The looming government shutdown would provide a reprieve for some wild horses and burros facing removal from the range.
All non-essential personnel would be furloughed and the government would stay closed until the Republican-controlled government can come up with a solution funding the government on a short- or long-term basis.
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Update: The U.S Forest Service has captured 198 wild horses and killed six in an ongoing helicopter roundup on the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in Northern California.
The USFS lists the deaths as “chronic,” meaning that the horses were put down after being captured for unspecified pre-existing conditions.
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Read more about Robert Redford and Return to Freedom
It was with great sadness that Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation learned of the death this morning of its friend and board member Robert Redford.
“We are heartbroken. We have all lost an irreplaceable artist, activist and environmentalist,” said ... Read More
As our fight for the future of Southwest Wyoming’s wild horses continues, the Bureau of Land Management today confirmed that it will delay a planned helicopter roundup there until at least next summer.
The roundup is intended to capture and remove all of the wild horses from the Salt Wells Creek ... Read More
Right now, the U.S. Forest Service is capturing more wild horses like these in a helicopter roundup at Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in Northern California.
Our sanctuary gave these 10 geldings and two mares from Devil’s Garden a safe new home in 2019, following another in what has become a ... Read More
The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday was set to begin a helicopter roundup of 350 wild horses on the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in Northern California. No capture numbers have yet been posted.
The 258,000-acre territory located just north of Alturas in Northern California, mainly on Modoc National Forest, ... Read More