New DNA analysis reveals untold story of horses in America

Horses first evolved in the Americas around 4 million years ago. • Via Inverse via The Conversation » FEW places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America. Romanticized stories of cowboys and the Wild West figure prominently in popular culture, and domestic…

There are tens of thousands of actual wild horses in Nevada

OPINION | The Nevada Independent | By KRIS THOMPSON | 1 March 2023 THE only thing David Colborne got right in his recent opinion-editorial entitled “Sorry everyone, Nevada still does not have wild horses” is that wild horse preservation and wild horses are extremely popular among Nevada voters. This popularity extends across party lines, across Northern and…

The real story on wild horses

Wild horses and burros across the American West are being decimated by outrageous helicopter roundups.  — Colette Kaluza Take Action Tell Congress to fund Herd Management Area Plans, not helicopter roundups, and to hold a hearing to investigate BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. If you know who your representative is but you are unable…

Not There Yet: Mustang (Podcast)

WILD HORSES — Terence C. Gannon, host of Not There Yet podcast, kindly brought this to our attention to share with you. MUSTANG The burden of a name that has come to mean so much. The word derives from the Spanish mesteño, which is defined as “wild; untamed; ownerless”. By letting the tongue dwell on…

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…

Remove the BLM from the American West says Michael Blake

Speaking at the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Phoenix, Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves) states that in his 20 plus years working on the wild horses and burro issue the BLM has done nothing but lie. It is time, he continues, that the Bureau of Land Management is…