BLM tests new fertility vaccine on wild horses

Wild mare and foal. Nevada. Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The Idaho State Journal reports that the Bureau of Land Management is testing a new fertility control vaccine it hopes will curtail their numbers. The new vaccine tests began last week in Carson City, Nev., a state where most of the nation’s wild horse population exists.  While wild horses are often treated with a fertility… Continue reading BLM tests new fertility vaccine on wild horses

Wild horse roundups and sale

24 wild horses die during Bureau of Land Management roundup in Nevada. KLAS News, Ch 8.

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.

Take action with the Cloud Foundation regarding Ovarietomies

Cloud the Stallion watches over his territory. The Cloud Foundation.

Please help stop the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management plans to perform ovarietomies on wild mares. TAKE ACTION The Cloud Foundation writes: Despite three successful lawsuits stopping this procedure, two universities pulling out, and enormous public outcry, BLM still plans on moving forward with its plans to rip the ovaries out of mares.… Continue reading Take action with the Cloud Foundation regarding Ovarietomies

Ovariectomy experiments planned again for wild mares

The Cloud Foundation and other wild horse advocate groups are once again fighting to protect the Warm Springs mares from ovariectomy experiments. Yes again. Shocking and immoral. An ovariectomy is just what the term sounds like — the surgical removal of ovaries. Despite having been stopped time and time again through the legal actions of… Continue reading Ovariectomy experiments planned again for wild mares

Everyone knows Raymond: Last mule living with Outer Banks wild horses

This is some story. "One wild mule found alive among wild horses on Outer Banks". Have you read it? It's from The Charlotte Observer. By Mark Price. July 18, 2018. He staggered off into an island marsh and vanished last winter, leading conservationists to believe the last mule living among North Carolina’s wild coastal mustangs… Continue reading Everyone knows Raymond: Last mule living with Outer Banks wild horses

Protect Mustangs asks Nevada BLM to halt potentially deadly roundup during foaling season

Pregnant Mustang. Flickr image by Karla.

Pregnant mares chased by helicopters can abort their babies WASHINGTON (June 6, 2012) -- Protect Mustangs asks the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to avoid a deadly roundup and cancel plans for a helicopter stampede of pregnant mares in the Winnemucca district of northern Nevada known as the Jackson Mountain roundup. The preservation group calls… Continue reading Protect Mustangs asks Nevada BLM to halt potentially deadly roundup during foaling season

Wild Mares Mother’s Day Campaign

Send a Mother's Day Card to the First Lady This is a quick yet potentially powerful campaign to raise more awareness concerning our wild horses who are being rounded up and held captive long-term by the BLM where they are suffering great harm from abrupt displacement from their lands and herds, insufficient care and overall… Continue reading Wild Mares Mother’s Day Campaign