Roundups
Guest Blog: How Can the Gov't Remove Wild Burros if it Doesn't Know Anything About Them?
By Laurie Ford, Volunteer Field Representative
(June 2, 2022) For years, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has acknowledged what little is known about the populations of wild burros they manage and that existing survey methods and analyses used to acquire data may not provide accurate and precise population size estimates.
Deaths of USFS Devil’s Garden Horses Continue after 2021 Roundup
Deaths of USFS Devil’s Garden Horses Continue after 2021 Roundup
Including two foals killed by a mountain lion in their pen
By Mary Koncel
(May 20, 2022) Months after the US Forest Service (USFS) completed its roundup and removal of 506 horses from the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory (Territory) on the Modoc National Forest (MNF) in northeast California, the death toll continues to rise.
Roundup Report: Black Mountain Wild Burros, May 2022
The Black Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) encompasses over 1 million acres of land in northwestern Arizona. This vast habitat is home to, according to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) estimates, 3,000 wild burros, making these burros one of the largest and most genetically healthy burro populations in the country. The Black Mountain burros are thought to be of North African Ancestry and are descendants of burros that were brought by miners and prospectors in the early 1860s.
MEDIA UPDATE: 131 Wild Horses Dead in 14 days at BLM Cañon City Holding Facility
MEDIA UPDATE: 131 Wild Horses Dead in 14 days at BLM Cañon City Holding Facility
BLM vaccination policy in question
Roundup Report: Sinbad Wild Burro Roundup, April 2022
The Sinbad Herd Management Area (HMA) encompasses 99,241 acres of public and private lands and is currently home to 328 burros. As part of a 14-year-old plan, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) set the appropriate management level (AML) for these burros at a mere 50-70 animals.
Death Toll Nears 100 Wild Horses at Federal Holding Facility in CO
BLM Cites Equine Influenza Virus, Releases Preliminary Vet Report
Response from American Wild Horse Campaign
Roundup Report: Centennial, Panamint, and Slate Range Wild Burros
The Centennial, Panamint, and Slate Range herd areas (HA) encompass roughly 1.73 million acres of public and private land and is home to over 500 wild burros.
57 Federally-Protected Wild Horses Dead at Colorado Taxpayer-Funded Holding Facility
(April 29, 2022) Update: The BLM has notified the public that the death told has reached 95 wild horses since Saturday, April 23.
National Help a Horse Day: What Cirrus Inspired
Happy National Help a Horse Day!
It’s hard to put into words just how important holidays like today are to our team at the American Wild Horse Campaign. To celebrate a national holiday specifically dedicated to protecting the animals we hold so close to our hearts means so much to our team who day in and day out carry on the fight to protect the lives and freedom of our wild herds.
New Perspective of Devastating Impacts of Helicopter on Wild Horses During Roundups
(April 25, 2022) This year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) are ramping up helicopter roundups and removals. From videos, photos, government and advocate reports, the brutality of these operations has been well documented – horses running into barbed wire fences and breaking their legs or necks in the chaos at the trap pens, foals separated from their mares – to name a few.
