"Continuation of 'business as usual' practices will be expensive and unproductive for BLM and the public it serves"
"How Appropriate Management Levels (AMLS) are established, monitored, and adjusted is not transparent to stakeholders, supported by scientific information, or amenable to adaptation with new information and environmental and social change."
"Management practices are faciltating high rates of population growth..."
- National Academies, June 2013
On June 5, 2013, the National Academies released a report on its review of the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program. The report is a game changer for wild horses and burros, concluding that continuation of “business as usual” practices will be "expensive and unproductive for BLM and the public it serves."
The report is a powerful validation of what wild horse advocates have been saying for years and provides a strong case for halting wild horse roundups and implementing available alternatives to humanely manage wild horses on the range where they belong. Click here to read AWHPC's press release on this milestone report.
MORE INFORMATION
"Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burros Program: A Way Forward," National Academies Report
Key Findings of the NAS Report
News
Congress will have to step in to resolve wild horse issues, Reno Gazette Journal
After Wild Horse Report, Jewell Faces First Moment of Truth at Interior, The Atlantic
Congress will have to step in to resolve wild horse issues, Reno Gazette Journal
Fertility drugs, nature better than horse roundups, Associated Press
Report Criticizes U.S. Stewardship of Wild Horses, The New York Times
Independent panel to recommend changes in BLM wild horse program, Associated Press
U.S. management of wild horses flawed, scientific report finds, Reuters
Scientific Review criticizes government roundups of wild horses, NBC News
Independent panel: Wild horse roundups don’t work; use fertility drugs, let nature cull herds, Washington Post
Horse experts call for end of federal mustang roundups, USA Today
Science panel: Feds making wild horse situation worse, McClatchy
Report: Birth control better for wild horses than BLM roundups , The Salt Lake Tribune
Study finds BLM’s wild horse management practices are flawed, Wyoming Public Media
Government report rips controversial wild horse program as ‘expensive and unproductive', The Daily Caller
BLM wild horse program slammed in National Academy of Sciences report, Carson Now
Wild horses: The bad science behind BLM's management plan, Denver Westward
THE WEST: Report slams wild horse, burro roundups, The Press-Enterprise
Wild horse report concludes that BLM management program needs overhaul, Denver Post
News Releases/Statements
Congressman Raul Grijalva Reacts to National Academy of Sciences Report
Animal Welfare Institute Statement on NAS Report
Majority of Americans Want Wild Horses Protected, National Poll Says
HSUS: Independent Report Shows that the BLM's Wild Horse Progrram is Ineffective
ASPCA Supports New Study on Management of Wild Horses in the U.S.
NAS report fails to analyze the elephant in the room
BACKGROUND:
Eyewitness Reports on National Academies Public Meetings:
- Meeting 1, October 27, 2011
- Meeting 2, March 19, 2012
- Webinar on SpayVac, May 3, 2012
- Meeting 4, May 14, 2012
Correspondence With & Statements to the NAS Wild Horse and Burro Review Committee:
- AWHPC/AWI Comments on NAS Wild Horse and Burro Review Provisional Panel
- AWHPC Letter to NAS Regarding Bias of Panel Member Paul Krausman
- Senator Landrieu/Reps. Moran & Burton Letter to NAS
- AWHPC Statement at NAS Wild Horse and Burro Review Panel Meeting October 2011
- Return to Freedom Statement at NAS Wild Horse and Burro Review Panel Meeting October 2012
NAS Information: