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…

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,…

More than 400 wild horses captured in first week of western Colorado helicopter roundup, despite objection from top state officials

A mustang tries to escape a corral after being captured in the Piceance-East Douglas range this week. (Provided by WilsonAxpe Photography/American Wild Horse Campaign)

Nevada BLM set to discuss use of motorized vehicles to manage wild horses

UPDATE: PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE EXTENDED BY THE BLM TO JULY 2ND. PLEASE MAIL YOUR COMMENTS AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. * * * KIBS | KBOV TV, BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV. (22. Jun. 2020) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada will host its annual statewide public hearing to discuss the use of helicopters and…

BLM breaks promise to Congress and public to protect wild horses

BLM budgets millions for helicopter contractors to round up last of the wild horses and solicits for sterilization of mares and stallions in the wild THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (Feb. 8, 2014) -- For twenty years Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation, has documented wild horses for PBS/Nature’s award-winning…

Stats show live trapping of wild horses deadlier than helicopter roundups

The article that follows this introduction is a most relevant report. First of all, the Fund for Horses are strongly opposed to the removal of wild horses from the range by any means or device. However, we have often been told by wild horse roundup experts that bait trapping is more humane than helicopter roundups.…

Anatomy of a Roundup, Swasey 2013, Cloud Foundation Video

BY GINGER KATHRENS The Cloud Foundation Introduction Despite 16 inches of snow 48 hours before the roundup began, the BLM was committed to starting on schedule. As snowplows opened dirt roads closed by deep drifts, I spoke with the BLM’s Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) who cited “contractor availability” as the reason for scheduling the first…

U2 video for the documentary Wild Horses & Renegades

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11-year old on a mission to save America’s wild horses

Robin Warren leads youth campaign for Protect Mustangs
 PROTECT MUSTANGS PRESS RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. (July 16, 2012) -- Since joining Protect Mustangs in June as their new youth campaign director, Robin Warren, age 11, has met with a Nevada State Senator, documented wild horses on the range, was a featured speaker at the Stop…