Wild horse advocate’s lawsuit seeks to halt auction after roundup

UPDATE: We are updating our original post on this issue with the following joint press release. LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP SALES OF WILD HORSES AT SLAUGHTER AUCTION ON SATURDAY Wild Horse & Conservation Groups Allege Feds Failed to Protect Wild Horses in Tribal Roundup; 467 Horses Await Fate at Slaughter Auction RENO, Nev. (August 16,…

Low cost gelding clinic coming to Fallon, Nevada Nov 24, 25

NATIONAL EQUINE RESOURCE NETWORK PRESS RELEASE A low cost gelding clinic will be held at Snow Livestock & Grain in Fallon, NV on Saturday, Nov 24th and Sunday, Nov 25th. Private horse owners in need of this service are invited to participate in this event that is co-hosted by National Equine Resource Network (NERN) and…

Pneumonia claims lives of young Mustangs in BLM custody

Cross-posted from Equine Advocacy Examiner Written by MAUREEN HARMONAY Behind the closed doors of the BLM's Indian Lakes Road holding facility near Fallon, Nevada, pneumonia is suddenly claiming an alarming number of wild horses. During the week ending February 4th, 12 horses perished in the short-term holding pens known as "Broken Arrow"; eight of them…

Antelope Complex helicopter roundups bring in 391 Mustangs

Cross-posted from Elko Daily Free Press Written by ADELLA HARDING ELKO -- (Feb. 4, 2011) The Antelope Complex Gathering involving wild horses in Elko and White Pine counties has brought in 391 horses as of Friday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. "We are preparing to transition to the Elko district Monday, and…

Breaking News: BLM suspending Clan Alpine Wild Horse gather

The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, is suspending the Clan Alpine Herd Management Area wild horse gather that was scheduled to start approximately Feb. 1. The Clan Alpine Herd Management Area is located 60 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. “An aerial census conducted in late December of the wild horses in the Clan…

Wild horse sanctuary proposed north of Gerlach

Cross-posted from Reno Gazette-Journal Written by FRANK X MULLEN JR. | May 31, 2010 "A Nevada rancher and a wild horse advocacy group have proposed creating a mustang sanctuary in the desert hills 160 miles north of Reno and have asked the Bureau of Land Management to release 1,700 captive horses into the sanctuary's care.…

Fallon Nevada wild horse neglect case turned over to prosecutors

Cross-posted from The Las Vegas Sun Written and reported by the ASSOCIATED PRESS A sheriff's report on alleged mistreatment of wild horses at a government-funded Nevada facility has been turned over to a district attorney for possible prosecution. Churchill County Sheriff Richard Ingram said an investigation was initiated May 20 after an activist filed a…