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NEVADA The Associated Press reports: WINNEMUCCA — Federal land managers have completed a roundup of wild horses around the Jackson Mountains about 60 miles northwest of Winnemucca. The Bureau of Land Management said 647 “excess” mustangs were removed from the range in Humboldt and Pershing counties during the gather that ended in early July. Anne… Continue reading BLM destruction of America’s wild horse herds unrelenting amid drought conditions
BLM Snubs Advocate Alternatives to a Helicopter Stampede RENO, Nev. (June 7, 2012) — Despite extensive conversations with wild horse advocates who explained humane alternatives to a deadly helicopter stampede of tiny foals and late term mares, Gene Seidlitz, BLM District Manager in Winnemucca, NV, signed a Full Force and Effect Decision to round up… Continue reading Roundup of wild horses to begin despite risks to tiny foals and pregnant mares
RENO, Nev. (June 6, 2012) — Wild horse advocates are united in protesting the planned helicopter roundup of the entire Jackson Mountain wild horse herd at the height of foaling season. The Bureau of Land Management’s Winnemucca District Office is scheduled to issue their Decision Record regarding the mustangs in this drought stricken area of… Continue reading BLM plans helicopter roundup of pregnant mares and tiny foals
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
Cross-posted from the Mesquite Local News The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have combined forces to conduct a joint aerial population inventory of wild/feral horses on nearly four million acres of land located in northwest Nevada and southeast Oregon. The survey will be conducted beginning June 20… Continue reading BLM and USFWS conducting aerial inventory of wild horses
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