H.R. 961 & S. 2006 — Idaho and Iowa

H.R. 961 Calling all you citizens and horse lovers of Idaho and Iowa. Are you ready to take part on behalf of horses and help get them the necessary cosponsors to blast H.R. 961, The SAFE Act of 2019, out of Committee and onto the House Floor for debate and vote? When The SAFE Act…

BLM Releasing Wild Horses in Idaho’s Hardtrigger HMA

This release marks one of the final groups of BLM wild horses to return to their home ranges following emergency gathers due to wildfire in 2015. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will disperse 45 wild horses (24 stallions and 21 mares) in three different locations within the Hardtrigger Herd Management Area (HMA), located south…

Wild horse advocates file lawsuit re BLM’s plans to sterilize Idaho Mustangs

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reports: BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Wild horse advocates have filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Bureau of Land Management plan to sterilize a herd of wild horses in southwestern Idaho. The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Idaho contends the BLM is violating federal environmental law by failing to analyze…

Urgent Action Needed to Stop U.S. Government From Sterilizing Wild Horses in Idaho

Cross—posted from One Green Planet Conflict between the wild horse population and cattle ranchers runs rife across the western United States. Despite the fact that wild horses have roamed these plains for hundreds of years, the prospect of profit from expanding ranching operations have come at a high cost to wild horse territory. According to…

Sneaky BLM finagled permits, Greenies say

We thought this would be of interest to wild horses advocates. It demonstrates the BLM's true agenda and the lengths they go to achieve it. Wildlife are rarely preserved for preservation sake in US. Wildlife are typically preserved for hunters to kill because of the lucre that comes from high-priced hunting permits. Thankfully our wild…

BLM sets hearing for March 7th on use of helicopters and motorized vehicles for wild horse management

TWIN FALLS, ID – The Idaho Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to participate in an annual statewide hearing to discuss motor vehicle and helicopter use in wild horse management operations on March 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at: Rock Creek Fire Department, 242 Highway 30, Kimberly, Idaho 83341. This public hearing…

BLM urged to cancel proposed wild horse roundup in Idaho’s Challis Mountains

National Coalition Urges Agency to Stop Removing and Stockpiling Wild Horses and Start Removing Destructive Cattle The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign and Western Watersheds Project call on BLM to cancel plans for 2nd roundup in three years in Challis, Idaho Herd Management Area and manage mustangs on the range instead. For Immediate Release Challis,…

Fate of Saylor Creek wild horses hinges on BLM plans

Cross-posted from Magic Valley News Written by LAURA LUNDQUIST Wild horses tend toward the open range, but sometimes they aren’t allowed to stay there, stirring public debate of how best to remove them and where to put the displaced herds. Wild horse advocates await the delayed Bureau of Land Management release of a possible change…