News and Noteworthy

  Update: Read about the award ceremony and find more coverage of Sutter, including videos, by clicking here. Born wild and once marked for destruction, Sutter, a stunning palomino stallion, has been named Horse of the Year by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He lives at Return ... Read More
October 19, 2016AnnieFannie
  As published by The Rapid City Journal Newell, SD — As an illustration of the lengths the federal government must now go to manage all the wild horses under its care, it doesn’t get much more telling than this: In South Dakota, a Powerball jackpot winner is now getting ... Read More
October 19, 2016AnnieFannie
The Bureau of Land Management has captured 297 wild horses from the Big Sand Spring Valley portion of the Pancake Herd Management Area, about 30 miles west of Ely, Nevada. The contractor used a hay and water trap to lure the horses. The round up ended Oct. 18. "The BLM removed the horses due to ... Read More
October 18, 2016AnnieFannie
  As published by the Casper Star Tribune Federal authorities broke the law when they removed wild horses from Wyoming’s checkerboard region in 2014, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Horse advocates had argued the Bureau of Land Management illegally treated the entire checkerboard area -- made up of ... Read More
October 14, 2016AnnieFannie
  Denver (Oct. 14, 2016) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit today issued a landmark decision that stops the Bureau of Land Management from wiping out wild horses from over one million acres of public land in the Wyoming Checkerboard. The ruling holds that BLM violated two federal ... Read More
October 14, 2016AnnieFannie
  Update: Read the full press release here. Another win for wild horses! The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated both the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act when it rounded up 1,263 wild horses ... Read More
October 14, 2016AnnieFannie