On or about Sept. 15, the Bureau of Land Management plans to begin a 600-horse “emergency” helicopter roundup on the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area in Humboldt County, Nevada.
In a press release, BLM’s stated reasons for the roundup include what it says are the deteriorating body condition of ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday captured 98 wild horses on the first day of a 1,900-horse "emergency" helicopter roundup on the Barren Valley Complex, located in southeast Oregon’s Malheur and Harney Counties.
Two wild horses were euthanized, but BLM's gather report included no reason as to why they were ... Read More
Click here to read RTF's full statement on the Sand Wash Basin roundup.
The Bureau of Land Management captured 103 wild horses on Wednesday, the eighth day of a planned 783-horse "emergency" helicopter roundup on Colorado’s Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area. A total of 608 wild horses ... Read More
Return to Freedom successfully lobbied for Congress’s requirement that the Bureau of Land Management finally abides by its own Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program, a humane-handling protocol during roundups, starting in Fiscal Year 2020.
Just since Sept. 1, we’ve seen the BLM and its contractor, Cattoor Livestock, repeatedly trod over ... Read More
Click here to read RTF's full statement on the Sand Wash Basin roundup.
The Bureau of Land Management captured 79 wild horses on Tuesday, the seventh day of a planned 783-horse "emergency" helicopter roundup on Colorado’s Sand Wash Basin Herd Management Area. No deaths were reported on Tuesday. ... Read More
The U.S. Forest Service plans to begin a 600-horse helicopter roundup on Sept. 15 on the Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, located at Modoc National Forest near Alturas, Calif.
The USFS is attempting to continue reducing the population of California's last large wild horse herd to an "Appropriate Management Level" ... Read More