News and Noteworthy

sulphur-chase
The Bureau of Land Management on Saturday captured 103 wild horses from Utah's Sulphur Horse Management Area, bringing to 278 the total that have been captured since the roundup began on Jan. 18, according to BLM. Among those captured on Saturday: a paint that reportedly had eluded captors for years, ... Read More
January 22, 2017AnnieFannie
horse-chase
The Bureau of Land Management on Friday captured 11 wild horses from Utah's Sulphur Horse Management Area before a winter storm, bringing to 175 the the three-day total of wild horses captured there since the roundup began on Wednesday. No injuries or deaths have been reported, according to BLM. (Note: The agency's ... Read More
January 21, 2017AnnieFannie
horses-trap
Update: This post was updated with photos on Jan. 21.  The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday captured 37 wild horses from Utah's Sulphur Horse Management Area before another winter storm set in, bringing to 164 the the two-day total of wild horses captured there. No wild horses were injured, according ... Read More
January 20, 2017AnnieFannie
sulphur-chase
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday captured 127 wild horses from Utah's Sulphur Horse Management Area, with several of the horses stumbling in the snow while pursued by a contractor's helicopter. The wild horses scattered and split off, forcing the pilot to bring the wild horses into the trap in smaller ... Read More
January 19, 2017AnnieFannie
kiss-featured
What's it like to be a volunteer at Return to Freedom's American Wild Horse Sanctuary? Let Lisa Drittenbas, who recently spent time at RTF, tell you all about it: My very first day as a volunteer started with a ride on the Kubota to the upper field with Jay, one of ... Read More
January 17, 2017AnnieFannie
Frisco Wild Horse Roundup
The Bureau of Land Management is set to capture about 700 wild horses from Wednesday through Jan. 31 at the Sulphur Horse Management Area, about 50 miles west of Milford, Utah. About 300 of the young wild horses will be permanently separated from their family bands and put up for adoption. The ... Read More
January 16, 2017AnnieFannie