• According to the BLM, there are 95,000 wild horses and burros roaming the West, about triple what the agency says the land can support. (sltrib.com)
  • The BLM has placed more than 240,000 wild horses and burros into private care since 1971," said Southeastern States District Manager Robert Swithers. (blm.gov)
  • The documents provide "irrefutable" evidence that BLM's adoption incentive program has allowed "a flood of wild, untrained mustangs and burros" to be sent "into the slaughter pipeline," said Amelia Perrin, AWHC's investigations manager. (eenews.net)
  • BLM has in the past defended its popular pay-to-adopt program, which offers $1,000 to people who adopt one of the nearly 60,000 wild horses and burros removed from federal rangelands and held in off-range holding corrals and pastures. (eenews.net)
  • Since the program started in late 2019, it has helped adopt more than 8,200 wild horses and burros into private care. (eenews.net)
  • BLM last year made adjustments to the program, including implementing administrative steps to better screen adoption candidates and to help ensure that wild horses and burros transferred into private care through the adoption program are not later sold at auctions with known kill buyers in attendance. (eenews.net)
  • Of the 840 "BLM-branded wild horses and burros identified in kill pens," the group says it confirmed that at least 312 of them were "adopted through" the incentive program. (eenews.net)
  • As for the fate of these wild horses and burros, the report states, "The whereabouts of these animals remain unknown. (eenews.net)
  • The AWHC report "identified 24 groups of related individuals" that it says have adopted multiple wild horses and burros "to the same address, then flipped all the animals to kill pens as a group after receiving the full incentive payments" of $1,000 per animal. (eenews.net)
  • At least 130 BLM wild horses or burros were sent to kill pens as part of such coordinated schemes," netting these groups of related individuals "up to $30,000 from incentive payments and auction fees from the first round of AIP adoptions," the report says. (eenews.net)
  • The adoption incentive program "is routinely being defrauded by adopters who, after receiving title to their animals, are pocketing the cash incentives, then promptly sending their wild horses and burros to livestock auctions, known as kill pens," according to the report. (eenews.net)
  • The true number of wild horses and burros entering the slaughter pipeline as a direct result of the AIP is likely much larger than what AWHC's investigation has uncovered to date. (eenews.net)
  • These changes are critically needed to stop the flow of wild horses and burros into the slaughter pipeline," Perrin said. (eenews.net)
  • BLM reported last year that it successfully adopted 7,369 wild horses and burros into private care in fiscal 2021 - the most in at least two decades ( Greenwire , Nov. 24, 2021). (eenews.net)
  • Wild horses that stray from the established Herd Management Area need to be removed to reduce conflicts with other resources and private land under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. (craigdailypress.com)
  • BLM removed 11,472 wild horses and burros during 2018 fiscal year, according to data posted on Monday . (returntofreedom.org)
  • The total number of wild horses and burros removed from the range in 2018 was greater than the previous three years combined and the most since 2002, when 12,029 were captured. (returntofreedom.org)
  • In March 2018 - before the foaling season and last year's roundups - the agency's estimate stood at 66,976 wild horses and 14,975 burros. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The BLM has set a combined "Appropriate Management Level" of as low as 26,690 wild horses - just 1,390 more than in 1971, when Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 out of concern for their dwindling population. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The number of wild horses and burros living in government corrals (14,029) and on leased pastures (36,205) reached 50,935 in January. (returntofreedom.org)
  • In May 2018, BLM implemented a new sales policy allowing a single buyer to purchase up to 24 wild horses or burros per day with no waiting period and no questions asked. (returntofreedom.org)
  • A total of 3,158 wild horses and burros were adopted during 2018, down from 3,517 the previous year. (returntofreedom.org)
  • BLM has been unable to adopt out more than 4,000 horses and burros since 2007, when 4,772 were placed into homes. (returntofreedom.org)
  • Return to Freedom is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and depends on the kind and generous donations of people like you to keep our wild horses and burros fed, as well as to continue our invaluable work in legislation, lobbying, and hands-on rescue. (returntofreedom.org)
  • We love to hear from our supporters, as well as anyone with questions about our life-saving work, about wild horses and burros in general, and especially about your interest in helping us keep wild horses and burros in their rightful place on America's public lands. (returntofreedom.org)
  • We currently estimate that there are 67,000 horses and burros on public lands in the West, which is more than twice the number of horses on the range than is recommended under BLM land use plans. (wylr.net)
  • It is also two-and-a-half times the number of horses and burros that were estimated to be in existence when the Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act was passed in 1971. (wylr.net)
  • With nearly 50,000 horses and burros already in off-range corrals and pastures, this means that without new opportunities for placing these animals with responsible owners, the BLM will spend more than a billion dollars to care for and feed these animals over the remainder of their lives. (wylr.net)
  • In 2013, the National Academy of Sciences confirmed there are no highly effective, easily delivered and affordable fertility-control methods for wild horses and burros. (wylr.net)
  • Further, the 2017 President's budget includes a request for legislative authority to allow for the transfer of wild horses and burros to federal, state and local agencies that have a legitimate need for work animals. (wylr.net)
  • The U.S. Border Patrol, the U.S. Military and other agencies who are interested in using wild horses or burros in their work are unable to receive direct transfer of horses from the BLM. (wylr.net)
  • How Sally Spencer and all those on the dole in the name of hte wild horses and burros look to their contracts to process, brand, transport to sale authority buyers, geld, spay and roundup. (horseillustrated.com)
  • Instead of using that to fix this broken wild horse management problem, they permanently removed another 10,000 wild horses and burros and put them into tax- funded long- term holding pens,' he said. (scdailypress.com)
  • At the end of the last fiscal year, BLM was managing 38,365 wild horses and burros in 180 different herd management areas on federal lands covering about 32 million acres in 10 western states. (scdailypress.com)
  • On July 28, the Wheatland Corral will offer up to 30 untrained wild horses and burros for adoption. (guernseygazette.com)
  • In the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, the county's lawyers allege the BLM is shirking its legal duty under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 to keep horse populations below certain thresholds, known as "appropriate management levels," or AMLs, and degrading the range and displacing livestock in the process. (sltrib.com)
  • Across the 10 western states, BLM estimates that there are over 40,000 horses and burros roaming around-about 14,000 more than it cites the land can maintain. (gohunt.com)
  • As such, we have continued our research into this location, and the BLM in general, and even recently returned to the Palomino Valley holding facility to determine conditions for the horses and burros on site. (animalsangels.org)
  • The bill/act meant that wild horses and burros would be safe from being killed or other acts of cruelty while roaming on federal lands. (hubpages.com)
  • Follow the link below to see what the BLM has planned for wild horses and Burros in 2020. (hubpages.com)
  • Wild horses and Burros are in trouble again. (hubpages.com)
  • What they are really saying is zero wild horses and Burros and great numbers of livestock. (hubpages.com)
  • You can be the voice for the wild horses and burros it only takes a couple of minutes of your time to fill out the forms listed below. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • Sadly the abuse does not end in the round up its worse when captured and forced to live in holding pens as they become one of 60,000 plus wild horses and burros locked up in jail, held in the BLM's holding system. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • Often wild horses and burros are chased for miles before our field representatives see them. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • And why they really want OUR Wild Horses & Burros off OUR land. (blogspot.com)
  • More information on the program and adoptable wild horses and burros is at https://www.blm.gov/whb . (nevadastate.news)
  • Both the BLM and the NNCC will continue to care for and work with the wild horses and burros for future adoption events. (nevadastate.news)
  • The adoption program is the BLM's primary tool for placing wild horses and burros into private care, removing them from overpopulated herds on public lands where available vegetation and water can become scarce as populations grow. (nevadastate.news)
  • More than 250,000 wild horses and burros have been placed by the BLM into private care since 1971. (nevadastate.news)
  • The BLM estimates the wild horse population across the five HMAs to be approximately 5,105.Since 1971, the BLM has removed approximately 37,000 animals from public rangelands in Wyoming as part of its efforts to maintain healthy horses and burros on healthy public rangelands. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The senator from Wisconsin at the time, Senator Gaylord Nelson, came up with this bill called the Wild Horse and Burro Act to protect wild horses and burros who were wandering throughout the western country," he said. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board was established pursuant to the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and is regulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Act, which governs the establishment and operation of advisory committees and by BLM advisory committee regulations. (greatbasinsun.com)
  • Our partners at the Piceance Mustangs have been invaluable at helping manage wild horses and burros and helping with adoptions," said Tyrell Turner, Northwest District Wild Horse & Burro Specialist . (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • In Fiscal Year 2021, the Adoption Incentive Program and other actions helped the BLM achieve more adoptions and sales of wild horses and burros than any other year since 1997. (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • in this March 29, 2022, BLM photo. (returntofreedom.org)
  • On April 28, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management announced tests determined an equine influenza virus caused the mysterious respiratory disease that killed at least 95 wild horses and forced a federal holding facility in Colorado to go under quarantine. (americancowboychronicles.com)
  • There's more trouble on the horizon for the Bureau of Land Management's embattled wild horse and burro adoption incentive program. (eenews.net)
  • Thank you for your letter, dated Nov. 4, 2015, in which you asked a number of questions about the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program. (wylr.net)
  • This type of political drama might seem far removed from the daily reality of the horse world, but among the government programs affected is the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program. (horseillustrated.com)
  • AP) - The U.S. House approved an amendment on a voice vote Wednesday that would cut the Bureau of Land Management's budget by $ 2 million in protest of the agency's wild horse roundups that some critics say are too costly and others say are inhumane. (scdailypress.com)
  • Wheatland - Wild horse and burro adoption events at the Bureau of Land Management's Wheatland Off-Range Corral will resume as scheduled throughout the summer. (guernseygazette.com)
  • President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal calls for a $12 million increase in the Bureau of Land Management's $64 million wild horse and burro program. (blogspot.com)
  • The BLM is planning numerous roundups around the West this year, as part of a contentious horse removal policy expanded under President Donald Trump's time in office. (sltrib.com)
  • Advocacy groups insist the BLM should rely on a fertility vaccine known as PZP to stabilize horse numbers, rather than conducting roundups every few years. (sltrib.com)
  • The agency has never invested as much as 4% of its Wild Horse & Burro Program budget on humane fertility control, which would reduce the need for roundups. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The BLM is proposing a series of roundups that would reduce this strong herd of 200 down to just 90 horses, well below the genetic viability standard of 150 animals needed to maintain diversity. (luckythreeranch.com)
  • In December, for instance, two rural interest organizations in Nevada filed a suit for more roundups of overpopulated herds of wild horses that compete with livestock for natural resources (e.g., water, forage). (gohunt.com)
  • Wild horse roundups in Nevada were proposed in 2008 as part of a management plan at the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, and was approved by federal officials in late 2012. (gohunt.com)
  • Mandating helicopter cameras to record and document roundups will help the public hold the BLM accountable and establish a record of activities most Americans never see. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • The claim made by the Bureau of Land Management that the area is unable to sustain any federally protected wild horses while permitting hundreds of privately owned livestock to graze in the same area, showcases a lopsided federal approach that has consistently reduced wild horse habitat since 1971," Wilson said. (cpr.org)
  • The 1971 Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act called for the creation of these havens through administration by the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service. (uncovercolorado.com)
  • The Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971 is the law that oversees these type of operations," Purdy explained. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • According to the BLM website, adoptions are conducted six days a week. (animalsangels.org)
  • To learn more about BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program, visit https://www.blm.gov/whb . (blm.gov)
  • To provide proper context for the scale of the Wild Horse and Burro Program, it is helpful to note the total number of horses that are currently on the public lands, as well as the number of horses that have been moved to off-range pastures and corrals, which are usually leased from private parties. (wylr.net)
  • How will federal budget cuts affect the BLM Wild Horse and Burro program? (horseillustrated.com)
  • According to Sally Spencer of the BLM, the 2013 operating budget for the Wild Horse and Burro Program is around $71 million, a $3 million cut from the previous year's budget. (horseillustrated.com)
  • Due to the impacts of sequestration, the Wild Horse & Burro Program has had to make some hard decisions regarding budget priorities for 2013," says Spencer. (horseillustrated.com)
  • Working with the Wild Horse and Burro Program, the Foundation has identified a number of adoption-related programs and events which it plans to scale back in view of the reductions. (horseillustrated.com)
  • To find out more about the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program, visit BLM.gov . (horseillustrated.com)
  • For more information about these special adoption or sale events and how to adopt or purchase your own wild horse or burro visit BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program webpage at https://www.blm.gov/whb . (nevadastate.news)
  • The Bureau of Land Management is set to begin a controversial roundup targeting a photogenic Utah herd of wild horses this week over the strident objections of horse advocates who contend the BLM's horse program is a colossal waste of tax dollars and inhumane. (sltrib.com)
  • Horse advocates dispute those claims and are calling on the BLM to ditch its roundup program in favor of fertility control, which the BLM's own science advisers have recommended. (sltrib.com)
  • The agency changed its approach after slaughter claims were first raised by wild horse advocates last year and later detailed in a New York Times story that estimated potentially "truckloads" of adopted animals were later sold at auction ( Greenwire , May 17, 2021). (eenews.net)
  • Advocates are also calling on BLM to increase inspections of adopted animals before they are turned over into private care, and to screen adoption candidates for past violations of the program. (eenews.net)
  • Recognizing the situation as unsustainable, the BLM is experimenting with fertility control as a fresh alternative that federal officials hope can appease all sides in an issue that pits horse advocates against ranchers. (sltrib.com)
  • Wild horse advocates oppose the sanctuary plan, which they see as a gift to ranchers whose cattle won't have to compete with as many wild horses for forage. (blogspot.com)
  • Wild horse advocates feel frustrated and ignored repeatedly in decisions that can have catastrophic impacts to wild populations," Leigh continued "and it seems like the BLM does everything they can to magnify that feeling. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Bureau of Land Management and the newly formed nonprofit Piceance Mustangs are hosting a tour and barbecue May 5 to celebrate the wild horses of the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area southwest of Meeker. (craigdailypress.com)
  • It is just a drop in the bucket when you are talking about this overall cost problem we are facing, but it is one I hope will send a very strong message to BLM to treat these mustangs in a humane way,'' said Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind. (scdailypress.com)
  • Wild horse activists are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that seeks the removal of thousands of wild mustangs from Western ranges, reports the Associated Press. (gohunt.com)
  • FLOWOOD, Miss.- The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangelands, on January 19-21, 2023, at the Rocking H Arena located at 1145 Highway 527, Elm Grove, LA 7105. (blm.gov)
  • The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning on announcing the next roundup of wild horses and wild burro's for fiscal year 2023. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • 2023 is the year we demand change for the wild horses and burro's. (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • The BLM and Their Plan for 2020. (hubpages.com)
  • CARSON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management has canceled the saddle-trained wild horse and burro public adoption event previously planned for June 13, 2020. (nevadastate.news)
  • The next saddle-trained wild horse adoption and competitive-bid auction at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center is tentatively scheduled for October 10, 2020. (nevadastate.news)
  • To get pre-approved to adopt or learn more about adoption requirements, visit https://wildhorsesonline.blm.gov/ . (guernseygazette.com)
  • For updates and information on future adoption events, follow BLM Wyoming on Facebook or Twitter, or visit https://www.blm.gov/whb . (guernseygazette.com)
  • You can listen to the broadcast at this link: https://knpr.org/knpr/2017-04/will-wild-horses-be-dragged-away Or simply click the image below. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • The American Wild Horse Campaign today released a report the group says shows that since 2019 at least 840 animals removed from federal rangelands, placed into holding pens and corrals, and adopted into private care were later sold at livestock auctions that included known buyers from slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. (eenews.net)
  • The BLM is committed to maintaining a healthy wild horse population on healthy rangelands in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area," said BLM White River Field Manager Kent Walter. (craigdailypress.com)
  • The removal of excess wild horses will protect the rangelands and reduce impacts to sensitive animal species and adjoining private properties. (cpr.org)
  • Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said his plan would "restore the health of America's wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them by creating a cost-efficient, sustainable management program. (blogspot.com)
  • All available saddle-trained wild horses were adopted at the first virtual event hosted by the Bureau of Land Management and the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (R3C) in Elk Grove. (govdelivery.com)
  • The BLM is also working to reduce the cost of caring for the animals that are cared for in open pastures, which are more cost effective than corrals. (wylr.net)
  • About $ 37 million of that was spent last fi scal year on housing the gathered horses at BLM corrals and leased pastures - a 30 percent increase from the previous year, said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. (scdailypress.com)
  • The BLM will primarily use a helicopter drive trap method to gather the horses from private lands in the Cathedral Creek area. (craigdailypress.com)
  • If less than 100 wild horses are gathered from this area, the BLM may elect to gather horses from additional nearby areas outside the HMA. (craigdailypress.com)
  • Wild horses removed through this gather will be taken to the Canon City holding facility and be made available for adoption or sale. (craigdailypress.com)
  • The agency was only able to get authorization for this gather because Sulphur horses have been posing a public-safety threat along State Route 21 and the gather plan relied heavily on fertility control, according to BLM spokeswoman Lisa Reid. (sltrib.com)
  • The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will resume the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) wild horse gather south of Ely, Nev. (hubpages.com)
  • The BLM has a goal of rounding up over 3,500 horses before the 2021 Rock Springs Wild Horse Gather is complete, according to Brad Purdy, Public Affairs Specialist for the BLM-Montana/Dakotas State Office. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • When BLM looks at this, we look at it as basically five gathers, with the largest gather in the Great Divide Basin - I believe we are gathering 1,124 there," he explained. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The BLM is compelled, when we have more of a population than the appropriate management level states, that law says, we shall go out there and then gather horses. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a wild horse and burro adoption today through Saturday. (artesianews.com)
  • In March, a BLM wild horse facility in Wyoming was also closed because some animals developed "Streptococcus Equi. (americancowboychronicles.com)
  • In the last two and one-half weeks, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has rounded up around 500 wild horses in the southwest part of Wyoming but thats just a start. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • BLM Wyoming manages 16 wild horse herd management areas on nearly 5 million acres. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The BLM Wyoming Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are removing wild horses from the Great Divide Basin, Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek, White Mountain and Little Colorado Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in southwestern Wyoming. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • There were televised things on the news, people in airplanes shooting wild horses in the desert, probably, Nevada, although I found out later where that did happen in Wyoming," he continued. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • According to Paul McGuire, public affairs specialist for the BLM Oklahoma office, the BLM monitors horse and burro populations to ensure they do not exceed manageable numbers. (artesianews.com)
  • The BLM shares your concerns about growing populations, herd and rangeland health, program costs and the effectiveness of past management strategies. (wylr.net)
  • The organization had requested that the BLM create an supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and allow the wild horse community to provide comment, input and recommendations. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Wild Horse Education (WHE) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to protecting America's wild horses from abuse and slaughter, and to preserve our herds and the land they stand on for future generations. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Wild Horse Education (WHE) is a tiny organization with a strong track record. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • The organization works closely with the BLM in managing the McCullough Peaks HMA, including administering PZP to the herd. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • Domain organization of BLM protein is shown below mutations. (lu.se)
  • A wild horse roundup set to begin Friday will remove the entire West Douglas herd in Rio Blanco County, sending them to a holding facility in Fremont County where more than 140 horses died last year. (cpr.org)
  • Scott Wilson, Colorado spokesperson for the American Wild Horse Campaign, said in a statement that the roundup was unnecessary, and favored cattle interests. (cpr.org)
  • URGENT: BLM plans to roundup Montana's last wild herd! (luckythreeranch.com)
  • Wranglers for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management completed a roundup of 655 wild horses from Utah's West Desert in late January, but the agency's decision to return dozens back to the range has prompted a lawsuit from Beaver County. (sltrib.com)
  • Wild Horses: Comments Due June 20 on Great Divide Basin Roundup - will it be another sterilized herd? (wildhoofbeats.com)
  • The Bureau of Land Management captured and removed more of America's wild horses from the range in Fiscal Year 2018 than in any year since 2002. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The BLM is in charge of caring for America's wild horses and announced that the outbreak had taken place when at least 57 horses had died in CaƱon City, Colorado, located more than 100 miles south of Denver. (americancowboychronicles.com)
  • BLM spokeswoman Celia Boddington said the agency had no comment on the House vote. (scdailypress.com)
  • The BLM holds adoption events where some of the younger equines are sold to private homes. (horseillustrated.com)
  • The group asserts that BLM failed to notify and include wild horse interests in the decision process. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • The lawsuit asserts the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to complete a detailed environmental impact statement for Big Weekly Elk, and by failing to take the requisite "hard look" at impacts to endangered species habitat, carbon storage, and a host of other environmental values. (wildoregon.org)
  • The decision will also allow future gathers to remove wild horses that stray from the 300-square-mile Piceance-East Douglas HMA designated for their management. (craigdailypress.com)
  • Earlier this year 761 wild horses from Piceance-East Douglas HMA were gathered due to overpopulation, drought, and lack of forage. (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • Over the past 10 years, the cost of BLM's wild horse management program has tripled to $ 64 million. (scdailypress.com)
  • Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, said during House debate on Wednesday that he agreed there is a major problem' with BLM's management of wild horses and livestock on public land. (scdailypress.com)
  • The project is surrounded by private lands logging, as well as the BLM's own Coos Bay Landscape Management Project, which together have already decimated the forest cover in the region, yet the BLM took none of these activities into account in its determination that its logging will have no impact. (wildoregon.org)
  • BLM officials say the Onaqui herd management area (HMA), like the 18 others in Utah, is overpopulated with horses and removal is the best way to ensure both the health of the herd and the range. (sltrib.com)
  • Ongoing drought conditions are resulting in a significant number of wild horses moving outside the Onaqui [herd management] boundary in search of forage and water," states a recent letter the agency wrote to one advocacy group. (sltrib.com)
  • The Bureau of Land Management today announced a final decision to remove up to 100 wild horses this fall from private land and other areas outside the designated Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado. (craigdailypress.com)
  • Wild horses photographed in February at the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Utah. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The BLM also manages the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management area, which is approximately 190,000 acres and suitable for between 135 and 235 horses. (cpr.org)
  • Wild horses are legally obligated to remain within boundary lines delineating what is referenced as a "Herd Management Area," or HMA. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Grand Junction, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse adoption event on Nov. 4 - 5, offering approximately 60 wild horses gathered from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area (HMA). (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • The BLM currently estimates that there are 210 wild horses outside the HMA within the area covered by this decision, which includes about 773,000 acres in the White River Field Office east of Colorado Highway 139, south of Colorado Highway 64 and west of Colorado Highway 13. (craigdailypress.com)
  • The BLM estimates that around 800 animals that are gathered will be returned to the range. (cowboystatedaily.com)
  • The Salt Lake Tribune A group of wild horses stand in pens as they await adoption. (sltrib.com)
  • The Salt Lake Tribune A group of spirited two and three year-old mares nip at each other as they spend time in the BLM pens awaiting adoption. (sltrib.com)
  • Bloom syndrome (congenital telangiectatic erythema) is caused by a mutation in both alleles of the gene designated BLM, traced to band 15q26.1. (medscape.com)
  • Schematic depiction of distribution of the wild-type BLM protein and identified mutant alleles. (lu.se)
  • It's revealing that the BLM pushed the narrative that the iconic and beloved Sand Wash Basin horses of northwestern Colorado had to be removed due to lack of water and forage, yet recently, just weeks after removing 600 wild horses from their federally-designated habitat, the BLM allowed a rancher to turn thousands of sheep onto the range where the horses once lived. (peer.org)
  • The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. (blm.gov)
  • The Fiscal Year 2018 Proposed Budget includes language that will send tens of thousands of wild horses into the direct ands of kill buyers and into the slaughter trade. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Tell the BLM to fulfill its legal obligation and keep motorized trails out of wildlife habitat, cultural sites, and proposed wilderness in the Paunsaugunt region. (suwa.org)
  • These habitat impacts effect the wild horse most of all. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • Eugene, OR - Today, conservation groups challenged a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) logging project that would clearcut mature and old-growth forests and degrade protected wildlife habitat for endangered species. (wildoregon.org)
  • Just west of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and south of Bryce Canyon National Park, the Paunsaugunt travel management area encompasses roughly 200,000 acres of BLM-managed lands. (suwa.org)
  • The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. (blm.gov)
  • These millions of acres were identified for use by wild horses, and they are already owned by the American public. (blogspot.com)
  • The BLM has formulated similar compromises in western Colorado, where it's looking to put 1.6 million acres off-limits to new oil and gas leasing , and southeastern Utah, with a balanced motorized recreation plan in the canyon country around Moab. (hcn.org)
  • Federal law requires the BLM to minimize impacts to natural and cultural resources when designating motorized vehicle routes. (suwa.org)
  • Efforts to turn back this injustice began in June 2021 when the Biden administration paused the leasing program and gave the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) an opportunity to reassess the environmental impacts of the program. (environmentamerica.org)
  • AWHC says it obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act and from affiliated wild horse rescue groups that attended the auctions. (eenews.net)
  • In 2018, BLM administered safe, proven and effective fertility control to just 702 mares in 2018, down 75 from the previous year. (returntofreedom.org)
  • SPOKANE - The Bureau of Land Management has canceled a wild horse adoption event in Ellensburg. (heraldnet.com)
  • The goal of the adoption program is to reduce the herds and give people the opportunity to be involved in the conservation and preservation efforts of the BLM. (artesianews.com)
  • However, wild horses are now part of a "cut and kill" budget plan in a feeble attempt to solve decades of mismanagement by a government program set up to protect them. (frontrangeequinerescue.org)
  • But if the program isn't funded appropriately and horses are not removed, " wild horses will continue to overgraze the range, which means starving horses,' Simpson said. (scdailypress.com)
  • The BLM has its own assessment standards for holding facilities called the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP). (donkeywhisperer.com)
  • Salazar said his proposals would put the wild horse program "on a more sustainable track, enhance the conservation for this iconic animal, and provide better value for the taxpayer. (blogspot.com)
  • Yet the wild horses are continually the most under analyzed in all of the decisions, program wide. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • This morning Laura Leigh of Wild Horse Education was a guest on KNPR radios State of Nevada program. (wildhorseeducation.org)
  • To learn more about BLM Colorado's wild horse and burro adoption program, visit www.blm.gov/WHB or call (866) 468-7826. (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • The BLM is charged with maintaining the herds of wild equines in public lands in the Western United States, balancing that duty with its responsibility for managing the land itself. (horseillustrated.com)
  • The BLM is removing approximately 3,500 animals each year - about the same number of animals that leave the system annually through adoption, sale and natural mortality. (wylr.net)
  • The dispute arose when the BLM gave 15 days' public notice, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act and - when "urgent matters arise" - BLM regulations. (greatbasinsun.com)
  • For non-urgent matters, BLM regulations require 30 days' public notice. (greatbasinsun.com)
  • Moran said there were once millions of wild horses in the West, but today there are more in captivity in BLM holding facilities - about 40,000 - than the 30,000- plus that roam the range. (scdailypress.com)
  • The BLM should ensure access to trailheads, scenic overlooks, and recreation opportunities, but it must also protect the very reason people want to drive to such remote places: to enjoy their unspoiled beauty. (suwa.org)
  • and effective, safe methods for spaying and neutering wild horses. (wylr.net)
  • The West Douglas Herd Area is not managed for wild horses due to limited food and water, which causes the horses to stray into private lands," said White River Field Office Manager Bill Mills in a press release. (cpr.org)
  • BLM also visits adopted animals six months after adoption, instead of 12 months later ( Greenwire , July 27, 2021). (eenews.net)
  • The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot five wild horses in November 2021 in Jakes Valley, about 30 miles west of Ely, Nev. (returntofreedom.org)
  • On Nov. 16, 2021, a member of the public contacted the Ely District's Bristlecone Field Office after discovering five mortally wounded wild horses in Jakes Valley, about two miles south of U.S. Highway 50. (returntofreedom.org)
  • The county seeks an order to remove "all excess" horses, arguing that the BLM's plan could result in up to $1.1 million in "opportunity costs" to the local economy. (sltrib.com)
  • These horses are among the most photographed wild herds because they are so easy to approach, yet they still behave like wild animals, to the delight of observers. (sltrib.com)
  • Adopted wild horses are bright and very trainable but for most of these animals their experiences with humans have not been that social and rewarding. (kbrhorse.net)
  • BLM staff will be available to identify these animals to interested, qualified buyers. (blm.gov)
  • Both procedures are dangerous for wild animals, but the spaying of female horses is a practice not even recommended for domestic mares, let alone wild ones. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • In fact, the majority of equine and large animal veterinarians strongly discourage the practice, particularly with wild animals. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • Given this vast financial commitment, the BLM is now severely limited in how many animals it can afford to remove from the range. (wylr.net)
  • The BLM had planned to return 400 animals back to the range, but decided to return only 192. (sltrib.com)
  • Animals' Angels has already reported on the inaccurate record keeping protocols of the BLM as it pertains to mortality rates. (animalsangels.org)
  • The BLM is dedicated to placing removed animals into good, private homes. (coloradohorseforum.com)
  • The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is developing a motorized travel management plan for the greater Paunsaugunt area outside of Kanab-a plan that will determine where off-road vehicle (ORV) use is allowed in this incredible place for decades to come. (suwa.org)
  • Though the BLM Rock Springs Field Office issued a June 22, 2011 letter deciding not to proceed with the plan at that time to spay mares and create what was initially described as 'non-reproducing' herds, Rep. Grijalva noted the decision to continue to return gelded wild horses to the wild. (animallawcoalition.com)
  • It would seem that the best use of taxpayer dollars and the most humane plan for (36,400) wild horses in government holding would be to return them to their native lands" said Ginger Kathrens, the foundation's volunteer executive director. (blogspot.com)