The Fiscal Year 2019 Interior Appropriations bill approved unanimously by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday would keep in place prohibitions against killing healthy wild horses and burros or selling them for slaughter.
“We appreciate that Senate Appropriators are listening to their constituents, who expect America’s wild horses and burros ... Read More
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CRAIG, COLORADO — The wild horses in Moffat County’s Sand Wash Basin will not be receiving supplemental water at least not right now.
The Bureau of Land Management told the Wild Horse Warriors for Sand Wash Basin advocacy groups Tuesday that the agency would ... Read More
Despite the ready availability of safe, proven fertility control vaccines and public opposition to sterilization, the Bureau of Land Management has repeatedly pushed for such costly, unproven surgeries as a way to curb wild horse population growth.
RTF opposes sterilization for a number of reasons:
No clear vision: This shift is not part ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing a pair of proposals to relocate wild horses from the western United States to Guyana and Russia, part of an ongoing effort to manage the growing population.
British cowboy and philanthropist Stan Brock told HuffPost he has been working with the governments of ... Read More
Dear Wild Horse Advocate,
On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill amendment that would give wide leeway for the Interior secretary to order the use of dangerous sterilization surgeries on wild horses and burros.
“…The Secretary of the Interior may hereafter manage any group of wild horses or burros ... Read More
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a spending bill amendment that would give wide leeway for the Interior secretary to order the use of dangerous sterilization surgeries on wild horses and burros.
“…The Secretary of the Interior may hereafter manage any group of wild horses or burros as a non-reproducing ... Read More