Wild horses are facing life-and-death votes in Congress, so it’s critical for their supporters to find ways to urge lawmakers and the public to stand with America’s herds before it's too late.
Writing a letter to the editor of your local or regional paper is an easy way to spread the ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
As published by The Washington Times
A federal appeals court has delivered a victory to wild horse enthusiasts, ordering the U.S. Forest Service to restore 23,000 acres of critical land as protected horse country in California — and showed judges taking an increasingly dim view of agencies’ decision-making.
The government had ... Read More
Update: This roundup is now scheduled to begin after Sept. 15, 2017.
Public comment is due Aug. 10 on the Bureau of Land Management's plan to capture and remove 1,560 wild horses from three herds in southwest Wyoming's Checkerboard region.
Written comments are due Aug. 10, 2017. ... Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Aug. 4, 2017 – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to cut the size of the habitat area for California’s largest remaining wild horse herd. The court characterized as “arbitrary and capricious the USFS’ ... Read More
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Wednesday re-introduced a Senate version of the SAFE Act, which would ban horse slaughter within the United States and the transportation of American horses to slaughter abroad.
Specifically, the bill, S. 1706 ... Read More
As published by the Reno Gazette-Journal
Wild horses have long been a symbol of the American West, and Nevada is home to more than half, almost 35,000 at last count.
Yet the horses and wild burros, on about 27 million acres in 10 Western states, have not ... Read More