BLM Roundups in Wyoming (BLM)
BLM Wyoming manages 16 wild horse herd management areas on nearly 5 million acres. The combined appropriate management level for all HMAs in the state is 3,725 animals. Since 1971, the BLM has removed approximately 37,000 animals from public rangelands in Wyoming.
FY2024 Tentative Wild Horse and Burro Gather and Fertility Control Schedule (BLM)
Australia approves aerial culling of wild horses after banning it more than two decades ago
Australia has approved the culling of wild horses by aerial shooting in one of its largest national parks, reviving a banned practice in an attempt to protect the native wildlife. The population of wild horses—locally known as brumbies—has increased by a third in the last two years to over 19,000 in the Kosciuszko National Park […]
Yes, America, we do have wild horses—for now…
Growing up on the east coast I knew we had horses, lots and lots of horses. None of these were wild free roaming but they were everywhere. We had race horses, carriage horses, barn horses, show horses and the kind I and others learned to ride on. It wasn’t until the 1990’s when I traveled […]
Wild Horse Fire Brigade
Wild Horse Fire Brigade provides sustainable cost-effective natural conservation of native species American wild horses by rewilding-relocating them into designated wilderness areas that are economically and ecologically appropriate, which have abundant forage and water, where wild horses are restored to their evolutionary roles as north American keystone herbivores. In such areas, wild horses are no […]
Are America’s wild horses the answer to wildfires?
Since moving to a remote mountain region just south of Interstate 5 on the Oregon-California border in 2014, William Simpson, 70, has assumed responsibility for the care of 120 wild horses that roam his land. He has also adopted 60 more as part of an effort to study the effect that grazing has on managing […]
11 mustangs die in Nevada roundup caught on video
Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, deaths that a Las Vegas congresswoman is calling tragic proof of the urgent need to outlaw helicopters to capture the animals on federal land. The 11 deaths so far include five young foals, four horses with […]
The value of the horse in Native cultures
American Indians have traditionally regarded the animals in their lives as fellow creatures with whom they share a common destiny. That intimate bond between human and animal is nowhere so evident or powerful as in the case of the horse. This video explores how the significance of the horse is reflected in the Lakota (Sioux) […]
Another weekend of death at the Kentucky Derby but don’t expect change
Seven racehorses lost their lives in the days leading up to this year’s Kentucky Derby. Four breakdowns, a broken neck in the paddock, and two yet-to-be-explained collapses paint a grim picture of horse racing in America. The horses died at Churchill Downs during the only time of year racing is relevant to most Americans, so […]
Horse deaths, 4 in 6 days, mar the start of Kentucky Derby week at Churchill Downs
Kentucky Derby week is off to a grim start at Churchill Downs. Three horses have died in the first two racing days of a meet that already began on a tragic note with the death of a Kentucky Derby qualifier, Wild on Ice, who was euthanized following an injury sustained in training last Thursday. Parents […]
What do horses feel at the Kentucky Derby? Mostly fear and pain
For a horse, winning means nothing—they don’t even understand the concept. Yet every May, U.S. horse racing sells a narrative to draw in the public. The story goes that a group of young horses are locked in gritty pursuit of Triple Crown glory. But trophies, money, and adulation are all human-made abstractions. The main concern […]
Herd Management Areas (BLM)
The BLM manages wild horses and burros in 177 herd management areas across 10 western states. Each HMA is unique in its terrain features, local climate and natural resources, just as each herd is unique in its history, genetic heritage, coloring and size distribution.
