BLM Extends Owyhee Roundup to Capture Additional 200 Wild Horses

December 1, 2016

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the Owyhee roundup to capture an additional 200 wild horses. This decision comes after the initial roundup ended a week early, with 1,200 horses already removed from the Little Owyhee Herd Management Area (HMA). The captured horses face an uncertain future, as they are transported to holding pens near Reno.

This day, we observed the release of 20 trailer loads of captured Little Owyhee wild horses. These included approximately 98 stallions and 103 mares who had been treated with the PZP-22 vaccine. The release went smoothly, but the exhilaration of watching these beautiful mustangs return to the range was dampened by the sight of two massive semis loaded with newly captured wild horses headed toward the BLM's holding pens.

These horses will never see freedom again and face an uncertain future. The release ends the roundup in the Little Owyhee HMA. However, since the roundup ended a week early, the BLM is adding on an additional capture operation to remove 200 wild horses from an area south of the Little Owyhee HMA. These horses will join the 1,200 Little Owyhee horses who have lost their freedom forever in this roundup.

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