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Adopt a wild horse online from the Wyoming Honor Farm LANDER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online wild horse adoption event April 27–May 4, 2021, featuring approximately 35 wild horses gentled by inmate trainers at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton, Wyoming. The horses are saddle-started and halter-started, and come from herd management areas throughout Wyoming.  The adoption will be coordinated through the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Online Corral at https://wildhor...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Saddle-Trained Wild Horses Available For Adoption By BLM The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in coordination with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is offering one halter-trained and up to eight saddle-trained wild horses for adoption. The virtual competitive-bid event will start at 6 p.m. Pacific Time via Zoom on Thursday, ...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Gregory Bull Border Patrol agents stationed in the Laredo Sector and mounted on horseback had a very busy 12-hour period recently. The Laredo Sector Border Patrols Horse Patrol Unit (HPU) apprehended 60 individuals near Hebbronville, Texas. HPU agents apprehended 17 individuals with the assistance of an unmanned aerial system. In a separate incident, HPU helped apprehend eight individuals who were detected on board a freight train, preventing the subjects from traveli...

Laredo Sector Horse Patrol unit apprehends 125 immigrants Courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Laredo Sector Horse Patrol unit detained 125 people accused of crossing the border illegally.Courtesy /U.S. Border PatrolShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Laredo Sector Horse Patrol unit detained 125 people accused of crossing the border illegally.Courtesy /U.S. Border PatrolShow MoreShow Less 3of3 The Laredo Sector Border Patrol Horse Patrol Unit apprehended 125 illegal im...

The BLM decision was announced Monday afternoon. “The BLM is committed to sustaining an ecological balance in the Piceance-East Douglas HMA,” said White River Field Manager Kent Walter in the news release. “Our goal is to have healthy horses on healthy rangelands.” The Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area includes central Rio Blanco County east of Colorado Highway 139 and south of Colorado Highway 64. The area is about 50 miles north and east of Grand Junction. The BLM...

BLM issues decision on wild horse gathers and fertility control treatments in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area BLM issues decision on wild horse gathers and fertility control treatments in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) White River Field Office signed a decision to gather and remove excess wild horses from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado. “The BLM is committed to sustai...

Wild horses graze along Highway 318 in early December near Sand Wash Basin. A new 7-mile stretch of fencing will soon protect horses and motorists along Highway 318, thanks to funds raised by Wild Horse Warriors for the project. (Courtesy Photo / Wild Horse Warriors) The Bureau of Land Management White River Field Office signed a decision to gather and remove excess wild horses from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado, according to a press release from the ag...

Hanging in the balance January 19 2021 The wild horses in the Big Summit Territory are awaiting the final decision by the Forest Service to possibly thin the herd to 12-57 horses If you have ventured into the Big Summit area of the Ochoco Mountains, you have likely had the opportunity to see wild horses during your visit. The increase of the herd in recent years has sparked a debate on the management strategies of the horses, and a subsequent herd management plan by the ONF. The pro...

Saving horses in the West may solve Africa’s elephant problem Amy Joi ODonoghue © American Wild Horse Campaign Volunteers with the American Wild Horse Campaign dart wild horses of the Virginia Range near Reno, Nevada, to administer a fertility control vaccine to reduce pregnancies among the mares. The program started in 2019 and so far has treated more than 1,300 horses with 3,000-plus doses — the largest such effort in the world. SALT LAKE CITY — A successful, intense ...

Return to Freedom Sues BLM Over Plan to Surgically Sterilize Wild Mares News provided by Share this article Share this article LOMPOC, Calif., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation today filed suit in federal court in California to halt a Bureau of Land Management plan to surgically sterilize wild mares using a procedure that is dangerous, inhumane, and an unnecessary risk especially when proven, well-studied and previously utilized modes of alternative fertil...