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• Via NPR (5 Minute Listen) Dozens of free-roaming horses have been found shot dead on remote Utah rangeland. No one knows who is shooting the horses or why. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In a remote patch of rangeland bordering the Navajo Nation in Utah, hundreds of horses roam wild. But lately, some of them… Continue reading Authorities do not know who is shooting and killing Utah’s wild horses
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)
DESERET NEWS (May, 26, 2021) — Amy Joi O'Donoghue, reporting for the Deseret News, writes: Actress and former fashion model Katherine Heigl has joined advocates in the fight to stop a planned roundup of Utah’s most famous herd of wild horses — the Onaqui of the west desert. Image: WildHorseTourist.com. “With their historic place on… Continue reading Katherine Heigl working to save Utah’s Onaqui wild horses
24 wild horses die during BLM Nevada roundup. BLM concludes Eagle Complex wild horse gather. BLM to offer wild horses, burros for adoption or sale in Ewing, IL.
MARCH AGAINST HORSE SLAUGHTER — Utah lawmakers and county commissioners are fed up with the Bureau of Land Management's approach, which they say allows horses to proliferate at the expense of range health, livestock operators and native wildlife while wasting $50 million a year confining horses that could be slaughtered for their meat. "The fragmentation… Continue reading Utah lawmakers seek State management of its wild horses and to slaughter them for their meat
The St. George News reports: Prohibiting the slaughter of wild horses and denying the expansion or naming of a national monument in areas where there is local opposition are two amendments included in the Interior Appropriations Bill passed in the House Thursday, said Rep. Chris Stewart, who authored the amendments. “I am committed to continuing… Continue reading Rep. Stewart’s provisions for Utah make it a spending bill that includes wild horses
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reported the deaths of four wild horses connected with the roundup and removal in the Conger/Frisco Herd Management Areas of Utah: July 1: A 2-year old stud died instantly after hitting a panel sustaining and acute neck injury while entering the trap site. July 2: A 3-year old bay… Continue reading BLM responsible for the death of four wild horses in Utah roundup
VIA KSL.COM TOOELE COUNTY — Wild mustangs have been embroiled in controversy across the West for decades. But in spite of all the political wrangling, there's one thing most people would likely agree on: wild horses are beautiful. Increasingly, they've become the focus for photographers and other horse-lovers who venture out into the Utah's West… Continue reading Utah’s Onaqui herd wild horses draw crowds
Cross-posted from the Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 14-year-old entrepreneur from Utah has donated $2,000 to help feed and care for abandoned and neglected horses that have found a home in the Stables at Tamaya. Tristin King of Salt Lake City founded T’s Sweet Treats as part of an entrepreneurship class. Her teacher asked… Continue reading Young Utah entrepreneur helps NM horse rehab center
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… Continue reading Utah — State gains a toehold in wild horse control
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