My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
A contraceptive vaccine will now be used to control the herd size of wild horses and burros in the American west. Why did it take so long for this to become policy? It makes so much more sense than rounding up tens of thousands of wild horses, causing some severe harm, and ending up with […]
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 […]
Read MoreToday U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan denied a temporary restraining order to halt the roundup of the Pryor Mountain’s wild mustang herd. The round up by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which will begin on Thursday, is aimed at reducing the herd’s population from 190 to 120. The 70 horses culled will […]
Read MoreThat’s what Madelaine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Rowe Pickens has proposed to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Currently there are about 30,000 wild horses and burros currently in holding pens operated by the BLM. Due to financial constraints, the BLM was considering euthanizing more than 2,000 of the horses held and selling “without […]
Read More