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
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The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday captured 14 wild horses on the third and final day of a helicopter roundup at the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area in Utah, bringing the total number removed from the range to 153.
No deaths were reported on Thursday, according to the agency. ... Read More
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-N.M., House Subcommittee on Natural Resources ranking member, has penned a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanding answers about the Bureau of Land Management's change to allow a buyer to purchase 24 wild horses or burros with no waiting period.
BLM instituted the policy change in a memo ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday captured 34 wild horses on the second day of a helicopter roundup at the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area in Utah, bringing the total number removed from the range to 139.
No deaths were reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday, one foal was put down ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday captured 104 wild horses on the first day of a helicopter roundup at the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area in Utah. One foal was put down after suffering a broken leg when kicked by a stud while captured horses were being loaded onto ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management captured 371 wild horses from Aug. 8-Sept. 8 from the Boone Spring area of the Spruce-Pequop Herd Management Area in northeast Nevada.
The agency conducted the "emergency" bait-and-trap roundup due to what it said was a lack of water and forage.
Nine wild horses died during the ... Read More