By a vote of 92-6, the U.S. Senate handed a win to wild and domestic horses on Wednesday by approving a Fiscal Year 2019 “mini-bus” appropriations package that included protective language for wild horses and burros as well as an anti-slaughter provision.
Our work is far from over, however.
That’s because the ... Read More
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Not everyone appears to be happy about a deal struck between the Bureau of Land Management and the Pine Nut Wild Horse Association.
A police report has been filed after advocates found someone shot up the water tanks supplying the horses on Monday.
"We thought it was ... Read More
One of more than 1,400 wild horses captured during the recent Owyhee helicopter roundup that will be offered for adoption by the Bureau of Land Management. All photos by Steve Paige. 2016
The Bureau of Land Management is set to begin as soon as today another emergency bait-and-trap roundup, this one ... Read More
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
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
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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