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
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August 21, 2017AnnieFannie
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
August 19, 2017AnnieFannie
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
August 19, 2017AnnieFannie
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
August 18, 2017AnnieFannie
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday captured 63 wild horses during a second day and final of helicopter drive trapping at the Bible Springs Complex near Minersville, Utah.
A total of 125 wild horses were captured during the two-day roundup. No wild horses were injured on Wednesday, according to the BLM. A ... Read More
August 16, 2017AnnieFannie
The Bureau of Land Management captured 62 wild horses in helicopter drive trapping on the first day of its roundup at the Bible Springs Complex near Minersville, Utah, Aug. 15-19.
One horse, a five-year old bay stud, was euthanized "due to a preexisting injury to the fetlock area of the left rear leg which ... Read More
August 16, 2017AnnieFannie