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BLM Says They Won’t Kill Wild Horses In Western States To Control Growing Population

By NWPB News July 12, 2019

This July 25, 2007 file photo, shows wild horses being herded by the Bureau of Land Management in a field, at the Black Mountain and Hardtrigger Herd Management Areas in the Owyhee Mountains southeast of Marsing, Idaho. CREDIT: Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP

The federal Bureau of Land Management will not pursue lethal measures such as euthanasia or selling horses for slaughter to deal with what officials say is an ecological and fiscal crisis caused by too many wild horses on rangelands in the U.S. West, an official said Thursday.Read More

14 Years Old And Chasing Horses On The Warm Springs Reservation

By Emily Cureton July 1, 2019

Avan Garcia and Blackhat get ready to chase wild horses on June 22, 2019.

As cowboys from the Warm Springs Reservation set out early one morning to capture wild horses, the youngest among them fiddled with a fresh red cast on his arm. Avan Garcia is a 14-year-old horseman with a budding reputation for roping skills — and for fearlessness.Read More

Federal Land Managers Revive Proposal To Sterilize Wild Horses In The Northwest

By Emily Cureton May 15, 2019

The BLM says there are more than 80,000 wild horses and burros across the West. CREDIT: JAMES MARVIN PHELPS / FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS

The Bureau of Land Management re-published plans this week for an experimental study in permanent birth control for the horses, nearly identical to those stalled by a judge last year. The court’s injunction came after the BLM gathered about 900 wild horses and burros near Burns, Oregon, in October. Read More

Wild Horses Could Drag You Away – To The Bank. The Government Will Pay You $1,000 To Adopt One

By Amanda Peacher March 14, 2019

Wild horses graze on the Warm Springs reservation in Central Oregon. CREDIT: TOM BANSE/N3

The Bureau of Land Management is offering people $1,000 if they’ll adopt a wild horse. The agency says more than 80,000 wild horses and burros are on rangelands across the West right now. The animals can damage rangeland and when their populations are high some of them starve. Read More

As Herds Grow, Federal Land Managers Board Wild Horses On Private Land

By Emily Cureton March 6, 2019

Too many grazers, too little range. That’s the bottom line from the Bureau of Land Management about wild horses and burros. On Monday, the BLM put out a call for contractors to provide pasture for thousands of excess animals.Read More