2018 Free-Roaming Horse News
The news and information in this section will be from varying
sources. Not all sources are equal, and horse sense will be used to
comment on the news or information as needed. Please don’t hesitate
to do your own research as well. Better informed, better decisions.
12-29-2018
Dark water: how brumbies will destroy everything Canberra was built
on
Horse fatalities along Moffat County’s Colorado Highway 318 subject
of multi-agency meeting
Supreme Court rejects sanctuary's easement request
12-22-2018
How partial government shutdown affects Nevada
Ranchers upset by wild horse release
Aerial shooting of wild horses at Singleton Army Base is a humane
option, Invasive Species Council
says
Drought threatens wild horses that are symbol of the west
Some prehistoric horses were homebodies
Outrage as more than 150 brumbies are shot
Feds Begin Selling Wild Horses Captured in California for $1 Each
Birth control darts used on Salt River horses
BLM removes nearly 1,000 wild horses from public, private lands in
eastern Nevada
US land managers in Utah to tackle wild horse population
Wild horse management needs to be remedied
Wild brumbies starving in Central Victoria as Parks Victoria do
nothing, locals say
12-10-2008
Sale, possible slaughter of California horses delayed while they get
their day in court
11-30-2018
NSW deems alpine brumbies a threat to plants after passing laws to
protect them
This is nature also. And it isn’t pretty.
GonaCon vaccine could offer lasting results for managing wild horse
population
Equine rescue fills needs in horse capital of the world
CANA Foundation Selected as Sidelines Magazine's December 2018
Charity of the Month
Those who want to rewild have lost touch with nature! Just look
what is happening in NSWs Australia, the BLMs wild horses, Oostvaardersplassen,
the Navajo
Reservation and
others. Rewilding makes it sound like we know what we are doing,
and we don’t. Just call it nature calling the shots.
The Road to a Spending Showdown Is Paved With Cigars, Guns and
Horses
Those who want to rewild have lost touch with nature! Just look
what is happening in NSWs Australia, the BLMs wild horses, Oostvaardersplassen,
the Navajo
Reservation and
others. Rewilding makes it sound like we know what we are doing,
and we don’t. Just call it nature calling the shots.
Eagle Butte horse rescue ranch sells; ex-owner is sued for rent
Assateague celebrates new foal, tests for pregnant mares
If rewilding is so great why don’t they do it here?
'It's A Park Not A Paddock': Campaign To Buck Kosciuszko Brumby Bill
Kicks Off
Natures way!
Hyenas killing off Namibia's last wild desert horses: foundation
Natures way!
How many wild horses should the Ochocos hold?
11-14-2018
Some are shooting the starving horses to keep them from dying a long
painful death. Other are attempting to save the starving
horses. One way is helping nature balance an over population of
horses. The other way is ignoring nature and making future problems
worse and with more horses starving and suffering. Those saving the
horses are not concerned about the horses, other game or the
range, they are selfishly trying to stop the emotional pain they
feel, damn the consequences.
OUTDOORS: CRITTERS OF NORTH IDAHO: APPALOOSA
Does Idaho need to change its state mamal.
California AG warns felony charges if wild horses are sold for
slaughter
11-12-2018
California AG warns feds of felony charges if wild horses are sold
for slaughter
Academy hosts conference to examine the latest science on the
impacts of feral horses
BLM Says It Plans To Pull Back On Controversial Plan To Spay Wild
Mares In Oregon
Snowy Mountains Brumby protections should be dropped, scientists say
BLM plans ‘emergency round-up’ of burros north of Lake Havasu City
History in Focus: Sand Wash horses a living icon
This isn’t a focus on history. It is promoting the myths
surrounding todays so called wild horses and rewriting history to
fit the myths. In the third paragraph, “they were rounded up,
branded, and broken to become saddle horses.” Next it says,
“efforts to trap the wild mustangs were ineffective.” They called
it right the first time. The old timers were good hand and knew how
to gather wild horses, or more accurately free-roaming horses.
11-4-2018
All 27 horses at auction get new homes
Injunction from federal judge puts wild horse sterilization
experiments on hold
Oregon Judge Stops BLM From Sterilizing Wild Horses
Advocates return wild horses to herd
NC wild horses kept trying to reach Virginia. Keepers had to find a
way to stop them.
1,000 wild horses in need of homes, advocates say older horses are
destined for slaughter
Advocates file suit to stop sale and possible slaughter of wild
horses from Modoc Forest
Love those heehaws and snorts, but Death Valley aims to become a
'no-burro zone'
A must read for all wild horse advocates! You want to rescue wild
horses? Do it on your own dime! Don’t warehouse them on public
lands, in corrals or on rented pastures. The Wild Horse and Burro
Program should sell all excess animals. You wild horse advocates
have the same opportunity to buy those horses and burros as kill
buyers.
SAVE WILD HORSES FROM SLAUGHTER!
Claims Horses Have Been Left To Starve To Death In National Park
Unmanaged free-roaming horses is a world wide problem!
I-Team: BLM says shooting deaths of wild horses was 'humane
euthanasia'
TWS offers recommendations for wild horse management
The Wildlife Society
10-8-2018
Wild horse round-up in Modoc sparks slaughterhouse fears
1,000 wild horses to be rounded up in Northern California, sold for
$1 each
BLM Captures 1,178 Mustangs, Removes 873 Near NV-ID Line
Brumbies die of starvation in Snowy River as drought affects food,
water supply
National mustang meeting will gallop into Salt Lake City
10-04-2018
Hundreds of wild horses in California set for round up, possible
slaughter
Over 10M strong for commonsense management of wild horses
Groups try to thwart wild horse experiment
10-02-2018
Wild horse herd on NC island survives Hurricane Florence, officials
finally confirm
No horse roundup on Pryor Mountain range
Arizona Nonprofit Helps Wild Horses Cope With Drought
Save wild horses from BLM’s abusive practices
Nonprofits sue to stop government plan to sterilize 100 wild horses
Man Sues Troubled Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota
Woman engages in long-running legal battle to stop mustang roundups
Visiting Sable Island, the 'Smile of the Atlantic' (31 photos)
BLM, advocates near deal on Fish Springs horses
Cruel new tradition at Snaffle Bit Futurity?:
9-14-2018
Survey: Moffat County’s economy boosted by wild horses
After judge stalls roundup, activist has new goals to protect Pryor
wild horses
Scientists are now trying to clone the 40,000-year-old baby horse
found frozen in Siberia
Judge halts roundup of wild horses along Montana border
BLM to conduct Muddy Creek wild horse gather in Emery County
Temporary restraining order halts removal of small wild horse herd
in Montana
Another example of courts managing the free-roaming horses instead
of science and sound range management by knowledgeable people.
8-30-2018
Climate change in the west and fast-growing free-roaming horse herds
are creating real problems for the range they run on. The range is
suffering and the horses are suffering as well as other
wildlife. We need to remove the horses to preserve the range and
stop the suffering.
The high desert of the Great Basin is not a horses natural habitat.
Wild horse removal in the Bookcliffs
Modoc wild horse gather planning update
Exploding population of wild horses, burros strains BLM
Wild Horse Backers Ask Judge to Stop Roundup of Montana Herd
Devil's Garden wild horse gather planned for October
Volunteers, BLM to remove wild horses as grazing conditions worsen
Lack of Food, Water Prompts Wild Horse Roundup in Nevada
Siberian Permafrost Reveals Perfectly Preserved Ice-Age Baby Horse
Volunteers increase water hauled to wild horse herd as BLM considers
roundup
BLM gathering wild burros in Bullhead City for adoption
Group Calls for Investigation Into Horse Roundup in Utah
8-11-2018
Despite 2016 law, Salt River horses remain unmanaged
The horses are wild. Time to tame our policy
Chincoteague pony population control questioned, but similar to
other regions
Chincoteague's herd management not unusual
Navajo agency rolls out program to manage feral horse population
Navajo Nation offers money for surrender of wild horses
With the Coasties of Chincoteague — boats, ponies and lots of rain
Claims of mistreatment of wild horses invokes cries to halt roundup
Navajo Nation seeks to corral wild horses
BLM favors bait for wild horses
BLM Moving Forward with Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Removal
Judge upholds permanent removal of Oregon wild horses
BLM wild horse plan concerns Mustang Center
Group calls for investigation into horse roundup in Utah
8-4-2018
BLM to gather up to 149 wild horses in Emery County
Horses to be removed from BLM land
Reports: Wild horses rounded up in Dayton area
Despite 2016 law, Salt River wild horses remain unmanaged
Chincoteague Defends Event, Practices After Horse’s Death
Wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park have mixed ancestry
7-30-2018
BLM explains plan to remove 575 NV wild horses
Drought spurs extreme measures to protect West's wild horses
Severe drought has put wild horses in danger
Coming together to haul water for horses
200+ Wild Ponies to Swim in Virginia for Annual Chincoteague Pony
Swim
BLM: Fish Springs, Dayton area wild horse herds must be reduced
BLM Plans To Thin Book Cliffs Wild Horse Population
Mountain Lion Infiltrates Horse Sanctuary Near Malibu
Removal of Fish Springs wild horses put on hold
Dry Conditions Threaten Wild Horses in Western US
7-20-2018
Alliance To Launch New Assateague Island Programs
Zoo-bred Przewalski’s horses are freed into the plains of Mongolia
Concerns over new BLM policies on wild horse sales
BLM removes 135 horses from eastern Elko County
BLM should fight wild horse suit this time
Lack of water forcing BLM to remove 250 wild horses near Tooele
Nature’s way to control the population of wildlife is to let them
die of starvation and thirst. If you don’t want the horses to die
from lack of food and water let the BLM do their job and manage
them. By feeding and watering the wildlife you are creating higher
levels of overpopulation that will show you what real overgrazing
looks like. Our rangelands will pay the price.
Providing Food & Water to Wildlife During Drought
7-7-2018
Fish Springs herd gather prompts protest
Southeast Connector may pose threat to wild horses
Salt River colt being cared for by a team of volunteers
Wild horses at the centre of a controversial new law
LAWSUIT HOPES TO HALT NEVADA WILD HORSE REMOVAL
Bureau Of Land Management Sued Over Plans For Wild Horse Removal
Grassroots group works to save wild horses on parched Navajo
Reservation
Feds Sued Over Plan to Cull Wild Horses in Nevada
Valley group working to protect wild horses during drought
BLM to round up 125 horses in Elko County
Wild Konik horses help restore moorland at Bwlch Corog
Moorland is not a horses natural habitat and would either die off
over time or drift away. But yes, large herbivores may be managed
to change the environment in a way we want. But we are doing it
through managing the animals, horses in this case.
BLM gathering 60 wild burros from Bullhead City for adoption
BLM seeks bids for new public off-range pastures for wild horses and
burros
6-10-2018
Philippi horse trainers compete in Extreme Mustang Makeover
BLM proposes local wild-horse roundups
Brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park could spill into ACT and
Victoria
Fort Polk can keep rounding up and getting rid of feral horses
6-8-2018
Government Refuses To Cull Destructive Feral Horses
NSW brumbies bill a 'global embarrassment’
BLM seeks public comment on wild horse gather in Sand Wash Basin
'Insane': Government gets its way on wild horses despite protests
from scientists
Wild horse gather planned for September
Meeting set to discuss upcoming wild horse gather
6-4-2018
The Salt River Group and all other wild horse advocates need to pay
attention to four of the following articles.
Plan to cull Snowy Mountains brumbies makes sense
NSW brumby plan makes Kosciuszko conservation 'impossible', RSPCA
says
Victoria plans to remove 1,200 feral horses from Alpine National
Park
Local nonprofit receives Arizona nod to oversee Salt River horses
Hold your horses – feral horse fertility control isn't that easy
5-24-2018
Brumbies: with culling off the table, what happens next?
Letter: Brumbies in National Parks – a new perspective
Fertility control of wild horses could be 10 years away, says
veterinary specialist and researcher
5-23-2018
Nation's feral horse problem brought to forefront after recent death
of nearly 200 horses
Again, this is what happens when free-roaming horses are
unmanaged. Look at the pictures in these articles to see what
protecting free-roaming horses is doing. Nearly
200 wild horses found dead on Navajo Nation land in Arizona - Nearly
200 wild horses found dead in muddy, dried up pond on Navajo Nation
Australian state government proposes protecting wild horses
The Wild Horse and Burro Act was passed in 1971. Want to see how it
has worked out? Read Roundup
nets 148 wild horses in mountains west of Las Vegas
Brumby cull backflip divides communities across New South Wales and
Victoria
Roundup nets 148 wild horses in mountains west of Las Vegas
This is what happens when free-roaming horses are protected instead
of managed. Look at pictures of the horses gathered.
Controversial plan to cull Australia's wild Brumby horses abandoned
They haven’t learned anything in the last 20 years.
Exmoor ponies join wild bison to control Czech vegetation
I hope they have learned from the rest of the world and have a
workable management plan!
5-19-2018
Deaths of Salt River horses along Bush Highway lead to new safety
measures
What is causing the increase in deaths? Population growth? Lack of
food?
Saddling Horses Can Tame Recidivism and Rein Spending
I would like to see validated studies and hard data on these
programs. I doubt they are very cost effective.
Forest Service, advocates work to bring water to horses
Effort to save Nevada’s starving wild horses riles up community
Emmer column: Wild horses, feral policy
85 wild horses captured, 4 euthanized in roundup near Las Vegas
13 wild burros found shot to death in Nevada desert
5-14-2018
Horse Roundup in Mountains Near Las Vegas Draws Protesters
Emergency wild horse roundup enrages advocates
Tracing how horse domestication turned the Eurasian Steppe into a
highway
Agriculture department withdraws Virginia Range horse management
proposal request
Warriors ask for harmony for land, people, horses in Moffat County
Nearly 200 wild horses found dead on Navajo Nation land in Arizona
Scientists propose declaring brumbies a threat to environment, in
move that could pave way for cull
BLM calculates costs of wild horse options
Rights groups decry US plan to reduce number of wild horses
5-1-2018
Inmate-trained horses join Yosemite National Park patrol team
Rights groups decry US plan to reduce number of wild horses
Domestication and its genetic consequences
BLM ponders offering $1,000 for wild horse adoptions
Long time Sable Island naturalist heading back next month
Tracking wild horses in Patagonia
Should the BLM remove ‘excess’ wild horses in southeastern Utah?
Comment period open
Wild horses may soon have their day as BLM begins wildfire ground
fuel abatement test
Wild horses present challenges in Southern WV coalfields
Whoa! Nevada horse giveaway on hold near Reno; no takers
Nevada’s wild horse giveaway plan fizzles out
4-18-2018
Woman starts petition to bring more attention to rescue horses at
Midwest Horse Fair
170 Kaimanawa wild horses re-homed
Horse adoption event seeks to address overpopulation
Friends of Animals wants Mont. feral horses on the endangered
species list
Judge: Oregon emergency horse roundup violated law
No solution for wild horse overpopulation in budget
Montana Ag Network: Ranchers demand reform of Endangered Species Act
Congress demands wild horse and burro plan from BLM
BLM PROPOSING NORTHERN WYOMING WILD HORSE ROUNDUP
3-23-2018
Wild horses released on New Mexico ranch after being held in
captivity
Chasing wild horses: Armed with vaccinations, local officials seek
to control growing populations
Too many wild Kaimanawa horses for rescue centres to handle
NV woman sues, fears for missing horse
Outback encounter questions all we know about horse shoes
Nancie McCormish: Keep American horse meat off the table
Bison talk brings up wild horse capture in NRC
Finding solutions for wild horse populations
BLM forced to postpone horse meeting
Wild horse advisory board to meet in Salt Lake City
Nevada industrial park developer says wild horses should stay
ECOVIEWS: Icelandic horses are a breed all their own
The woman who rode Australia's longest trekking route – a photo
essay
3-2-2018
Wild-Horse Overpopulation Is a Lie
Why is the Mesquite Local News promoting conspiracy theories?
Where did Domesticated Horses Come From? Where did the Wild Ones Go?
Mammoth Kaimanawa Horse Muster to catch 200 wild horses
If Overpopulation is a lie why would they have a Kaimanawa Horse
Muster?
2-28-2018
BLM removes 1,000-plus horses from Nevada range
Navajo Nation cancels plans for wild horse hunt
2-24-2018
Oak Bay, B.C., moves ahead with experimental deer control program
How DNA Proved Wild Horses No Longer Exist
Wild horse advocates read this! Wild horses no longer exist, feral
horses do!
BLM investigates suspicious horse deaths
All the wild horses are extinct: study
Why The Last 'Wild' Horses Really Aren't
Ranch manager addresses wild horse problem
Need to Create Awarness About Indian Horse Breeds
Wild Horse Mesa herd hit hard by drought
More light shines on Pleistocene extinction event with possible
discovery of new genus of horse
Utah Lake, wild horses, grazing, river dispute angle for lawmakers'
attention
2-8-2018
Suit to block feral horse plan is frivolous
Animal rights advocates square off over horse birth control
Wild horses found shot in south-central Wyoming; BLM is
investigating
Spooked carriage horse runs wild, 3 passengers hurt in N.Y.
Critics say Nevada plan for free-roaming horses is illegal
Rescue groups work to secure future for Fort Polk horses
Wild horses aren’t overrunning the West
1-25-2018
Rare wild horse born in Xinjiang
Local rescues continue to rally for Ft. Polk horses, litigation
pending against Army
This federal bureau wants to slaughter tens of thousands of wild
horses
Wild horses facing slaughter after US government proposes new
regulations
Another day in Southern Nevada, another roundup
BLM Holding Hearings on Vehicle Use in Horse Management
1-15-2018
Determined trainer vows to set horse world record
What he considers trained isn’t even out of the starting gate to
being trained. And for him to get 70 horses in seven days past that
low bar are probably prepped before training starts.
BLM Conducting Triple B Complex Wild Horse Gather
New group of Ft. Polk horses rounded up, now what?
Group says it doesn’t want to slaughter Virginia Range horses
Fort Polk horse removal on hold?
1-10-2018
Protections approved for Salt River horses
This may be interesting to follow in the years to come. I expect
the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group to sabotage the
management of the Salt River horses and a steadily increasing
population.
Animal group: Ft. Polk escalates wild horse roundups
Animal rights group presses Army on wild horse roundups
These horses need gathered and sold. We don’t need more protected
horses, we have more than we are able to care for now.
Agency plans gathering of 2 wild horse herds
Candlelight vigil for wild horses in Carson City
Wild horse brigade shut down again
This give me hope. People are able to see past the so called horse
advocates myths and wild beliefs to make decisions with good horse
sense.
Burro’s shooting death prompts investigation, outrage
1-2-2018
Guest Opinion: All the king’s horses can’t make wildfire…