As published by Deseret News
Salt Lake City — Kane County is among six rural counties in the West asking a federal court to rip up a new Bureau of Land Management planning rule they say diminishes their voice on crafting land use plans.
The lawsuit, ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
As published by Ruidoso News
The judge in the Alto wild horse case has extended the temporary restraining order that bars the state Livestock Board from selling or separating the dozen mares and foals they seized in August.
The extension has little practical effect, since the Board long since shipped ... Read More
As published by Craig Daily Press
Mild weather in November allowed wild horses to gain weight and the Bureau of Land Management to start a bait trap operation to remove 50 young horses in Sand Wash Basin.
The BLM continues to gather wild horses at Sand Wash Basin in order ... Read More
Return to Freedom is deeply concerned about the reported selection by President-elect Donald Trump of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., as his nominee to lead the Interior Department and what it could mean for the future of America's wild horses and burros and their habitat.
McMorris Rodgers has consistently voted against ... Read More
Sign RTF’s anti-roundup petition here. Please consider a contribution to the Wild Horse Defense Fund, which makes it possible for RTF to have humane observers on the ground at roundups. Having an active voice has proven valuable for holding BLM and contractors accountable for the humane handling of wild horses, pressing ... Read More
As published by Casper Star Tribune
In Wyoming’s Red Desert, a legal battle is raging, pitting wild horses against livestock grazing on public lands, particularly the “checkerboard” lands on either side of the Union Pacific railway.
Apparently, some ranchers can’t stand wild horses on the open range, especially on private ... Read More