The Blue Wing roundup has been nothing less that a relentless assault as BLM races to remove as many as possible as we await a court ruling.

From driving burros in a health warning due to heat (where burros literally died being transported from trap to holding on the trailers) to relentless pursuits of mares and foals.

BLM NV continues to demonstrate the highest death rates in the nation. Our research has proven time and again that 1 in 9 wild horses or or burros will die and trap or in government holding in 6 months. In NV, the death rate can double the national average.

169 (69 Stallions, 70 Mares, and 30 Foals) 0 (0 Jacks, 0 Jennies and 0 Foals) wild horses were captured 7/17.

To date: 526 Wild Horses and 360 Wild Burros have been captured. 16 have died including 3 that died simply during transport.

Shawave Mountains, HMA

Above: Mare trying to escape with her tiny foal is pushed away from her baby. She collapses 3 times in the relentless pursuit. We saw wranglers also go after her foal. We do not know if either of them are still alive. BLM onsite is lousy with communication, does not like being questioned and does not relay information to observers during the day like other states do. BLM NV also does not “escort” the way other states do. There is no one following behind to make sure you do not get lost or crash. BLM NV is a world apart from what you experience elsewhere if you go to a roundup.

Above: Another mare trying to protect her young one that does not want to go into trap.

Above: A band watching the chaos below as the helicopter begins to target the band.

Above: Band chased into trap after foal falls off during the pursuit. We did not see foal enter trap.

Above: Band relentlessly pursued, escapes trap, is pursued again and, finally, let go. We had to spilt the video into 2 parts to get it to load.

As you can see, our observers work very hard to bring you comprehensive coverage each and every day. It is not easy dealing with the distances BLM has started keeping us from trap, bad internet and the extremely long days that begin before dawn and end long after sunset.

We want to thank our observers for their diligence, attentiveness and resilience under the pressure.

We work very hard to bring you in-depth daily coverage from the field. It might feel like relentless coverage… because it is simply relentless.

Please make a call. Our wild ones desperately need an enforceable welfare policy that is crafted with transparency, public participation and complies with current welfare standards for equines.

The phone number for Congress is: (202) 224-3121. You should put it in your speed dial. Call the number tell the operator who your representative is (or where you live if you do not know) and you will be connected to an aide in the office. Ask to register your concerns and request. Ask that an amendment to the funding bill for the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program be crafted to simply create a line item for funding for “Rulemaking to create an enforceable welfare policy.”

Our teams are in field and in the courts working hard to expose the truth, protect our wild ones on the range and stop abuses during capture and in holding.

We need your help to stay on the frontline.

Thank you for keeping WHE running for our wild ones!