by Sonia Luokkala, as published in The Salon A little-known 2004 amendment to a Nixon-era law allows formerly protected wild mares to be auctioned for slaughter Chief, a Kiger mustang born in the remote wilderness of Utah, lives with 400 other rescued wild horses and burros in a […]
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By Charles Ashby as published in The Daily Sentinel “The BLM is intent on removing an entire herd, but both the language and spirit of the Wild Horse Act protect wild horses from elimination…” A Front Range horse rescue group is trying to block the Bureau of Land […]
By Alan Prendergast as published in WestWorld “This roundup showcased the inhumanity of helicopter roundups.” As the U.S. Bureau of Land Management sees it, last month’s removal of 167 wild horses from a rugged, remote area in Rio Blanco County was a success, easing the strain on damaged […]
Source: Multiple A controversial horse roundup conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ended Wednesday after 167 horses were removed from Colorado’s West Douglas Herd Area. The BLM used helicopters and bait traps to capture the horses. Two were killed during the roundup. A stallion fell while […]
Sadly, we did not prevail in stopping the BLM from proceeding to zero out the West Douglas Herd. We continue to fight the mismanagement and decimation of our wild horse herds. Our voices count, and are the only hope they have. – Carol Walker, Director of Field Documentation […]
Joint Press Release from The Cloud Foundation and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Zeroing out entire wild horse herd not viewed as constituting “irreparable harm.” Washington, DC (Sept. 15, 2015) – Today, Federal Judge Christopher R. Cooper denied a Preliminary Injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from […]
By Dennis Webb as published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel “…once the BLM comes in and gets them out they’re gone.” The Bureau of Land Management plans to start a local wild-horse gather on Wednesday, two days later than planned, following the recent filing of a lawsuit […]
Join us on Wild Horse Wednesday (*SM) , September 9, 2015 5:00 pm PST … 6:00 pm MST … 7:00 pm CST … 8:00 pm EST Listen to the archived show (HERE!) or listen to the show live on your phone by calling (917) 388-4520. You can call in […]
Source: NBC11News.com “Wild horses are a natural heritage species and to continue seeing them removed after a law was created to protect them is a travesty,” GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. A Bureau of Land Management’s plan to move 167 horses, that has been almost three years in the making, […]
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