Celeste Carlisle of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation has been appointed to a three-year term on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The nine-member board is tasked with providing advice to the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service on wild horse and burro policy ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
It’s been another rough year for wild horses. Return to Freedom continues the fight with a physical presence on Capitol Hill working every day for our wild horses and burros – but we need your help.
As of this writing, Congress is hammering out a short-term extension on funding for the ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has captured 232 wild horses and two have died during an "emergency" helicopter roundup at the Eagle Herd Management Area in Lincoln County, Nevada.
Through Tuesday, a total 103 mares, 59 foals and 70 studs had been captured during the roundup, which began on Sept. ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management plans to capture 1,175 wild horses during a 30-day "emergency" helicopter roundup at the Owyhee Complex in Nevada following a 438,000-acre wildfire there.
Of the captured wild horses, BLM will treat with fertility control vaccine and release "up to" 150 mares and release as many as ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is to begin an "emergency" bait-and-trap roundup operation as soon as today, Sept. 18, of about 900 wild horses and the Antelope Valley and Goshute Herd Management Areas in Nevada.
The roundup is being conducted "due to deteriorating animal health from lack of water ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management this week announced that intends to go forward with its plan to sterilize about 100 wild mares, including pregnant mares, as part of a helicopter roundup at the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon. The agency will do so despite research partner Colorado ... Read More