News and Noteworthy

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  Sutter, a 31-year-old palomino stallion who lives at Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary near Lompoc, Calif., will become the first horse born wild on the range inducted into the Horse Stars Hall of Fame. The EQUUS Foundation selected ... Read More
March 24, 2017AnnieFannie
  As published by The Associated Press Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge in Cheyenne has ordered the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to re-evaluate plans for a wild horse roundup in central Wyoming. U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal told the BLM on Monday to reconsider how the roundup ... Read More
March 21, 2017AnnieFannie
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Wild Horse Nation Green – lots of it! On this St. Patrick’s Day here at Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary, there’s green on the rolling hills where wild horses are standing with tails swishing in the sunshine, green in the oak forest ... Read More
March 17, 2017AnnieFannie
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  Just four spots remain for a special photo safari led by renowned equine photographer Tony Stromberg on Monday, March 20, starting with a light picnic lunch at 1:30 p.m. and ending at dusk. Join Tony at our 2,000-acre satellite sanctuary in San Luis Obispo County, home to 70 wild horses and 16 burros ... Read More
March 17, 2017AnnieFannie
  A deadline of April 4 has been set for public comments on the Bureau of Land Management's plan to capture and remove next fall 1,029 wild horses from Herd Management Areas in Wyoming's Checkerboard region. BLM's goal is to reach the low end of Appropriate Management Levels at the Salt Wells Creek (current ... Read More
March 17, 2017AnnieFannie
As published by Ruidoso News The task of conducting a habitat study and then managing wild horse herds in New Mexico would be costly and time-consuming, and would divert resources of the conservation arm of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department from indigenous wildlife management, according to ... Read More
March 16, 2017AnnieFannie