Statement from Neda DeMayo, Founder and President of Return to Freedom:
"It’s disheartening to hear that the Advisory Board has made the same backwards recommendations that caused an emotional backlash from the public each the last two years. The challenge we’re presented with on our public lands is not the fault ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
The Bureau of Land Management has captured 419 wild horses and seven burros and 24 animals have died during the first week of a helicopter roundup preceding a planned sterilization study of about 100 wild mares.
BLM intends to remove about 652 wild horses ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management recently concluded an "emergency" bait-and-trap roundup at the Antelope Valley and Goshute Herd Management Areas in Nevada. A total of 902 wild horses were captured from Sept. 19-Oct. 2.
Twelve wild horses were killed for "pre-existing conditions" and three as a direct result of the roundup.... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has captured 226 wild horses and six burros and eight animals have died during the first three days of a helicopter roundup preceding a planned sterilization study of about 100 wild mares.
BLM intends to remove about 652 wild ... Read More
The president on Sept. 28 signed a Continuing Resolution that will fund the government until Dec. 7. For the time being, language from the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations package remains in place for wild horse management and horse slaughter.
The short-term extension will mean prohibitions against killing healthy unadopted wild horses ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has captured 852 wild horses and put down 21 during the ongoing emergency helicopter roundup at the Owyhee Complex in Nevada.
Through Wednesday, 365 mares, 332 studs and 155 foals had been captured, with 35 studs and 25 treated mares returned to the range, according ... Read More