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Three relatively small Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in Northern California  —  Carter Reservoir, Buckhorn, and Coppersmith  —  are caught in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Land Management’s aggressive roundup operations. Carter Reservoir is a tragic example of how BLM goes about destroying a wild horse herd. Once part of a sprawling 284,915-acre area of …
The Bureau of Land Management is asking for public input on its Massive Extermination Plan for the wild horses in southern Wyoming. This is a direct assault – to permanently get rid of, or zero out, all wild horses to accommodate the Rock Springs Grazing Association’s private livestock on our public lands. HMAs affected include …
Helicopters will take to the air on or around July 1 to stampede, capture, and remove almost 3000 wild horses in the North Lander Wild Horse Complex in WY. This will be the largest roundup this year – following other large roundups like that in the East Pershing HMA (Dec. 28, 23 – Feb. 9, …
For years, Colorado’s Little Book Cliffs wild horses have been humanely managed using PZP fertility control. Colorado’s Grand Junction Bureau of Land Management office now wants to use the controversial Gonacon fertility control, which is known to destroy mares’ ovaries and in turn likely destroy natural and beneficial “wild” behaviors. In addition, BLM is looking …
The Park Service has announced that the wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) will be allowed to remain! TRNP, located in North Dakota, is dedicated in honor of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt and his leadership in conservation policy, and The Cloud Foundation has worked hard over the years to protect this herd through …
A decision on the fate of the TRNP horses is expected as early as April. In their previous calls for comments, the National Park Service received tens of thousands of responses asking them to not only keep the beloved wild horses in the park, but to maintain a genetically viable herd of over 150. In …
In 2022, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a population survey of the White Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) and found 549 horses. Using the agency’s unscientific population growth model, the BLM estimates there are now 791 horses in an area encompassing 393,000 acres. The Artificial Management Level (AML) for White Mountain is set at …
March 1was National Horse Protection Day, we wanted to take a look at an important pending federal legislation to protect our beloved equines – the Save America’s Forgotten Equines, or SAFE Act, H.R.3475/S.2037. What is the SAFE Act? It would amend the 2018 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act, which bans the slaughter of …
Calling all wild horse and burro advocates! ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIESOur wild horses and burros need our help. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Forest Service (FS), and National Park Services (NPS) continue their attacks on wild equine families through cruel helicopter roundups and bait/water traps. Submitting comments to these organizations to protect our wild horses and …
After three months, BLM finally caught ten horses in their McCullough Peaks bait trapping operation that began last November. Six of the horses were released and the remaining 4 young horses were to be transported to the Rock Springs Short-Term Holding facility. The youngsters remained in the trap from Jan. 22-24. BLM says that they …