wild horses

Around Aug. 21, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management will begin a helicopter gather of wild horses within and immediately adjacent to the Hog Creek Herd Management Area

According to the Bureau of Land Management, a wild horse specialist rescued a foal trapped in the mud, while checking water sources last week, in southern Oregon.  Blair Street said she was on the far east side of the Beaty Butte Herd Management Area, east of Lakeview, when she says a wild mare kept running to her truck then to a nearby ridge. She d...

Last week, the Public Lands Council renewed its call for responsible, proactive management of horses and burros managed by the Bureau of Land Management. PLC said recent activist efforts seek to exploit political transitions and undermine progress toward improved management of wild horse and burro populations on federal lands ...

Earlier this month, Governor Jay Inslee vetoed a variety of bills in an effort to save funds because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. One of the pieces of legislation lost in that move was House Bill 2579. The bill, authored by Representative May Dye would have provided funding for a feasibility study to allow inmates at Coyote Ridge Correction Center in Connell to train wild horses ... Read

A federal judge has halted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to remove the ovaries of wild horses to stop them from propagating in Oregon.  According to the Oregonian horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area cannot be sterilized with the procedure until the outcome of a court case brought by animal rights groups.  Last wee...