The Bureau of Land Management was set to begin on Tuesday a bait-and-trap operation to remove up to 20 burros that it says are "damaging private property, land and crops" outside the Hickison Summit Burro Range Herd Management Area southeast of Austin, Nevada.
According to BLM planning documents, a private ... Read More
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The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday confirmed that it plans to sell online and in person the older horses captured during a recent helicopter roundup at Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory for $1 apiece.
Though the wild horses will be sold with limitations -- including that they cannot be sold to ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management ended its helicopter roundup at the Silver King Herd Management Area in Nevada with 996 total wild horses captured and 19 dead.
During the final three days of the roundup, Friday-Sunday, 106 wild horses were captured and six died. Of those, three were put down for what BLM ... Read More
Update: The Utah Bureau of Land Management announced on Friday, Dec., 14, that it was moving forward with its delayed plans to capture and remove wild horses from the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area. No roundup start date has been announced. Click to read the BLM press release. ... Read More
The U.S. Forest Service intends to begin selling older wild horses captured from the Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory in Northern California for $1 apiece with limitations on the uses of those horses, including that they cannot be sold to slaughter.
While horse slaughter and the transport of wild horses with ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday captured 61 wild horses during the ongoing helicopter roundup at the Silver King Herd Management Area in Nevada. No horses were captured on Wednesday, according to BLM.
Two wild horses were put down during that span:
an 11-year-old bay stud described as "emaciated and ... Read More