For each animal the agency is able to place in private care, it sees $24,000 in holdings. The BLM says it has around 50,000 animals in off-range facilities, which costs $50 million a year in maintenance. Derek Draplin The Center…
"The science is crystal clear: There are no wild horses in North America, and haven't been for 10,000 years. If we continue to allow the least informed among us to lead the debate, the plight facing these feral horses will…
The wild horse dilemma is a very emotional issue. Horse lovers, want to expand their habitat, and ranchers and wildlife managers want to contract their numbers. Beyond the emotions are facts. Here are 6 of the most important ones. Video…
With the presence and seasonal availability of water sources being central to the study, the researchers found that water consumption in wildlife naturally increased during the hottest months. But water consumption by horses; individually and overall, is much higher than…
Decades ago, ranchers with allotments in the area voluntarily withdrew their herds so the horses would have no feeding competition from cattle or sheep. Because the herds are intensively managed, with the regular introduction of new genetic stock, the horses…
"This plan posits the redisposition of approximately 50,000 wild horses held in BLM and USFS corrals in and around selected wilderness forest areas via proportionate allocations based upon established carrying capacity of the land, specifically areas where no conflicting livestock…
Heartbreaking, painful to watch, but real and getting worse, the suffering of wild horses in some BLM management areas is at crisis levels, and only good management of these animals with reverse this horrific trend. Wild and Free-roaming Horses and…
Many special interest groups lay blame on the presence of other livestock on the range for its depletion. But in some of the cases documented here, there has been no competition from other livestock for range forage for decades, and…
"Growing numbers of wild horses and burros, coupled with the increased environmental degradation caused by large populations, leads to lower vegetative quality and availability. Horses and burros who cannot find enough food will suffer a long, drawn out death from…
"If the current management policies continue, the impacts to fragile western rangelands, wild horses and burros, wildlife and their habitats, and humans will intensify resulting in irreversible consequences. History will not be kind to us if we continue to pass…