Removal of wild horses causes degradation to public lands

The Bureau of Land Management has begun a helicopter-assisted wild horse gather in the Four Mile Herd Management Area north of Emmett to help prevent the degradation of public lands. The BLM says there should be roughly 37-60 wild horses in the area, but there are currently about 210, including the 2020 foal crop. "The…

Take Action: Comments needed for wild horses

Calling all wild horse lovers. An article has been published on WyoFile.com entitled, "Crowded Range: Wyoming ranch is first to house wild horses for tourism". While the article does include several statements from wild horse advocates, a majority of it contains the usual litany of Bureau of Land Management misinformation, miscalculations and outright lies. In…

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…

American Herds on the high crimes and misdemeanors of Abbey and the BLM

Cindy MacDonald of American Herds calls on citizens and wild horse advocates alike to petition Congress to impeach Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey. In the article she states, "At a time when the BLM is extending its hand with promises of reform, why should those who are trying to implement change demand…

Salazar sued for contempt of court in West Douglas wild horse case

Cross-posted from RT Fitch's Blog HOUSTON, (HfHAC) – On September 28th, 2010 plaintiff Colorado Wild Horse & Burro Coalition (CWBC), supported by Habitat for Horses Advisory Council (HfHAC) and Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER), filed a motion to reopen the case and for contempt of court in the United States District Court for the District…

Moratorium on Horse Gathers is untenable says Bob Abbey

Cross-posted from Roll Call Special to Roll Call Written by BOB ABBEY In recent months, many Members of Congress have received e-mails, letters and phone calls from wild horse activists. These activists are waging an aggressive campaign, both in the federal courts and in the court of public opinion, that is aimed at stopping the…

Feds plan to roundup wild horses in Utah

The BLM continue to roundup wild horses and burros to the point of extinction. Next target, Utah. The BLM learned from their duplicity in Nevada that the "there ain't no water" ploy works an excuse to roundup mustangs. Of course they fail to mention that there is water. It is just fenced off for the…

Kathrens, Leigh and Fite issue statements on Tuscarora Mustang roundup

Reno, NV (Aug 4, 2010) —"The Tuscarora roundup accurately characterizes a government agency who treads heavily on the First Amendment Rights of American citizens while they destroy a beloved icon of the West," explains Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation and Emmy Award-winning producer. "Originally the BLM locked down the area—to dissuade press…

Tuscarora roundup deaths laced with contradictions by the BLM

Cross-posted from Equine Advocacy Examiner Written by MAUREEN HARMONAY Harmonay reports: In an apparent effort to rebut the arguments put forth by advocate Laura Leigh in her motions for Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) against the Owyhee, Rock Creek, and Little Humboldt portions of the Tuscarora "Gather" in north Elko County, Nevada, the BLM has falsely…

Alarm at BLM’s surprise start to castrate Calico Mustangs as death toll rises

THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE New report on equine stress released as Foundation denied access to view the captured Calico wild horses in Nevada Reno, NV (April 23, 2010)—Unexpected castrating of captured male mustangs, four years old and younger, by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) started behind closed doors on Friday, April 16th in…