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MUSTANG TALES: Bringing the Reader to the Range, "Counting Mustangs"

Published on Oct 4, 2016

MUSTANG TALES: Bringing the Reader to the Range

© Kathryn Wilder

COUNTING MUSTANGS

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this instance the absence of...

Shop Online and Help Wild Horses At the Same Time!

Published on Sep 28, 2016

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Exciting news:We've added a new...

5 Photos That Will Inspire You To Join The Fight For Wild Horses

Published on Sep 28, 2016

In the wild, horses naturally live in organized social groups called “bands.” Family bands include a dominant stallion, his mares, juveniles who have not yet left their families, and foals.

Wild mares are extremely protective of their foals, maintaining close... Read more

BLM Says It Won’t Kill Wild Horses…For Now

Published on Sep 20, 2016

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Amidst massive public outcry, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last week stated that it was rejecting a recommendation to kill up to 45,000 wild horses and burros now held in holding facilities. "...

Eyewitness Report: Defending Wild Horses at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Published on Sep 20, 2016

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From left - AWHPC Executive Director Suzanne Roy; Meyer Glitzenstein and Eubanks attorneys Bill Eubanks, Kathy Meyer and Nick Lawton; Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation.

On...

The Sentiment of the American Public is Clear

Published on Sep 16, 2016

The Bureau of Land Management confirms in the NY Times that it will not "sell to slaughter or put down healthy horses." However the agency continues on a collision course with disaster by stubbornly refusing to implement humane birth control and failing to adequately reduce... Read more

BLM “Citizen” Advisory Board Recommends Killing 45,000 Wild Horses & Burros

Published on Sep 13, 2016

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On September 9, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board recommended the mass killing of up to 45,000 formerly wild horses and burros now confined to...

Devils Garden Roundup Underway

Published on Sep 12, 2016

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The Forest Service has begun the roundup and removal of wild horses from California's largest wild horse herd. The Service will take the horses to the BLM's Litchfield Corrals where they will be prepared and put up for... Read more

Temporary Restrainer Order Issued to Protect NM Wild Horses

Published on Sep 9, 2016

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Great news: A New Mexico judge has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the New Mexico Agriculture Department from selling a beloved group wild horses from Alto, NM for slaughter. Congrats to the Wild Horse Observers... Read more

Elko Newspaper Affirms Value of Wild Horses

Published on Sep 9, 2016

This is a surprisingly good editorial from the Elko Daily News, which covers news for an area rightly known "ground zero" for the wild horse controversy.

The newspaper writes, "One thing the various parties can agree on is that this is truly a time of tragedy for these...

The Government's Latest Assault on Wyoming's Checkerboard Wild Horses

Published on Sep 3, 2016

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to remove all wild horses from Checkerboard lands within and outside Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek, and Adobe Town Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in Wyoming. This roundup is the latest consequence of BLM's decision to turn over control of... Read more

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