As published by The Herald Journal A conference on wild horse and burro management organized with help from Utah State University is encountering criticism from animal advocacy groups, claiming the conference is secretive in nature and not all sides and solutions will be heard. Eric Thacker, a range extension specialist ... Read More

  Critics of a national conference on wild horses, opening this week in Salt Lake City, claim its state organizers have closed the event to the public and excluded key figures in the horse-advocacy community. Utah State University is hosting the three-day event starting Tuesday in an effort to provide participants “with ... Read More

Wild Horse Nation, As the days tick away until Congress votes on the fate of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros, it’s seemingly business as usual with our federal government. The Bureau of Land Management busied itself capturing more wild horses. ... Read More

  On Aug. 16, the U.S. Government Accountability Office Accountability Office released a 34-page report on America's horses, wild and domestic. Statement from Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation: Unfortunately, this U.S. Government Accountability Office report represents more time and money spent by Congress without holding the Bureau of Land Management responsible for decades ... Read More

  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will huddle with Rep. Chris Stewart and others at a wild horse and burro “summit” Aug. 22-24 in Salt Lake City – an event closed to the voices of wild horse advocates. The invitation-only event is far cry from the discussion about wild horses that he suggested in ... Read More