The Swasey roundup began July 15. The operation targets 800 wild horses in a two phase operation. The helicopter portion of the roundup is phase 1, targeting 600. Day 1 saw the […]
Swasey Roundup (photo album, day 1)
Roundup Reports: Swasey
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Swasey roundup of wild horses will be done n two phases: first the helicopter capture and then bait trapping. The total target number for the complete […]
Are You Confused by the Budget Debate? (it’s not over)
Every single year we see a growing confusion as the debate over the budget bill, called “Appropriations,” moves through before being signed and becoming law. The Appropriations bill must follow the same […]
Pick Up A Phone (Vote on Budget heading to full floor in House)
Pick Up the Phone for Wild Horses and Burros Updated Action after committee vote 7/9. The Appropriations bill has passed out of the House sub-committee a will now head for committee vote […]
Burros (their habitat is under massive threat)
In the US we have less than 8000 wild burros on all of public lands today. These burros are the descendants of burros brought in to do the dirty work for mines […]
Markup Hearing Tomorrow on House Appropriations Bill, 2021
The draft of the House Appropriations bill for 2021 is out. You can access the entire Interior 2021 draft HERE. Under this draft the BLM will be awarded $102,620,000 for the wild […]
Baby Feet (Range Creek Roundup Update)
The Range Creek roundup in Utah continues. You can view roundup update reports from our volunteers HERE. Roundups in July and August are particularly hard to watch from the standpoint of welfare […]
Removing the Symbol of Freedom (as the nation celebrates July 4th)
Editorial: Laura Leigh, founder of Wild Horse Education As our nation celebrates Independence Day, the fourth of July, we are removing our symbol of freedom from the range. It should come as […]
Range Creek Roundup (Observer Reports)
About twenty miles northeast of Price, Utah, the Range Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) roundup began on July 1. The HMA is about 55,000 acres and the AML (stocking level for wild […]
“Killing Wild Horses” Is Back (White House Unified Agenda)
On July 1 the White House released the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preface to the regulatory change is extremely vague and does the opposite of “clarifying” any regulation: […]
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