2024 Wild Horse and Burro Roundup Updates:
December 8, 2023: the Bureau of Land Management has released the FY24 Tentative 'Gather' schedule and they plan to remove another 20,000 wild horses and burros from our public lands. See the numbers in the graphic.
The tentative FY2024 schedule can be found here: https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2023-09/National%202024%20%20Gather%20Sched.%20Revised%20Sept28.pdf • They are going after the incredibly unique Sulpher HMA wild horses again. This herd was just rounded up in 2022 and 382 wild horses were permanently removed. • They are going after the White Mountain HMA herd again. Hundreds were removed as part of the Wyoming Checkerboard roundup just 2 years ago. BLM's plan is to remove 586 wild horses but their FY24 Herd Statistics state there are 659 wild horses in the area. The NDA Public Comment period for this roundup ended on March 22, 2024. You can read about it here. • For the first time in 10 years, the wild horses of McCullough Peaks were rounded up. Why? Because the BLM DC office wanted a bait & trap roundup in WY and McCullough Peaks is the only herd they do that with. 40 McCullough Peaks wild horses were removed and this was devastating to family bands. A healthy herd needs 150 adults to be genetically viable. Wild horses need our voices now more than ever. |
Roundups already completed or in process in 2024
The McCullough Peaks roundup has concluded. The Black Mountains burro and the East Pershing Complex in Nevada roundups have also been completed.
McCullough Peaks HMA, WY
Animals Gathered: 40
Animals Shipped: 39
Animals Returned to Home Range: 10
Deaths*: 1, -Sudden / Acute: 0, -Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
East Pershing Complex, Nevada, as of Feb 9, 2024:
Animals Gathered: 2,692 Wild Horses
(1,067 Stallions, 1,234 Mares, and 362 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 2,663 Wild Horses
(1,067 Stallions, 1,234 Mares, and 362 Foals)
Animals Released:
3 Wild Horses (3 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 26 -Sudden / Acute: 4, -Pre-existing / Chronic: 22
Black Mountain HMA wild burros:
Updated through February 1, 2024 - completed
Animals Gathered: 1150 Wild Burros
(461 Jacks, 524 Jennies, 165 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 1102 Wild Burros
(427 Jacks, 401 Jennies, 136 Foals)
Burros Released: 47
Deaths: 2, Sudden / Acute: 0, Pre-existing / Chronic: 2
McCullough Peaks HMA, WY
Animals Gathered: 40
Animals Shipped: 39
Animals Returned to Home Range: 10
Deaths*: 1, -Sudden / Acute: 0, -Pre-existing / Chronic: 0
East Pershing Complex, Nevada, as of Feb 9, 2024:
Animals Gathered: 2,692 Wild Horses
(1,067 Stallions, 1,234 Mares, and 362 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 2,663 Wild Horses
(1,067 Stallions, 1,234 Mares, and 362 Foals)
Animals Released:
3 Wild Horses (3 Stallions, 0 Mares, and 0 Foals)
Deaths: 26 -Sudden / Acute: 4, -Pre-existing / Chronic: 22
Black Mountain HMA wild burros:
Updated through February 1, 2024 - completed
Animals Gathered: 1150 Wild Burros
(461 Jacks, 524 Jennies, 165 Foals)
Animals Shipped: 1102 Wild Burros
(427 Jacks, 401 Jennies, 136 Foals)
Burros Released: 47
Deaths: 2, Sudden / Acute: 0, Pre-existing / Chronic: 2