Experiments cancelled
On Friday September 9, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management withdrew its support for surgical sterilization experiments on captive mares in the face of public outrage and lawsuits by multiple wild horse advocacy organizations.
Return to Freedom has for months been urging ... Read More
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September 9, 2016AnnieFannie
Nevada Bureau of Land Management officials on Thursday told the BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board that they remain concerned about the impact of ongoing drought conditions on horse and burro populations more than 2.5 greater than the BLM-set appropriate management level.
In 2015, 1,640 horse and burros ... Read More
September 9, 2016AnnieFannie
As published by Ruidoso News
Advocates for the return of a dozen free-range horses to Lincoln County have won their fight to stop the New Mexico Livestock Board from selling the herd while they pursue their legal effort to return it permanently to the Alto area where it was ... Read More
September 8, 2016AnnieFannie
As published by the Elko Daily Free Press
Elko, NV – The Bureau of Land Management is conducting an emergency wild horse gather this week near the Wood Hills area southeast of Wells.
The horses have been determined to be excess and are largely on private lands outside of the ... Read More
September 7, 2016AnnieFannie
As published by the Yuma Sun
The Yuma office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is in the midst of an “emergency gather” of wild burros and horses from desert areas around Yuma County, a small piece of the response officials say is needed to address the threat ... Read More
September 7, 2016AnnieFannie
As published by Ruidoso News
An annoyed and frustrated 12th District Judge Dan Bryant tried to conduct a hearing on the Alto, N.M., horse case Wednesday in which attorneys for both sides attempted to make their cases via glitch-plagued long distance phone lines.
After brief arguments, interrupted repeatedly by dropped ... Read More
September 7, 2016AnnieFannie