My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
While the population of wild horses and burros in the American West has exceeded 82,000 equines, adoptions are down. To encourage more people to adopt, the Bureau of Land Management is offering people a $1,000 incentive to adopt, hoping that this will address overpopulation and keep horses from starving. It’s a nice idea. But . […]
Read MoreThere’s some good news for the Pryor Mountain horses. Fifteen of the older horses have been resettled on a 3000-acre ranch at the foot of the range. Members of the Cloud Foundation, an organization that worked to save the herd, worked hard to ensure that all of the 57 horses removed from the herd were […]
Read MoreThe round up of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses began on Thursday. As of tonight, 35 of the herd has been rounded up and 17 have already been returned to the range. The remaining 18 are being “processed”, which includes gathering hair samples for DNA testing and providing contraception to several of the mares. Five […]
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