Eyewitness Report: NAS Webinar on SpayVac

On Thursday, May 3, 2012, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) organized a public webinar for the panel that is conducting a scientific review of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Wild Horse and Burro Program. The topic of the webinar was SpayVac, an immunocontraception vaccine. It was presented by Dr. Mark Fraker (pictured at [...]

Eyewitness Report on BLM Advisory Board Meeting April 23-24, 2012

BLM Outlines Plans for “Emergency” Roundups; Rancher Board Member Pushes Hysterectomies for Mares By Deniz Bolobl, AWHPC Communications Director The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a meeting of its Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board on April 23-24, 2012 in Reno, Nevada. It was the first meeting this year for the Advisory Board, which [...]

Wild horse filmed rescuing another wild horse from drowning in Arizona

Stallion named ‘Champ’ grabbed filly by neck and dragged her to safety Click here to see amazing video report.

Two Girls, One Very Battered Tent, and a Herd of Wild Horses

Stunning photos and report on the San Wash Basin wild horse herd by our coalition partner, The Cloud Foundation.

Eyewitness Report on Third Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences Wild Horse and Burro Program Review Committee

On March 19 – 20, 2012, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Wild Horse and Burro Review Committee met in Irvine, CA to continue its scientific evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) program.  While most of the committee’s discussions occurred in closed session, on Monday, March 19 from 3:00 – 6:30 p.m., the [...]

Pancake Complex Roundup Eyewitness Report: Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2012

Between January 31 and February 2, 2012, AWHPC’s Deniz Bolbol was onsite at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Pancake Complex wild horse roundup in eastern Nevada. Her trip was made possible with a generous grant from our coalition partner, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Since the Pancake Complex [...]

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY QUESTIONABLE IN HOTSHOTTING OF INJURED HORSE; SHOOTING OF MARE AT TEMP HOLDING

Melanie Marati, BLM’s COR for the Calico Tri-State complex, acknowledges ordering a hotshot be used on an injured, downed horse they struggled for 10 minutes to free from his stuck position in a stock trailer.  A review of my film, below, reveals he got stuck when being packed in like sardines, the last horse forced [...]

Calico Roundup: November 18, 2011 to January 2012

BLM Concludes Calico Roundup On January 9, 2012, the BLM concluded the Tri State Calico Complex roundup, capturing a total of 1,344 wild horses and returning 241 of them to the range. At least 11 horses died as a result of the roundup, and the death toll is expected to rise as the horses are [...]

Calico 2011 Roundup Eyewitness Report: November 28-December 1, 2011

Daily reports from the field, from Tuesday, November 28 – December 1, 2011 from AWHPC’s Deniz Bolbol who traveled to the Calico Complex to document the roundup thanks to a generous grant from our coalition partner, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).   Day 10: November 28, 2011 Calico is [...]

NYU Legal Forum on Wild Horse and Burro Act a Success

Managed to Extinction? The legal forum at the New York University School of Law to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act (“Wild Horses Act”) was a stand out success. AWHC offers congratulations to forum Co-Chairs, Jan Liverance, an NYU graduate student in Graphic Communications Management and Technology and [...]

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