Daily Reports: White River/Seaman Wild Horse Roundup 2020

(January 6, 2020) The BLM has plans to "zero-out", or remove all, wild horses from the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) in Nevada. The operation started back in November, but due to "unseasonably warm weather" which kept horses in higher elevations for longer than expected, the BLM paused the operation and resumed it this week. 

Holidays Bring Loss in Fish Springs, Nevada

By Deb Walker, Nevada Field Representative 

(January 6, 2019) On November 29, 2019, more than 50,000 hearts broke throughout the world at the announcement that the famous wild stallion Samson and his family had been trapped and removed from their home in Fish Springs, Nevada. Over 50,000… that’s the number of people worldwide who follow tales of the Fish Springs wild horses living free on public lands in Nevada’s spectacular Carson Valley.

Wild horses available for purchase

By Pat Raia, Horse Welfare News

(January 2, 2020) A group of so-called “Three-Striker” horses residing at the National Forest Service (NFS) Double Devil Wild Horse Corral in Arcturus, California are currently available for purchase with limitation. 

All the available horses are younger than 10 year-old. Three-Strike status indicates that the horses were passed over for adoption during previous adoption events. 

Sale of Devil’s Garden horses for $1 looms ahead but slaughter off the table

Mary Koncel, Program Specialist

(December 30, 2019) Less than four months after the controversial roundup of almost 500 horses from the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in northeastern California ended, the United States Forest Service (USFS) announced that all remaining horses at its Double Devil Wild Horse Corrals will soon be sold for $1 with limitations.  Fortunately, 

Devil's Garden Roundup Continues: Almost 300 Horses Lose Their Homes

September 25, 2019 – Almost 300 Horses Lose Their Homes as Roundup on the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory Continues

In the first 20 days of the helicopter roundup on the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory (DGWHT), 290 horses have been permanently removed from their federally-protected habitat. Yesterday, 8 of the 24 removed were domestic horses. 

Daily Reports: Desatoya Wild Horse Roundup December 2019

The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office will begin a wild horse roundup on or about December 5, 2019, at the Desatoya Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) located approximately 77 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. The BLM plans to roundup approximately 450 wild horses and permanently remove 431. Approximately 127 wild horses will remain in the Desatoya Mountains HMA, once the roundup operations are complete. 

Desatoya Wild Horse Roundup: December 2019

The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office will begin a wild horse roundup on or about December 5, 2019, at the Desatoya Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) located approximately 77 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. The BLM plans to roundup approximately 450 wild horses and permanently remove 431. Approximately 127 wild horses will remain in the Desatoya Mountains HMA, once the roundup operations are complete. 

Nov 2019: The Roundup of White River/Seaman Mustangs

(November 11, 2019) This week the BLM began rounding up horses from the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) in Nevada. AWHC is particularly concerned about this operation both because the BLM plans to zero-out, or remove all, wild horses from these HAs and due to the fact that we have an active lawsuit in the same region that challenges a very similar roundup plan for the Caliente Complex. In addition, in both EAs and the Ely Resource Management Plan, the agency refused to even consider any reductions to domestic livestock grazing on these same public lands.

Nov 2019: The Roundup of White River/Seaman Mustangs

This week the BLM began rounding up horses from the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) in Nevada.

Daily Reports: Range Creek Wild Horse Roundup

On September 26, 2019 the BLM began a roundup and removal of approximately 200 wild horses from Federal, State and private lands. The first several days of the operation were closed to public viewing as the trapsite was located on private lands and the property owner refused permission. 

The appropriate management level for this HMA is 75-125 animals and the current population is estimated to be 282 horses on 83,410 acres. Horses removed from the range will be transported to the Axtell Off-Range Contract Wild Horse Facility in Axtell, Utah.