A total of 180 wild horses were captured during a helicopter roundup last week in Nevada.
Seven wild horses were put down for what the Bureau of Land Management classified as “pre-existing / chronic” injuries. Reported justifications were: severe arthritis in three horses, as well as “a large abscess,” blindness, tendon ... Read More
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Good news: A San Mateo County Superior Court Judge recently put a stop to the sale by two California companies of ejiao, a gelatin made from donkey skin used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Ejiao is behind the mass slaughter and decline of donkeys worldwide.
On Jan. 13, Judge Don R. Franchi ruled ... Read More
The sponsor of legislation to ban horse slaughter, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., announced his retirement today.
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The Bureau of Land Management is set to begin a helicopter roundup of 182 wild horses in northern Nevada on Monday.
What’s being deemed an emergency roundup will be conducted in an area affected by the Jakes Fire, a wildfire that burned about 82,000 acres northeast of Winnemucca, Nev., last August. ... Read More
At least 24,188 American equines were shipped to Mexican or Canadian slaughterhouses during 2025 — a 21% increase from a year earlier.
The total number of exports for the year does not yet include November and December figures for Canada, which are not yet available.
The year-over-year increase is a sobering reminder ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public comments until Wednesday, Jan. 21, about its plan to capture and remove hundreds of wild burros from the range.
The burros live on the Lake Pleasant Herd Management Area (HMA), located in the Sonoran Desert about 30 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, Ariz. ... Read More