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ELY, NEV. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Ely District this week rounded-up 286 horses in eastern Nevada, but the number left on the range far exceeds the agency’s “appropriate management levels” in the area. A contractor removed 105 horses from outside the Silver King Horse Management Area (HMA) about ... Read More
September 1, 2016AnnieFannie
Published In Ruidoso News,NM By Dianne Stallings and Dave Tomlin / Ruidoso News, N.M. (TNS) Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 at 8:16am, Updated: Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 at 7:43pm The Wild Horse Observers Association filed suit in 12th District Court Monday to force the New Mexico Livestock Board to treat a ... Read More
September 1, 2016AnnieFannie
  Ninety-three wild horses have been rounded up in southeastern Oregon as part of Bureau of Land Management gather, as of Tuesday. Horses from the Three Fingers Herd Management Area were to be rounded up in July. Those plans were delayed until Monday, Aug. 29, first because of contractor availability, then by ... Read More
August 30, 2016AnnieFannie
  As published by KTVZ Vale, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management's Vale District announced Monday it plans to conduct an emergency gather of wild horses in the Three Fingers Herd Management Area due to a recent large wildfire that burned pasture in the area. The Cherry Road Fire, which started ... Read More
August 29, 2016AnnieFannie
  As published by the Ruidoso News Hundreds of people burst into applause and cheers Monday after learning that the Alto, N.M., wild horse herd will be coming home next week. And they will not have to be purchased, although they have been microchipped and must for the time ... Read More
August 29, 2016AnnieFannie
  As published by The Wall Street Journal TJ Holmes begins each spring by apologizing to the wild horses in Colorado’s Disappointment Valley. Sometimes, she cries. Ms. Holmes has known many of the roughly 90 mustangs, which roam across public rangeland and a local sanctuary, since they were foals, giving them ... Read More
August 28, 2016AnnieFannie