horses

For the last two weeks, the BLM has been rounding up the horses in the Adobe Town Herd in southwestern Wyoming using helicopters.  The vast majority of the horses in this half million acre herd area have been removed from their homes, their families and their freedom. 851 wild horses were shipped to the BLM …

Grey Mare in Adobe Town As I waited for the Adobe Town/Salt Wells Roundup to begin, I visited the horses of Adobe Town that I have gotten to know over the last 4 months. I headed out every morning before dawn, and found bands of stallions, mares, yearlings and foals, unknowingly enjoying their very last …

On October 7, Ken Salazar announced a disastrous new plan for managing wild horses while admitting the deficiencies in the current management of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. His new plan, heralded as salvation for wild horses by some, would actually spell the complete destruction of wild horses in this …