By: Suzanne Roy, Executive Director, American Wild Horse Campaign “…Masters is no advocate for wildlife or wild horses…” Ben Masters made a movie about riding mustangs on a long-distance journey through the West. It’s an apt metaphor, not only for the place of the mustang in the history […]
Source: Western Values Project “Whether it’s a sweetheart land deal or private chartered flights, it’s long past time to shine a light on Zinke’s public documents,” Western Values Project (WVP), a Montana-based conservation group, represented by watchdog American Oversight, today filed a lawsuit against the Department of the […]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board meeting in Salt Lake City concluded today, and once again, this Advisory Board voted to recommend that the BLM kill large numbers of wild horses & burros, and to sell other wild horses & burros […]
By Dale Kasler as published on The Sacramento Bee “…animals that are at least 10 years old will be put up for sale “without limitation” for $1 apiece if they aren’t adopted within 30 days…” A controversial roundup of 1,000 wild horses, some of which could wind up […]
By Vickery Eckhoff as published on The Daily Pitchfork.org Who’s overgrazing BLM lands? Subsidized livestock. BLM data shows it. The below spreadsheet converts grazing receipts reported by the BLM for private livestock grazed under the public lands grazing program, allowing a direct head-to-head comparison between the number of […]
Source: PEGA How could the Army have gotten it so very wrong? Preliminary genetic analysis from random samplings of generationally wild, free roaming horses at Fort Polk in Louisiana confirm heavy Spanish association. While variables weigh into genetic testing results, the Fort Polk horses consistently pair with Puerto Rican […]
Source: Return to Freedom BLM intends to remove about 652 wild horses from the 475,460-acre Warm Springs Herd Management Area… The Bureau of Land Management has captured 226 wild horses and six burros and eight animals have died during the first three days of a helicopter roundup preceding […]
By Andrew Sheeler as published on The Charlotte Observer “…after a 30-day period all horses 10 and older — an estimated 300 animals — will be made available for sale without limitations for $1 each… “ In a remote corner of California, the U.S. Forest Service is set […]
by George Wuerthner as published on The Wildlife News “There is probably no activity that does more damage to our public lands, and in particular, degrades our wilderness areas, than livestock production…” Livestock grazing occurs on some 260 million acres of federal lands, including lands administered by the […]
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