RESOLVED: BLM has moved some of the trap panels allowing free access to water while the helicopter roundup is taking place. An excerpt from an email from BLM Wild Horse and Burro […]
Breaking Update: BLM Has Set Water Trapping (ACTION RESOLVED, Thank you!)
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 […]
Swasey Roundup (photo album, day 1)
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 […]
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 […]
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