Salazar Plan a fail as BLM fears massive numbers of wild horses

Excerpt cross-posted from Denver Westward Blogs Written by ALAN PRENDERGAST | 14 June 2010 THE SALAZAR PLAN I read with interest the following paragraphs in a post entitled, "Ken Salazar: Frustration riding high over his wild horse plan." Declaring that the Bureau of Land Management's 40-year effort to protect and manage wild horses and burros…

Soldier Meadows mustang sanctuary plan: What’s Ruby got to do with it?

In a comment on our post "Wild Horse Sanctuary Proposed North of Gerlach" regarding the Return to Freedom and Soldier Meadows Ranch proposed joint effort to give sanctuary to the Calico horses rounded up and held captive long-term by the BLM, Sandra Longley points out: If you read the current american herds report from the…

Wild horse lawsuit update

Plaintiffs Seek Return of 1,900 Captured Horses to Range Cross-posted from The Desert Independent Written by ROBERT WINKLER Washington, D.C. – Final oral arguments were presented May 6th in Federal court in the lawsuit over the Calico wild horse captures in Nevada. The Calico lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and the…

Calico aftermath: Humane observations

Documented by CRAIG DOWNER and ELYSE GARDNER ----- Excerpts from Humane Observer blog. Photographs (c) Elyse Gardner 2010. --- They didn't report the Pigeon Fever outbreak until two weeks after it was a known problem and advocates were on site at Fallon asking questions. And now BLM is saying the horses came in off the…

Pigeon Fever outbreak uncovered as BLM continues closed door policy

THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release April 1, 2010 Newborn horses unaccounted for as BLM denies public observation of Calico wild horses and keeps up closed-door, business-as-usual protocol Fallon, NV (April 1, 2010)—The public questions the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) ability to care for the more than 1800 captured wild horses in…