Published by Carol Walker on Wild Hoofbeats The Bureau of Land Management just announced plans to destroy three wild herds of horses in the Checkerboard Area of Wyoming’s Red Desert. These wild horses are federally protected and living on 2 million acres in southeastern Wyoming. The proposed Resource […]
Don’t forget to also call the White House and your Congressional representatives. SOURCE: Wildhoofbeats.com by Carol Walker Today is the last day to comment on the BLM’s disastrous plan to sterilize wild mares in the White Mountain Herd Management Area in Wyoming. Despite the herd numbering only 268 […]
White Mountain Wild Horses (Photo: CAROL WALKER) by Robert C. Bauer, Biologist Wild Horse and Burro Specialist BLM Rock Springs Field Office 280 Highway 191 North Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901 Fax: 307-352-0329 307-775-6014 Ms. Wertz and to those whom it may concern; I am writing in reference […]
I, personally, do not support the use of PZP because most of our wild horse and burro herds are non-viable, but although there is disagreement among advocates on this issue, I am posting Ginger Kathren’s post as written. You are free to use or omit the comments about […]
For our newer readers, we are re-posting excerpts from a 2013 article from this blog (The BLM & Fish and Wildlife Service are experimenting on our wild horses and burros) so that you will know exactly what “field spaying” looks like and what the BLM plans to do […]
Source: wildhoofbeats.com/blog “Spaying domestic horses in sterile, hospital conditions is one thing, and it is not a common practice. But most large animal veterinarians agree that the surgical environment needs to be completely sterile and recovery time is at least a month – this is NOT a suitable […]
This is what tar sands look like in Canada “The document goes so far as to say, ‘the management of wild horse and burro herds is not compatible within those portions of commercial tar sands lease areas.’” by Grandma Gregg In addition to the welfare ranchers, here is […]
“I know this is a bad plan. If you found my blog, then odds are good that you know this is a bad plan too. It cannot be allowed to happen. We kill all the predators and then maim all the prey and for what? To put European […]
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