UPDATED June 18, 2020: As wild horse advocates we face many challenges. Wild horses live in our system of public lands where they share the range with other wild things. However, our […]
What Do YOU Want? (How YOU can get it)
Motorized Vehicle Use (By Request)
Many of you have reached out to WHE regarding the BLM hearing on the use of motorized vehicles in the wild horse and burro program. Edited 4:30 MT: All of the slots […]
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 […]
A word about a bill (HR 6635)
Early last month Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced HR 6635: “Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2022.” Citing the events documented at the Pancake Complex roundup (NV) where a young colt was […]
Buffalo Hills, Day 6 Update
54 (17 Stallions, 26 Mares, and 11 Foals) wild horses were captured. The total captured to date is 279 Wild Horses (104 Stallions, 138 Mares, and 37 Foals) of the 383 targeted. […]
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 […]
2023, Prioritizing (Part 1)
Every year organizations give end-of-year updates to their followers and supporters. Reading these updates can give you real insight into the workings of individual organizations: what have they talked about, what have […]
Triple B, release (fertility control, fiscal 2022 notes)
Yesterday, the BLM released 5 trailers, containing 50 mares treated with 2 doses of GonaCon. GonaCon is a long lasting hormonal birth control vaccine. Given in 2 doses, infertility can last 5-7 […]
Are You For It Or Against It? (Path Forward)
Over the last 4 years a document that represents an agreement between big corporate lobby groups representing livestock and big cash animal orgs. has been steam rolling a path to becoming reality. […]
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 […]
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