Advocacy group wants protection for Alberta’s wild horses

SUNDRE — Bob Henderson’s love affair with wild horses began almost 50 years ago and he’s become a passionate advocate for the ponies that roam the Rocky Mountain foothills of west-central Alberta. “I was in the woods and this black stallion comes charging through the trees at me. He snorted and blew — and that…

Population of endangered wild horse species on the rise in NW China

CGTN Press Release | May 28, 2019 The population of Przewalski's horse, the world's last surviving wild horse subspecies, is growing at a nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province, with numbers estimated to reach 40 by the end of 2019 after the breeding season in May. Two foals were born on May 17 and…

Utah — State gains a toehold in wild horse control

BY BRYAN MAFFLY Salt Lake City Tribune The Bureau of Land Management has settled a lawsuit brought by Utah trust-lands officials over wild horse management, conceding greater influence to the state in deciding whether to remove "excess" horses from herds that roam over state trust lands in the midst of public lands. BLM also promised…