Through Monday, U.S. Forest Service has captured a total of 513 wild horses at the Devils Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in Northern California.
Six wild horses have died, so far. The Forest Service has provided little detail, except that five horses have been put down for what it says were preexisting ... Read More
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Through Monday, the Bureau of Land Management has captured 838 wild horses, 32 burros and two mules at the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon during a helicopter roundup preceding a planned spay study on 100 wild mares.
Of the animals captured, 32 have died, including one each on Friday and ... Read More
Dear Friends,
All of us at Return to Freedom have been moved by the outpouring of interest from our supporters and the public at large in protecting some of the last vestiges of California’s largest wild horse herd from slaughter.
The U.S. Forest Service is currently conducting a helicopter roundup of 1,000 ... Read More
SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal district court judge decided this week to allow a coalition of advocates to intervene as defendants in a suit filed by Beaver County, Utah, which would threaten wild horses and tie the hands of those that manage them.
The county wants to force the Bureau ... Read More
Through Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management has captured 728 wild horses, 30 burros and two mules at the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon during a helicopter roundup preceding a planned spay study on 100 wild mares.
Of the animals captured, 30 have died, including two more on Tuesday, ... Read More
A 6-month-old sorrel filly died on Monday at the Warm Springs Herd Management in Oregon, bringing to 28 the number of animals that have died during the ongoing helicopter roundup there.
The foal's preliminary cause of death was listed as "gather myopathy." Capture myopathy is muscle damage caused by extreme exertion, ... Read More