Category: Wild Horses

E&E News reported that the Bureau of Land Management acknowledged for the first time today (June 30, 2021) that it is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that some wild horses and burros adopted into private care through a popular program have ended up at auctions for slaughter. Nada Culver, BLM’s deputy director of policy […]

BLM to investigate claims wild horses are adopted and sold for slaughter — Tuesday’s Horse

by Craig Downer as published on The Record-Courier On Sept. 26, 2019, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million for a massive reduction of America’s relatively minor wild horse and burro herds scattered throughout the West. photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Through an arrogant misinformation blitz, including the film Horse Rich […]

Opponents Seeking to undo Horse’s Wildness — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

A helicopter drive draws in the media and the public. However, that moment in time is simply that, one moment in a severely broken system.  This week we will bring you a […]

Countdown to Helicopter Season (part 2, CAWP) — Wild Horse Education

by Taylor Perse as published on Eugene Weekly “Though revered by much of the public, wild horses across the West are also the subject of a 70-year controversy involving locals, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), activists and ranchers…” Steens HMA wild horse family ~ photo by R.T. Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Their […]

Born to Be Wild — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

They should let the ‘advocacy’ groups do that, according to a letter appearing in today’s online edition of the White Mountain Independent. This is the double standard of the wild horse world. The Salt River Wild Horse Management Group and the American Wild Horse Campaign did not team up to oppose the new Heber management […]

Forest Service to Decimate Heber Wild Horse Herd? — Western Horse Watchers Association

They’re one of the perks at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, according to a story in today’s online edition of The New York Times. But before you hit the Apply button on a job posting, know that the ‘advocacy’ groups, led by the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, are trying to get rid of them. […]

Marketing the Virginia Range Mustangs to Job Seekers? — Western Horse Watchers Association

The NYT article has been picked up by Drudge. RELATED: Marketing the Virginia Range Mustangs to Job Seekers?

Fertility Police and Their Targets in the News — Western Horse Watchers Association

By William E. Simpson as published on The Pagosa Daily Post “Only a tiny minority of Americans want to see American wild horses sent to slaughter to make room for more livestock grazing on public lands.” BLM Victims of Antelope Complex Stampede ~ photo by Terry Fitch of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Obviously, we don’t […]

OPINION: The Dollars and Cents of America’s Wild Horses — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

A news release posted today says four horses were lost, all due to bullet wounds. A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible, according to the announcement. The news release appeared on the Alerts & Notices page for the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, not the Horse […]

Forest Service Responds to Heber Wild Horse Deaths — Western Horse Watchers Association