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Government can’t find room for America’s wild horses

The Miami Herald,,SEAN COCKERHAM, MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU, May 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – Wild horses, descended from the steeds of Spanish explorers, Native Americans, U.S. cavalry and ranch strays, are being offered for auction this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a desperate effort by a federal government that can’t figure out what to do with them. Full Article

BLM Researching Wild Mare Spayings

Pat Raia, The Horse, May 4, 2013 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is studying the spaying of fertile wild mares in order to control the growth of the ...Full Article

Horse deaths at BLM’s Palomino Valley facility twice as high as reported

Animals’ Angels Report Animals’ Angels latest Freedom of Information Act request only increased our concerns over the BLM’s treatment of wild horses and burros. Among other things, the BLM’s ...Full Article

Horse whisperer breaks wild mustangs

WBIR.com, Russell Biven The wild mustang saddles a mystique that few American animals carry. Its muscular body and relentless spirit have been used by millions of United States soldiers in ...Full Article

Ecologist Craig Downer: Open Letter to BLM RE: Cloud’s Herd

( Craig C. Downer is a wildlife ecologist (UCalifBerk, UNevReno, UKanLawr, UDurhamUK) who has extensively studied both the wild horses of the West and the endangered mountain tapirs of the ...Full Article

Feral vs. wild horses

High Country News, Monica Gokey | Apr 11, 2013 (Interesting debate. While I disagree with her final analysis, it adds fuel to the fire of wild vs. feral. If horses are ...Full Article

Sequester prompts call for wild horses and burros to be returned to the wild

Horseback Magazine , April 8, 2013 WASHINGTON (April 8, 2013)–Last week Protect Mustangs, the California based conservation group, officially called for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to put a ...Full Article

Wild horse buyer goes uncharged due to state oversight

Dave Philipps - The Gazette – April 4, 2013   Two state agencies dropped the ball when it came to prosecuting a southern Colorado wild horse buyer who admitted to breaking ...Full Article

BLM Digs in Heels Over Costly Approach to Wild Horses Despite Sequester

Suzanne Roy / Campaign Director, American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign / Huffington Post Blog / April 5, 2013 If a budget is a statement of priorities, then what are we ...Full Article

Ecologist tells Steamboat audience wild horses play a vital role in the West

Tom Ross / Craig Daily News / March 29, 2013 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Ecologist Craig Downer came to Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs on Thursday to make the ...Full Article