Biden fulfilling Trump’s cruel policy on wild horses

The record-breaking roundups of iconic Western mustangs are a gift to ranching and mining interests. » Via The Intercept by Christopher Ketcham THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION was supposed to have been a reprieve from the Trump years, but for conservationists who want the wild horses of the American West to live long and prosper, this didn’t…

Letter: The BLM’s wild horse roundups are cruel and unnecessary

This is a good example of a Letter to the Editor. It was published by Steamboat Pilot & Today. Letter to the Editor “The Bureau of Land Management investing in healthy wild horse herds and wildlife habitat in Sand Wash Basin” was the headline for a recent guest column by the BLM. This agency conducts…

Five horses from the Fish Springs Herd captured by BLM

MINDEN, NV (Feb 1, 2023) — Five horses from the Fish Springs Herd were captured by the Bureau of Land Management over the last week, reports The Record-Courier. The horses Noel, Smoky, Bolt, Blaze and Bunny, consisted of two young stallions, a mature stallion and two mares, according to the Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates.…

North Dakota officials plead with Theodore Roosevelt National Park to keep wild horses

Gov. Doug Burgum asked park officials to work in collaboration with the state to find a solution that would allow the horses to stay while protecting the park's ecosystem. » Take Action up until 11:59 pm tonight, 31st January 2023. Details at end of post. BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Burgum, the state’s tourism director and…

Roundup, disease outbreak punctuate year of headlines for wild horses

by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Colorado Sentinel » THE deaths of scores of rounded-up wild horses in a holding facility in Cañon City and the removal of hundreds more from public rangelands in Rio Blanco County kept the controversial issue of wild-horse management front and center in media headlines this year. More than 140 horses…

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…

$20K reward for info on killings of 5 wild horses in Nevada

by The Associated Press | 4 Oct 22 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed five wild horses in eastern Nevada late last year, the Bureau of Land Management announced Monday. BLM officials said the National Mustang Association pledged to double…

BLM to begin Calico Complex wild horse gather

Via BLM Press Release » Winnemucca, Nev. (Sept. 6, 2022) — The Black Rock Field Office will begin a wild horse gather on or about September 10, 2022 on the Calico Complex (complex) located northwest Humboldt County, Nevada. The BLM will conduct gather operations using the helicopter-assisted method.  The complex includes Black Rock Range, Calico Mountains,…

BLM kills 23 wild horses during latest group of round ups

NEVADA GLOBE (Aug. 29, 2022) — The Bureau of Land Management completed a roundup of nearly 1,900 wild horses designed to reduce overpopulation in Elko and White Pine counties [last] Thursday, killing 23 of them. The agency reported on Friday that 1,897 wild horses were rounded up from public lands in an area about 60…

Listen, wild horses could keep wildfires at bay

LISTEN AT THIS LINK 14 mins. » Stephanie O'Neill reports that's the hope behind the Wild Horse Fire Brigade, a non-profit program piloted by William Simpson. Under a 1971 Congressional Act, the Bureau of Land Management has the right to round up wild horses on public lands. Oftentimes, those horses are shipped to holding facilities,…