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Wild horses on the Onaqui Mountains Herd Management Area. Photo by Meg Frederick. As published by E&E News Animal welfare advocates consider the kind of large-scale roundups of wild horses and burros the Bureau ... Read More
July 6, 2021Cory Golden
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Photo by Meg Frederick The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board on Thursday voted to approve seven recommendations on subjects ranging for planning for the ongoing drought in the West to the Bureau of Land Management’s controversial ... Read More
July 2, 2021Cory Golden
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Photo by Meg Frederick RTF statement: In the past four years, the Bureau of Land Management has captured and removed 34,484 wild horses and burros from the range while treating only 2,874 mares with ... Read More
July 1, 2021Cory Golden
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Photo by Meg Frederick As published by E&E News The Bureau of Land Management continues pushing a strategy to aggressively remove thousands of excess wild horses and burros from federal rangelands, and is asking Congress ... Read More
July 1, 2021Cory Golden
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Photo by Tony Stromberg For Immediate Release June 30, 2021 The Carter-Fitzpatrick Amendment to the INVEST in America Act bans the transport of equines for the purpose of slaughter... Read More
July 1, 2021Cory Golden
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A BLM contractor's helicopter drives wild horses toward the trap site during the 2017 Cedar Mountain Herd Mountain Area roundup in Utah. RTF file photo. As published by E&E News The Bureau of ... Read More
June 30, 2021Cory Golden