SOURCE: azcentral.com by Brenna Goth, The Republic Mustangs canter across land in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The U.S. Forest Service says that there are several hundred horses in the area and argues that the population isn’t wild and needs to be controlled. (Photo: Photos by Tom Tingle/The Republic) HEBER-OVERGAARD […]
Some interesting background before you read the news article below: It seems that if we even just look at one grazing allotment on the Pine Nut HMA, the Buckeye Allotment, BLM allows about 375 cattle (and don’t forget that cow-calf pairs only count as one in BLM fuzzy […]
“The BLM uses a lame excuse to round up more wild horses near a remote highway. BLM should re-locate the wild horses farther from the highway on this 280,000 acre HMA (see map HERE), or to another HMA. Instead, the BLM seems to be exceeding its authority by […]
Instead of removing wild horses, BLM should end all livestock GRAZING ALLOTMENTS on PUBLIC LANDS. And, there is NO “OVERPOPULATION” of wild horses! SOURCE: Elko Daily Free Press Federal agency announces 2015 wild horse roundups ELKO – The Bureau of Land Management announced it will remove […]
Special interests are getting more than a fair share of the pie of public lands and water use, while the wild horses and burros are getting the short end of the stick. Below is a detailed article that shows what we’re up against. SOURCE: desmogblog.com by Steve Horn […]
Just a reminder, as we read this personal account written in 2013, of what may be happening behind the scenes of BLM’s “bait-trapping” of wild horses, where the BLM contractors can still use a helicopter, but the BLM doesn’t let the public know when or where they are […]
From the article below, it seems that the National Park Service (an agency under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior), is touting the use of the EXPERIMENTAL, RESTRICTED-USE PESTICIDE (aka fertility control drug) GonaCon on the “feral” horses in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. On the website for […]
BLM has just sweetened the gig for working cattle ranch, Double D Ranch. Besides selling livestock, Double D Ranch sells horses. It seems that Dwayne Oldham, who owns and leases parts of Double D Ranch, is a former Wyoming State Veterinarian and Wyoming Livestock Board member. It also seems […]
By Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation, Wild Horse Freedom Federation SOURCE: wildhoofbeats.com It was not enough for Wyoming Governor Matt Mead that 1263 wild horses were removed from Wyoming’s Checkerboard lands just two months ago. Right after the roundup was completed, he complained that in another few […]
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