The number of wild horses that have died during a respiratory disease outbreak at the Bureau of Land Management’s off-range holding corrals in Cañon City has climbed to 143 following another death announced on Friday.
A total of 127 wild horses died between April 23 and May 4; 16 have ... Read More
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Return to Freedom said Thursday that the Bureau of Land Management taking steps to treat more wild horses and burros with fertility control is encouraging.
RTF has worked since 1999 for policy changes to keep wild horses and burros on the range by managing population growth with proven, safe and humane ... Read More
Statement from Return to Freedom:
In our conversations with new Bureau of Land Management leadership, we feel cautiously optimistic that their focus and funding will shift to minimally intrusive on-the-range management. Of course, we have to see how it all plays out, but we hope that this signals a new ... Read More
Return to Freedom on Friday slammed the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to zero-out two wild horse Herd Management Areas in southwest Wyoming, slash the herd population on a third and potentially use dangerous, painful and costly surgical sterilization of mares to restrict ... Read More
Update: 143 wild horses have died, as of Friday, May 13, according to BLM.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on Thursday that 95 federally protected wild horses have died over the past five days from a respiratory disease likely caused by an equine influenza virus. The deaths have ... Read More
Update: 143 wild horses have died, as of Friday, May 13, according to BLM.
Thursday, April 28, update: The Bureau of Land Management now says that an equine influenza virus is the likely cause of a respiratory disease outbreak that has now killed 95 wild horses in the Cañon City (Colo.) ... Read More