Wild Horses in the News
December 23, 2022
Letter: Why North Dakota needs the feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National ParkLetter: Why North Dakota needs the feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Letter: Why North Dakota needs the feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National ParkLetter: Why North Dakota needs the feral horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Read more here.
December 6, 2022
The Real Story on Wild Horses by Colette Kaluza
Wild horses and burros across the American West are being decimated by outrageous helicopter roundups. Why is this happening? Read more here.
The Real Story on Wild Horses by Colette Kaluza
Wild horses and burros across the American West are being decimated by outrageous helicopter roundups. Why is this happening? Read more here.
December 3, 2022
Guest opinion: Scott Beckstead: Wild horses deserve a home in the West
I live in a rural county heavily dependent on ranching and agriculture, and though I often hear people talk about threats from large predators like bears or lions, I never hear complaints about wild horses living on our public lands. Read more here.
Guest opinion: Scott Beckstead: Wild horses deserve a home in the West
I live in a rural county heavily dependent on ranching and agriculture, and though I often hear people talk about threats from large predators like bears or lions, I never hear complaints about wild horses living on our public lands. Read more here.
November 21, 2022
Viewpoint: U of Wyoming Analysis Proves Economic Irrelevance of Public-Land Livestock Grazing by Erik Molvar
A series of University of Wyoming economic analyses (funded by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association) to determine the economic impacts of eliminating federal grazing found that public land ranching isn’t just insignificant in local western economies, but its economic contribution is entirely inconsequential. Read more here.
Viewpoint: U of Wyoming Analysis Proves Economic Irrelevance of Public-Land Livestock Grazing by Erik Molvar
A series of University of Wyoming economic analyses (funded by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association) to determine the economic impacts of eliminating federal grazing found that public land ranching isn’t just insignificant in local western economies, but its economic contribution is entirely inconsequential. Read more here.
November 9, 2022
Report by PEER on the state of the Bureau of Land Management’s managed lands paints a bleak picture of the Sagebrush West, with huge swaths failing fundamental landscape health standards with current livestock grazing management identified as a significant cause. The data calls into question BLM’s policy decision to prioritize the removal of wild horses instead of making management decisions to directly address the cited reasons for failure. Read the entire report here.
Report by PEER on the state of the Bureau of Land Management’s managed lands paints a bleak picture of the Sagebrush West, with huge swaths failing fundamental landscape health standards with current livestock grazing management identified as a significant cause. The data calls into question BLM’s policy decision to prioritize the removal of wild horses instead of making management decisions to directly address the cited reasons for failure. Read the entire report here.
September 28, 2022
Why are wild horses brutally uprooted from public lands while private livestock can stay?
Written by Ginger Fedak, the wild horse and burro campaign director at In Defense of Animals.
"It has been widely proven in scientific studies and research by various government agencies that cattle and sheep are highly destructive to public lands due to the grazing practices private ranchers use." Read more here.
Why are wild horses brutally uprooted from public lands while private livestock can stay?
Written by Ginger Fedak, the wild horse and burro campaign director at In Defense of Animals.
"It has been widely proven in scientific studies and research by various government agencies that cattle and sheep are highly destructive to public lands due to the grazing practices private ranchers use." Read more here.
September 11, 2022
Wild Horse Organizations Double Down In Fight Against BLM
"During capture not one single burro could be seen clearly. After capture, observers were not permitted to see the burros before they were shipped to a short-term processing facility in Utah that is off-limits to public viewing. After capture of wild horses the Axtel facility has been opened in the past to view wild horses. BLM has refused to open the facility to allow for a tour to view the condition of captured burros. During the entire process access to view burros has been entirely obstructed." Read more here.
Wild Horse Organizations Double Down In Fight Against BLM
"During capture not one single burro could be seen clearly. After capture, observers were not permitted to see the burros before they were shipped to a short-term processing facility in Utah that is off-limits to public viewing. After capture of wild horses the Axtel facility has been opened in the past to view wild horses. BLM has refused to open the facility to allow for a tour to view the condition of captured burros. During the entire process access to view burros has been entirely obstructed." Read more here.
September 8, 2022
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities
Conservation gropus have filed a legal challenge targeting the Converse County Oil & Gas Project in the southern Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Read more here
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities
Conservation gropus have filed a legal challenge targeting the Converse County Oil & Gas Project in the southern Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Read more here
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities
August 30, 2022
Old Approach to Wild Horses Lingers in the New West
Author Chad Hansen describes how the systematic removal of wild horses from is harmful to the state of Wyoming. Read the article here and look for his new book, "In a Land of Awe: Finding Reverence in the Search for Wild Horses" available soon
Old Approach to Wild Horses Lingers in the New West
Author Chad Hansen describes how the systematic removal of wild horses from is harmful to the state of Wyoming. Read the article here and look for his new book, "In a Land of Awe: Finding Reverence in the Search for Wild Horses" available soon
August 11, 2022
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) Responds to CBS Coverage of Wild Horses
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus and author of the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act, issued the following statement in response to the recent CBS News coverage of horse roundups conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Read her statement here
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) Responds to CBS Coverage of Wild Horses
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), a member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus and author of the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act, issued the following statement in response to the recent CBS News coverage of horse roundups conducted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Read her statement here
August 15, 2022
Friends of Animals Files Lawsuit to Halt Construction of Largest Off-Range Wild Horse Corral in the U.S.
because the agency broke the law when it hastily awarded a contract to Nevada-based JS Livestock to construct and operate the largest off-range wild horse and burro corral in the U.S. to date. The BLM did not carefully consider the ill effects of imprisoning up to 4,000 wild horses and burros in 40 pens on 100 acres of private land in Winnemucca, Nevada, or the negative environmental impacts of the facility. Read the article here
Friends of Animals Files Lawsuit to Halt Construction of Largest Off-Range Wild Horse Corral in the U.S.
because the agency broke the law when it hastily awarded a contract to Nevada-based JS Livestock to construct and operate the largest off-range wild horse and burro corral in the U.S. to date. The BLM did not carefully consider the ill effects of imprisoning up to 4,000 wild horses and burros in 40 pens on 100 acres of private land in Winnemucca, Nevada, or the negative environmental impacts of the facility. Read the article here
July 26, 2022
Enviro and Wild Horse Orgs File In Federal Court Against Lack of Data In Accelerated Wild Horse and Burro Removal Plans
Today, CANA Foundation and Wild Horse Education filed suit in federal district court to protect the Blue Wing Complex from the antiquated and unscientific Environmental Assessment (EA) BLM is using to justify ten years of Wild horse and Burro removals without public process. Read more here
Enviro and Wild Horse Orgs File In Federal Court Against Lack of Data In Accelerated Wild Horse and Burro Removal Plans
Today, CANA Foundation and Wild Horse Education filed suit in federal district court to protect the Blue Wing Complex from the antiquated and unscientific Environmental Assessment (EA) BLM is using to justify ten years of Wild horse and Burro removals without public process. Read more here
July 14, 2022
The Cloud Foundation: Wild Horse Advocacy Groups Call On Bureau of Land Management To Heed Science, Stop Wild Horse Roundup
(Meeker, Colorado) A coalition of wild horse advocacy groups joined today in urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to heed a recent independent ecological assessment of the Piceance East Douglas Herd Management Area of Colorado and stop the planned roundup up, which will be the largest in state history. The report directly contradicts the BLM’s own claims that the herd is starving, the range is suffering, and the horses are to blame. Read the entire release here.
The Cloud Foundation: Wild Horse Advocacy Groups Call On Bureau of Land Management To Heed Science, Stop Wild Horse Roundup
(Meeker, Colorado) A coalition of wild horse advocacy groups joined today in urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to heed a recent independent ecological assessment of the Piceance East Douglas Herd Management Area of Colorado and stop the planned roundup up, which will be the largest in state history. The report directly contradicts the BLM’s own claims that the herd is starving, the range is suffering, and the horses are to blame. Read the entire release here.
July 12, 2022
Delia Malone, Land Ecologist & Wildlife Chair of Sierra Club, has completed an independent range assessment and wild horse analysis of the East Douglas horses. Read the assessment here.
Delia Malone, Land Ecologist & Wildlife Chair of Sierra Club, has completed an independent range assessment and wild horse analysis of the East Douglas horses. Read the assessment here.
May 20, 2022
From Western Watersheds: Here's an investigative report from Denver's CBS4 that does a deep dive on how the livestock industry is pushing wild horses out of wild horse Herd Management Areas so they can graze more cattle there, at taxpayer expense. WWP's Erik Molvar is featured in this piece
From Western Watersheds: Here's an investigative report from Denver's CBS4 that does a deep dive on how the livestock industry is pushing wild horses out of wild horse Herd Management Areas so they can graze more cattle there, at taxpayer expense. WWP's Erik Molvar is featured in this piece
6-21-2022
U.S. House Members Zero in on Congressional Oversight Hearing to Hold BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program Accountable
"It’s time for a comprehensive legislative overhaul of the 1971 law and Congressional hearings that will help keep rogue operators at the BLM in check.” — Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, June 21, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., for their leadership and U.S. House Members Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, and Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., who joined Titus and Cohen in sending a letter to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee requesting an oversight hearing of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program.
Read the rest of the article here
U.S. House Members Zero in on Congressional Oversight Hearing to Hold BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program Accountable
"It’s time for a comprehensive legislative overhaul of the 1971 law and Congressional hearings that will help keep rogue operators at the BLM in check.” — Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, June 21, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., for their leadership and U.S. House Members Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, and Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., who joined Titus and Cohen in sending a letter to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee requesting an oversight hearing of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program.
Read the rest of the article here
5-20-2022
The Animal Wellness Podcast: Wild Horses and Their Mishandling By The BLM
When it comes to telling the truth about wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management comes up short. Leadership there seems determine to subjugate the well-being of the U.S.'s most iconic animal to the interests of cattle ranchers and sheep farmers.
Scott Beckstead, our director of campaigns, and Vickery Eckhoff, an investigative journalist who writes on western public land issues and politics and government disinformation, are the guests. They address our western native equine populations and how they are suffering so that Big Ag can have cheap access to public grazing lands. It's an issue that should incense anyone who cares about horses and who resents the triumph of corporate greed over the interests of the innocent and helpless. Listen here.
The Animal Wellness Podcast: Wild Horses and Their Mishandling By The BLM
When it comes to telling the truth about wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management comes up short. Leadership there seems determine to subjugate the well-being of the U.S.'s most iconic animal to the interests of cattle ranchers and sheep farmers.
Scott Beckstead, our director of campaigns, and Vickery Eckhoff, an investigative journalist who writes on western public land issues and politics and government disinformation, are the guests. They address our western native equine populations and how they are suffering so that Big Ag can have cheap access to public grazing lands. It's an issue that should incense anyone who cares about horses and who resents the triumph of corporate greed over the interests of the innocent and helpless. Listen here.
2-7-2022
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Natural Resources Committee and of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today wrote to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning with his concern that federal policies for managing wild horses and burros retain outmoded and inhumane plans for mass roundups. Congressman Cohen urged officials to make use of effective fertility control vaccines and reassess the capacity of federal lands to sustain the iconic creatures. Read the entire letter here: https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/20220207%20Haaland%20Stone-Manning%20Wild%20horse%20and%20burro%20roundups.pdf
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Natural Resources Committee and of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today wrote to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning with his concern that federal policies for managing wild horses and burros retain outmoded and inhumane plans for mass roundups. Congressman Cohen urged officials to make use of effective fertility control vaccines and reassess the capacity of federal lands to sustain the iconic creatures. Read the entire letter here: https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/20220207%20Haaland%20Stone-Manning%20Wild%20horse%20and%20burro%20roundups.pdf
2-8-2022
Rep. Dana Titus (D-NV) has introduced a bill to BAN BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program helicopter roundups! We will have action items on this great news soon!
Read the article here
Rep. Dana Titus (D-NV) has introduced a bill to BAN BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program helicopter roundups! We will have action items on this great news soon!
Read the article here
May 2021
The Sierra Club
As of May 2021, the Sierra Club has adopted a new Wild Horse and Burro Policy, including a directive that livestock be eliminated in lands designated for wild horses and burros. In April of 2021, WWP was a signatory (along with 70 conservation and wild horse groups) to a letter to Sec. Haaland asking her to remove all livestock from BLM Herd Management Areas. There is a growing consensus that eliminating livestock from wild horse areas is the fastest and most effective way to achieve improvements in ecological health on these lands. Read the release here.
The Sierra Club
As of May 2021, the Sierra Club has adopted a new Wild Horse and Burro Policy, including a directive that livestock be eliminated in lands designated for wild horses and burros. In April of 2021, WWP was a signatory (along with 70 conservation and wild horse groups) to a letter to Sec. Haaland asking her to remove all livestock from BLM Herd Management Areas. There is a growing consensus that eliminating livestock from wild horse areas is the fastest and most effective way to achieve improvements in ecological health on these lands. Read the release here.