundup on the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area near Carson City, Nev., bringing the total number removed from the range to 323.
No deaths have been reported during the planned 575-horse helicopter roundup, which was delayed Feb. 13-17 ... Read More