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
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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
Contractors captured 116 wild horses on Tuesday during the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup in western Utah.
A total of 277 wild horses have been captured since the roundup began on Feb. 11. No deaths have been reported, according to the agency.
The wild horses continue to appear ... Read More
Thirty-three wild horses were captured on Monday during the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup in western Utah.
The captured wild horses came in hot, with steam rising off of their bodies in the trap pens and even after sorting and loading into trailers (see photos below).
No wild horse injuries or ... Read More