Source: Multiple “Opponents said it could ultimately put the horses at risk of slaughter…” Over the objections of wild horse advocates, Nevada’s Board of Agriculture voted Tuesday to transfer control of as many as 3,000 free-roaming mustangs in Northern Nevada to a nonprofit group. The board announced in October it was terminating an existing agreement […]
via Nevada board OKs transfer of control of Wild Horse herd — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Elise Rich as published on KMOX.radio.com A herd of wild horses has been roaming the Ozark hills for nearly 100 years It’s believed the ancestors of the Shannon County wild horses go back to the Great Depression era, with farmers releasing their horses in search of better jobs. In 1991 the National Park Service […]
via There’s a herd of wild horses roaming not too far from St. Louis — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Charlotte Roe and Mary A. Koncel as published on The Washington Examiner “The 88,000 wild horses and burros are dwarfed in the millions by cattle and sheep…” William Perry Pendley, acting chief of the Bureau of Land Management, is warning of a fearsome herd. Wild horses and burros, he says, are an “existential threat,” […]
via Who’s Afraid of Wild Horses? — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Carol J. Walker, Director of Field Documentation for Wild Horse Freedom Federation First published on Wild Hoofbeats I attended the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Roundup last week in a remote and obscure Herd Management Area outside of Worland, Wyoming. Very few people I know had even heard of these horses, and fewer still have visited […]
By Scott Sonner, Source: Multiple Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its public lands agency told reporters it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get overpopulated herds under control. William Perry Pendley, […]
via Dems in Congress demand update on Interior’s wild horse plans — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Carol Walker of Wild Horse Freedom Federation as published on Wild Hoofbeats I am once again at the BLM Worland office parking lot waiting to go out to the Fifteenmile roundup near Worland. It is my understanding that we are once again returning to the observation point that is 1.5 miles away from the […]
via Day 4 of the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Roundup in Wyoming — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Carol Walker of Wild Horse Freedom Federation as published on Wild Hoofbeats I am in the Worland WY BLM office parking lot waiting to go out to the Fifteenmile Roundup. It is much colder this morning and overcast. It is my understanding we are going to the same observation point as the previous two […]
via Day 3 of the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Roundup in Wyoming — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
