Debate: Wild Horse and Burro Welfare Policy (Editorial, Laura Leigh) A glimpse at my perspective Back in 2009, I was covering a roundup for a small feed store type newspaper called Horseback […]
Debate: Wild Horse and Burro Welfare
Heat Index Monitoring (Roundup Update)
NOTE: This tracking page has had multiple edits over the last two days as we posted updates and heat index readings and we will reformat to make it easier to understand shortly. […]
Triple B (fast editorial update from a frustrated advocate)
The Triple B roundup continues to push toward the target of 1900 wild horses captured in this 4th roundup in 5 years under the 2017 Gather-EA. After this operation the agency will […]
Some Bad News (personal plea)
Note from Laura Leigh from the budget debate front, from the heart: I’ve got some bad news from the front on the fight against the release of additional funding, $21 million, in […]
WHE Respond
On January 2, WHE published a piece on the “State of Wild Horses/Burros.”(HERE) We ask that you read the piece from January 2. The following piece is presented by request from our […]
Humane Handling (it’s not just about the roundup)
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 established the mandate that wild horses and burros were to managed, humanely, and preserved for future generations. When we talk about “humane management […]
Medicine Hat
As we put together our year-in-review we have found the most popular set of photos WHE has published in 2021 are the pictures of the Redhead, a medicine hat bachelor from the […]
Countdown to Helicopter Season (part 1, funding the schedule)
The sound of the chopper running wild horses and burros into a trap marks the end of life in the wild. Roundups mark the fiscal year calendar the agency runs on and […]
Roundup Update (with a technical talk and action item)
The roundup at Swasey has captured 253 wild horses of the 600 targeted in phase one of the removal operation. Phase two will capture an additional 200 via bait trap. We are […]
Drought (Summer 2021, Wild Horse Country)
The single greatest threat to our wild horses and burros is habitat loss and fragmentation. Our ranges are not open spaces managed for a “thriving natural ecological balance.” Our western ranges are […]
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