BLM plan to wipe out Lake Mead burros

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are proposing to round up more than 500 wild burros in the desert north of Lake Mead. The BLM estimates at least 554 burros and 36 horses live in the Lake Mead Complex, an expanse of rangeland covering about 291 square miles. It is reportedly one of the biggest…

Wild donkeys and horses dig wells that provide water for a host of desert species

A new study finds these equine wells attracted 59 other vertebrate species, boasting 64 percent more species than the surrounding landscape by SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | 3 May 2021 Wild horses and donkeys are often considered a problem in the American West, but new research suggests their penchant for digging wells with their hooves offers benefits…

BLM approves plan to remove 1,000 Black Mountain burros

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved a plan to gather and remove 1,000 wild burros from the Black Mountain Herd Management Area east of Bullhead City. The Kingman Field Office announced the plan after the agency signed the decision record last week, authorizing the removal of excess animals beginning next month to protect…

$10,000 reward offered to find wild burro killers

UPDATE Sept. 1, 2019 The original reward was $10,000 but, thanks to new donations from conservation and animal welfare organizations, the reward has now risen to nearly $60,000, states the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California. Have you been watching the news unfold about the numerous wild burros being shot and killed in…

BLM kills 14 wild horses during Triple B Roundup

Federal land managers say 14 wild horses were euthanized during a roundup in northeastern Nevada. The roundup at the Triple B complex north of Ely gathered more than 800 horses to be removed and shipped to holding facilities. The Bureau of Land Management says the roundups are necessary because there are more horses than the…

Groups stand against HSUS, ASPCA suggested massive removal of wild horses

Wild horses of Utah. Unattributed image. Not filed with Press Release. Press Release Animal Wellness Action, The Cloud Foundation, and American Wild Horse Campaign Joined by 60 Stakeholders in Opposing Cruel, Costly Massive Wild Horse and Burro Round-Up Plan The plan, still short on details, would cost taxpayers a billion dollars and depopulate many parts…

The refuge where donkeys can become guardians of livestock

Excerpted from "The Donkey Refuge Where Burros Become Coyote-Kicking Livestock Guardians", by Abbey Perreault, Sept. 25, 2018, Atlas Obscura. The plight of the American donkey is a strange one—the animal has been simultaneously federally protected and completely overlooked. — Mark Meyers DESPITE SEVERAL LARGE removal efforts, “wild” donkeys, or burros, are abundant in the Mojave…

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to meet in Colorado Oct 18-Oct 19

GRAND JUNCTION, CO (Wild Horses & Burros) — The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet Oct. 18-19 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to discuss wild horse and burro overpopulation on public lands and the impacts the animals are having on the range. The meeting will be live-streamed from 8…

Wild horse and burro advocate takes to Facebook live to save America’s national icon

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S HEART (R.T. Fitch) — Long time Wild Horse & Burro advocate and co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation intends to speak to the release of their detailed and informative White Paper on the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse & Burro Program, with a Focus on Problems Related to Holding Facilities. Released just last…

Despite Trump promise, BLM breaks rule of Law making extinction all but inevitable for Wild Horses & Burros

Wild Horse Freedom Federation's White Paper exposes BLM: Never-seen evidence proves America's wild horses and burros are disappearing without explanation PINEHURST, Texas, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Wild Horse Freedom Federation, Inc. (WHFF), today released its white paper, "Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse & Burro Program, with a Focus on Problems Related to Holding Facilities."  America's…