Posted on May 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM
By Suzanne Roy, Special to the Huffington Post
"Wild horses are not receiving a fair shake." Those are the words of a thirty-year Bureau of Land Management (BLM) veteran to NBC News' senior investigative correspondent, Lisa Myers, as part of her groundbreaking report, "Horses are wild -- but not free."
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM
By Lisa Myers and Michael Austin, NBC News
The semis would rumble down country roads packed full of wild horses. Truckload after truckload, sometimes 36 horses at a time, all with the same destination: a ranch in the small town of La Jara, Colo.
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM
By NBC News staff
The Bureau of Land Management's roundups of wild horses and burros fire strong emotions on both sides of the issue. Here, in their own words, BLM Program Chief Joan Guilfoyle and singer-songwriter Carole King, a wild horse advocate, present their views:
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM
By Lisa Myers and Michael Austin, NBC News
DELTA, Utah -- The mustangs run with a spirit that makes them legendary here in the West. On a bitter cold morning, they descend from the Swasey mountains of central Utah and gallop for miles across the plains. Stallions and mares, beautiful and strong, guiding their young.
Posted on May 10, 2013 at 8:10 AM
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Wild horses, descended from the steeds of Spanish explorers, Native Americans, U.S. cavalry and ranch strays, are being offered for auction this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a desperate effort by a federal government that can’t figure out what to do with them.
Posted on May 8, 2013 at 10:8 AM
By Allison Sherry, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON — New Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday that she is still undecided about how to handle a burgeoning wild horse and burro population that is eating more than half the horse budget at the BLM and sparking outrage among wild horse advocates.
Posted on May 5, 2013 at 9:5 AM
By Mary Callahan, The Press Democrat
ELK CREEK, Calif. — The sun was beginning to angle behind the hills when a pack of wild horses swept through a gap in the terrain, turned and watched as a second band galloped into view.
Posted on May 1, 2013 at 10:1 AM
By Dylan Woolf Harris, Elko Daily Free Press
ELKO - Facing a horse holding predicament, the Bureau of Land Management will soon find itself with an abundance of animals running on allotted rangeland and long-term holding facilities crammed to capacity.
Posted on April 4, 2013 at 10:4 PM
By Associated Press
CHEYENNE — A legal settlement between ranchers and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management would reduce wild horse numbers by about half on more than 4,300 square miles of sagebrush country in the Red Desert of southwest Wyoming.
Posted on April 4, 2013 at 6:4 PM
By Suzanne Roy, Special to Huffington Post
If a budget is a statement of priorities, then what are we to make of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) recent decision to sign a $6 million contract with a company that provides helicopters for wild horse roundups while cutting back spending at the largest wild horse adoption facility in the country?
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