The Bureau of Land Management plans to use helicopter drive-trapping to capture and remove 149 wild horses from the Muddy Creek Herd Management in Utah.
BLM cites “declining rangeland health, overpopulation and continued drought conditions” as its reasons for removing the wild horses. The animals removed from the range will be prepared ... Read More
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Beginning Aug. 1, Bureau of Land Management plans to begin the capture and removal of 200 “excess” wild horses during a planned eight-day helicopter roundup at the Bible Springs Complex and Sulphur Herd Management Area in Utah.
Horses removed from the range will be transported to the BLM contract facility in ... Read More
As published by The Record-Courier
A proposal to round up about 70 horses in the Fish Springs herd in Nevada is on hold while local advocates work out a plan with the Bureau of Land Management.
Advocates for the Fish Springs herd said Friday they've been in ... Read More
As published by U.S. News & World Report
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them.
For what they say is the first time, volunteer ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is set to begin removing as soon as today about 250 wild horses from the Deep Spring area of the Antelope Valley Herd Management Area in Utah.
BLM says it is conducting the roundup on the 463,540-acre Antelope Valley Herd Management Area due to lack of ... Read More
If Congress does not step in to stop a new Bureau of Land Management sales policy, thousands more wild horses and burros are likely to end up in documents like these posted by Canadian horse advocates.
In May, BLM put into place a ... Read More