Scroll down for cumulative stats and daily updates. At Wild Horse Education we have a long history with the wild horses and legal battles at Owyhee. In 2010 our founder won our […]
Owyhee Roundup (Updates and History)
Surprise Release (and a note on Hot Shot and Pigeon Fever )
Today was the first day we observed loading of a semi to go to Litchfield (travel to trap has often taken well over an hour and a half from the meet zone […]
Last Trap (Surprise)
The last trap, of the last day, as the sun sets during the last run. 93 (36 stallions, 43 mares, 14 foals) wild horses were captured on one of the longest days […]
Surprise Complex (squeezing a trap)
One of the only thinner horses we have seen, the older bay. More than one team member goes through every frame prior to our writing our daily reports. Looks like an older […]
50 Years Ago
As we watch the ongoing roundup in the Surprise Complex, the roundup in Rock Springs continues, the one at Centennial moves forward into phase 2 and Owyhee begins. The acceleration of a […]
Surprise Update (104 captured, 5+1 deaths and info on body scoring)
On October 10, 104 wild horses were captured at the Fox Hog HMA in the Surprise Complex. 25 studs, 56 mares and 23 foals lost their freedom. 5 lost their lives. Edited […]
Surprise Complex Roundup Moves Into Fox Hog HMA
The ongoing Surprise Complex roundup has moved into the final HMA in the complex, Fox Hog. The Surprise Complex is now made up of 6 HMAs: Massacre Lakes, High Rock, Wall Canyon, […]
Surprise (release and some history)
Showing all the signs of the physiological and psychological trauma of a roundup, 13 studs were released back into the High Rock HMA. Note: 13 studs this size in one stock trailer […]
Surprise (rain, cold and a wrangler gets in a rough spot)
Temperatures have dropped at the ongoing roundup of wild horses at the Surprise Complex managed by the Applegate office on the California BLM. First run captured about 38 wild horses. Each element […]
Surprise Slideshow (10/6)
Long days and technical SNAFUs continue at the Surprise Complex roundup. Oct 6: 82 captured (37 Studs, 37 Mares, 8 Foals) No deaths. Trap moved into High Rock today and will continue […]
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