Salt Wells Creek, Day Nine: Total wild horses captured now 748

 

After a one-day delay due to fog and muddy conditions, Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday resumed its helicopter roundup at the Salt Wells Creek / Great Divide Basin / Adobe Town heard management areas roundup in southwest Wyoming’s Checkerboard region.

On Wednesday at Salt Wells Creek, 69 mares, 63 studs and 34 foals were captured,

October 5th, 2017|

Feds nailed for fumbling horse-sanctuary whoopsie

 

Return to Freedom is proud to share this victory with co-plaintiffs the American Wild Horse Campaign and California wild horse and burro advocate Carla Bowers. Thank you to the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Meyer, Glitzenstein & Eubanks for representing wild horse advocates.

As published by Courthouse News
The D.C. Circuit slammed regulators Friday for attempting to withdraw 23,000 acres from a

October 4th, 2017|

Aide to wild horse opponent Rep. Stewart named BLM deputy director

 

As published by E&E News

The Bureau of Land Management has appointed Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart’s former chief of staff as the agency’s new deputy director of programs and policy.

Brian Steed, who served as Stewart’s chief of staff since 2013, has already started the job, according to sources. He is listed in the position on

October 4th, 2017|

Idaho Court rules BLM violated three federal laws with plan to sterilize entire wild horse herd

 

 

Late Friday, a federal court handed a coalition of wild horse advocates another legal victory by finding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Idaho had violated several federal laws in its plan to convert the wild free roaming horse population in the Saylor Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) in Idaho into a non-reproducing herd

October 3rd, 2017|

Appeals court overturns Forest Service decision to shrink California wild horse territory

 

Late Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a plan by the U.S. Forest Service to shrink the size of the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in Northern California by 23,000 acres. The agency must now immediately ensure that federal protected wild horses are allowed access to

October 3rd, 2017|

Salt Wells Creek, Days Seven & Eight: 461 wild horses, 121 foals captured total

 

Update: Helicopter drive trapping planned for Tuesday, Oct. 3, has been postponed because of fog and muddy conditions.

The Bureau of Land Management has captured 461 adult wild horses and 121 foals as part of its ongoing helicopter roundup at the Salt Wells Creek / Great Divide Basin / Adobe Town heard management areas roundup in

October 3rd, 2017|

Salt Wells Creek, Day Six: Fleeing wild horses tangle with barbed wire, 95 captured

 

Wild horses tangled with a barbed wire fence on Saturday while fleeing from a Bureau of Land Management contractor’s helicopter at the Great Divide Basin Herd Management Area in Wyoming.

Seventy-six adults wild horses and 19 foals and weanlings were captured. That brought the total captured over six days as part of the the Salt Wells

October 1st, 2017|

Salt Wells Creek, Day Five: Stallion tries to rescue captured family band

 

A stallion tried for hours to rescue his captured family band on Friday during the ongoing helicopter roundup at the Great Divide Basin Herd Management Area in Wyoming.

Thirty-two adult wild horses and 13 foals were trapped on the day, bringing to 278 adult wild horses and 65 foals the total that have been captured as part

September 30th, 2017|

Salt Wells Creek, Day Four: 55 adult wild horses, 10 foals captured

 

The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday captured and removed 55 adult wild horses from the Great Divide Basin Herd Management Area in Wyoming.

That brings to 216 the number captured through four days as part of the the Salt Wells Creek / Great Divide Basin / Adobe Town heard management areas roundup in southwest Wyoming’s Checkerboard

September 29th, 2017|

Salt Wells Creek, Day Three: 51 Wyoming wild horses captured; BLM not counting foals toward total

 

The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday captured and removed 32 mares and 19 studs from private land.

That brings to 161 the number of adult wild horses captured through three days as part of the the Salt Wells Creek / Great Divide Basin / Adobe Town heard management areas roundup in southwest Wyoming’s Checkerboard region.

September 28th, 2017|