Faced with high winds and a forecast calling for snow, the Bureau of Land Management has ended early the helicopter drive trapping of wild horses at Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area in Utah. The roundup had been scheduled to continue until Feb. 27.
On Tuesday, BLM started ... Read More
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Fifty-one wild horses were captured on Sunday during the Bureau of Land Management's ongoing helicopter roundup at the Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area in Utah.
That brings the total trapped to 534 since Feb. 11. Two horses have been euthanized. No other physical injuries have been reported by the agency.
On Sunday, a new ... Read More
Update: RTF has received several questions about what happened to a pinto mare and foal photographed while being captured on Thursday. The pair remain separated. The mare is in temporary holding and will be released after being treated with fertility control vaccine. The foal has been transported to the Delta Wild Horse ... Read More
Ninety-four wild horses were captured on Friday during the Bureau of Land Management's ongoing helicopter roundup at the Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area in Utah.
That brings to 483 the number of wild horses captured since the roundup began on Feb. 11. Two have been euthanized. No other physical injuries have been ... Read More
About 100 wild horses were captured on Thursday during the Bureau of Land Management's ongoing helicopter roundup at the Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area in Utah.
Among them: a pinto mare and foal that made several desperate attempts to escape (see photos below). They were repeatedly pursued until the mare entered the ... Read More
An 11-year-old bay pinto mare and 22-year-old buckskin stud have been euthanized at the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup in Utah.
They marked the first deaths that the Bureau of Land Management has reported since the roundup began on Feb. 11, according to the agency.
The mare died "due to ... Read More