BLM to round up more than 500 wild horses and burros from ranges surrounding Spring Mountains
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to gather nearly 200 wild horses and more than 350 wild burros in the area surrounding the Spring Mountains. The plan includes previously used trap sites near Blue Diamond and just south of SR 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump in an area known as Mt. Potosi/Cottonwood Canyon, […]
BLM plan to wipe out Wyoming’s wild horses illegal
The BLM will issue a final decision on its proposed Resource Management Plan amendment no earlier than June 5. Return to Freedom on Friday slammed the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to zero-out three wild horse Herd Management Areas in southwest Wyoming and slash the herd population on a fourth. “This is not only wrong—it’s […]
Unknown, highly contagious disease kills wild horses corralled in Colorado
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spokesman Steven Hall told Reuters the entire facility holding more than 2,500 animals in Canon City, about 120 miles (190 km) southwest of Denver, is under quarantine. Animals that are sick or have been exposed to infected horses are being kept away from the healthy.
Wild Horses and the Politics of Extinction (1975 to present day)
Fifty million years ago, a small dog-like creature called Eohippus, meaning “dawn horse,” evolved on the North American continent. In fact, this forerunner to the modern horse was traced to the Tennessee Valley and was about the size of a fox; it made its home in swamplands, feeding off plant life. Eohippusslowly evolved into Mesohippus, […]
Wild Horses and the Politics of Extinction (history through 1975)
By Lewis Regenstein, The Politics of Extinction (1975) One reason wild horses are so rarely seen is that man has, in the last few years, practically wiped them out. And although a federal law has been passed that ostensibly protects them, a concerted effort is still underway to kill off as many as possible of […]
The wild horse issue by the numbers
Wild horses and burros have a small piece of the American Pie The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 245 million acres of our public land 155 million acres for privately owned livestock grazing Wild horses and burros are managed on BLM Herd Management Areas and United States Forest Service (USFS) Wild Horse Territories […]
The wild horse issue at a glance
Since the 19th century the number of wild horsed roaming the West has decreased by 98% Wild horse habitat has been reduced by 41% since 1971, a net loss of 15.5 million acres. Since the passage of The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in 1971, hundreds of thousands of wild horses and burros […]
FAQs about wild horses and burros
Q: Where are America’s remaining wild horses and burros? A: Today, wild horses and burros can be found primarily on government-designated Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in ten western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. Six states have already lost their entire wild horse populations. Q: Is there an […]
3 Out of 4 Americans oppose inhumane helicopter roundups of wild horses
New polling released today by the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) finds 74 percent of American voters, regardless of political affiliation, oppose helicopter roundups of wild horses and burros, a common yet outdated, inhumane, and taxpayer funded population management tool used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). American Wild Horse Campaign More so, three […]
GAO Report 1991
Report Abstract, 1991 Public Land Management: Observations on Management of Federal Wild Horse Program T-RCED-91-71 June 20, 1991 GAO discussed the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse program. GAO noted that: (1) BLM removed thousands of wild horses from the range each year without the land condition data that would enable it to determine […]
New research shows the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose horse slaughter
The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today released new data from a national poll conducted by Lake Research Partners that reveals 83 percent of Americans oppose the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption. Opposition to horse slaughter has remained strong and even increased slightly since prior polling in […]
Wild horses and donkeys dig wells in the desert, providing water for wildlife
Humans have a long history of digging wells, but we’re not the only species to tap the earth for water: New research reveals wild horses and donkeys, also known as burros, can as well. As described in a paper published April 29 in the journal Science, the animals use their hooves to dig more than […]
