As published by Yahoo News
WASHINGTON — The Department of Interior is quietly preparing to offer hundreds of thousands of acres of public land for leasing to energy companies, a move critics have charged is being undertaken with minimal public input and little consideration for ecological and cultural preservation.
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News and Noteworthy
As published by Statesman Journal
The Bureau of Land Management aims to use a helicopter to capture wild horses in Central Oregon, then perform a rare surgery on 100 animals, in which a mare’s ovaries will be removed by crushing and pulling them out with a looped-chain instrument.
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As published by FairWarning.org
Wild horses have long been an evocative symbol of the American West. When wild horses and burros were threatened with extinction nearly 50 years ago, Congress rode to the rescue with a law providing broad protections.
Horse numbers have soared, however, ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday ended its "emergency" bait-and-trap roundup at the Pancake Herd Management Area.
BLM captured a total of 89 wild horses: 41 mares, 33 studs and 15 foals beginning on July 9, according to its gather reports. Three wild horses were put down:
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The National Wild Horse Advisory Board is set to meet Oct. 9-11 in Salt Lake City.
At its last two meetings, the nine-member board voted 8-1 to recommend the Bureau of Land Management "euthanize" -- shoot -- wild horses and burros. Fortunately, while the advisory board is tasked with providing ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is set to begin on Sept. 11 a helicopter roundup to capture and remove 149 wild horses from the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area in Utah. The roundup is expected to last about six days.
BLM cites “declining rangeland health, overpopulation and continued drought conditions” as ... Read More