BLM Nevada Stallion Castration Plans On Hold Until Court Ruling

RENO, Nev. — Federal land managers have agreed to postpone their precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada pending a federal court’s review of the issue. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s action came a week after a coalition of conservationists and wild-horse defenders sued the government in U.S. District Court [...]

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Oppose Removal of 30 Horses from Cloud’s Herd in the Pryor Mountains

THE COMMENT DEADLINE IS NOW CLOSED. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) on its proposed removal of 30 young wild horses (ages 1-3) from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, which is situated on the Montana/Wyoming border. This is the herd of the [...]

Judge Allows Groups to Intervene in Wild Horse Lawsuit

[AUDIO] By: Cheyenne News Staff  |  2days ago A federal judge is allowing wild horse advocacy groups to intervene in a lawsuit in which livestock operators are trying to force the removal of wild horses from private lands in southwestern Wyoming. Doug Randall reports. Food prices are expected to rise again in 2012. that’s according [...]

Journalist Andrew Cohen’s Ongoing Coverage of the Wild Horse Issue in The Atlantic Monthly

In 2011, award-winning journalist and CBS News Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen has written an ongoing series of articles for The Atlantic Monthly about the wild horse controversy. The series exposes the forces behind the destruction of America’s wild horse herds and the ongoing mismanagement of the federal wild horse and burro program by the Bureau [...]

Judge allows wild horse advocates into lawsuit

Story Updated: Dec 26, 2011 at 3:00 PM MST CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing wild horse advocacy groups to intervene in a lawsuit in which livestock operators are trying force the removal of wild horses from private lands in an area of roughly 2 million acres in southwestern Wyoming. U.S. District [...]

AP: BLM chief in NV wants more eyes on roundups

By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press – 2 hours ago RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Nevada is appealing to agency employees to step up and blow the whistle on any abuse of mustangs. Amy Lueders said that’s the best way to stop horse protection advocates from undermining [...]

Stallion castration plan on hold until court rules

By MARTIN GRIFFITH, Associated Press Sunday, December 25, 2011 (12-25) 13:07 PST Reno, Nev. (AP) – Federal land managers have agreed to postpone a precedent-setting plan to castrate hundreds of wild stallions in eastern Nevada pending a federal court’s review of the issue. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision came a week after a [...]

BLM Amends Nevada Gather Plan

by: Pat Raia December 23 2011, Article # 19334 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has agreed to amend part of a contested plan to gather mustangs from herd management areas in central Nevada. Under the plan the BLM would conduct three to four gathers over a six- to 10-year period from the Pancake Complex [...]

Corolla Wild Horses Face Uncertain Future

Posted: May 28, 2007 Updated: May 30, 2007 COROLLA — Wild Spanish Mustangs were dropped off on the Outer Banks centuries ago when the Spanish planned to colonize the islands. Today, a new management plan calls for thinning the herd from more than 100 down to just 60, and the horses face an uncertain future. [...]

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