BLM not gelding stallions now in wild horse roundup, but doesn’t rule it out

Cross-posted from Reno Gazette-Journal Written by FRANK X MULLEN Faced with legal action by wild horse advocates, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has backed off plans to castrate 200 stallions as part of a roundup of up to 1,000 mustangs 30 miles west of Ely, but the agency might geld wild stallions in the…

Stallion castration plan on hold until court rules

Written by MARTIN GRIFFITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports: RENO, Nev. (AP) - (Dec. 25, 2011) Federal land managers have agreed to postpone their precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada pending a federal court’s review of the issue. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s action came a week after a coalition…

BLM approves Elko-Ely wild horse gather of 1,726 this summer

Cross-posted from Elko Daily Free Press Written by ADELLA HARDING ELKO —The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Elko and Ely offices have jointly issued a record of decision approving a gathering of roughly 1,726 wild horses beginning in July in herd management areas in Elko and White Pine counties. The Wells Field Office of the…

BLM continues murderous rampage on wild horses

Maureen Harmonay reports for the Equine Advocacy Examiner: Here we go again. It's only three days into the controversial Silver King roundup, south of Ely, Nevada, and the BLM has already killed four perfectly healthy wild horses out of the 177 they've taken into custody. Why were these horses "euthanized" (i.e., "shot")? According to the…

BLM plans further wild horse cull near Ely, Nevada for February

The Associated Press reports the following on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010 | 5:33 p.m. Federal land managers are seeking public comment on plans to remove 495 wild horses from the range near Ely. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has set the appropriate level at 100 to 210 mustangs for the Eagle Herd Management Area…