BLM Concludes Piute Gather

Bait trapping operations, which began 06/28/18, have ended, according to a BLM news release published earlier today. Forty one burros were removed from the Piute Mountain Herd Area, with no fatalities reported.

Recent precipitation should be sufficient to support the remaining animals, which will be monitored by BLM staff.

Gather stats and daily reports can be found on this page.

Herd areas have no AML and are not managed for WHB, but this may be a case where the BLM has bent the rules a little to help these animals out.

Banker Horses Share Marsh with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Drone footage (probably) of some wild horses on Shackleford Banks, NC.

H/T Brendan Castro.

CSU Withdraws from Wild Horse Sterilization Research

Colorado State University announced yesterday that it would not participate in surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses sponsored by the BLM. Refer to the report dated 08/09/18 from the Animal Welfare Institute.

Wild Horse Adoption: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Day 24, cold and wet, 12/13/15. Get your butt out there and clean that corral.

Wild Horses on the Edge (of the Road)

Bachelors airing out their differences on the Virginia Range. H/T Carla Hovorka.

Florida Woman Gives Blind Horse a Second Chance

Patience, a good technique for gentling mustangs too. Blind horses gathered from the range usually don’t get a second chance. Refer also to the daily reports from roundups going on now in Nevada and Utah.

Illness Affecting Waipio Valley Horses Still Not Identified

Some test results have been received and several conditions have been ruled out, but the cause of the ailment remains unknown. Details can be found in a report dated 08/08/18 by West Hawaii Today.

Other tests are pending and no new cases have been reported. Fifteen animals have been affected and twelve have died.

Wild Horse Adoption: The Early Days

Day 3, settling in. Photos taken while laying down in their corral, 11/22/15. You are the threat, not them.

Banker Horses Share Habitat with Photographers

Short film about wild horse history and photography. WTWT.

What is it about wild horses that everybody loves? Most people are drawn to these majestic animals and appreciate their role in building the nation. Some can only see horsemeat dinner.

H/T The Natural History Channel.

AWHC Urges BLM to Stop Bible Springs Roundup

Helicopters are flying low to the ground and too close to the fleeing animals according to a report posted today by KJZZ in Salt Lake City. Horses have been pushed into barbed wire fencing, with some stumbling and falling. Personnel from the American Wild Horse Campaign asked the BLM to suspend the operation until the situation can be investigated.

“Stampeding horses in a manner that leaves foals behind is unconscionable.”

Photos posted to the AWHC FB page.

Wild Horse Sanctuary Open House and Benefit August 18

The annual open house for Wild Horse Sanctuary will be held 08/18/18, featuring wild horse viewing, horse rides for kids under 10 and saddling demonstrations. See the announcement in Shingletown dot com for the event location. Food and beverages will be available.

The non-profit organization was founded in 1978 and is currently home to over 300 free-roaming horses and burros. It’s not an off-range pasture for the BLM.

Turn in a Free-Roaming Horse, Receive Fifty Bucks

A reward program has been created by the Navajo Nation to reduce overpopulation of wild horses on tribal lands. See the report dated 08/07/18 by KMYU-TV.

The program was funded by a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The story did not indicate what will happen to horses surrendered under the program or why the offer was made.

Is this the will of a sovereign people or did somebody put a bug in their ear? Cui bono?

There are some sick minds out there already setting their tables for horsemeat dinner.

Wild Horse Adoption: Arrival

Day 1, exploring. Mom/baby pair, adopted from BLM Oregon. Photos taken 11/19/15.

Lake Pleasant Burros Share Trails with Hikers

Somewhere in Lake Pleasant HMA, north of Phoenix, AZ. H/T Sean George.

Grandpa Cuts Loose the Bikers

Check out the photo in this article of mountain biker Jeremy Hottinger going airborne at Wild Horse Monument near Vantage, WA. The image was captured by freelance photographer Ben Herndon. The venue is an unfinished sculpture on top of a ridge featuring wild mustangs.

The sculpture appears in the following video.

Mustangs in the Meadows

Virginia Range band, somewhere along Clean Water Way in Sparks, NV. North of Hidden Valley. Stallion in foreground.

H/T Dr. Jennifer Jewell, PhD.

Mustang Monday

On White Mountain HMA.

Wild Horses of Assateague Island

Some of them are a bit furry, not what you’d expect to see in mid summer. Those scenes may have been filmed earlier in the year.

H/T CBS Sunday Morning.

WHB Heading to Kansas City

BLM announced on 08/02/18 that it would be holding a wild horse and burro sale event at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds August 24 – 25. Fifty animals will be available for purchase, cash and carry.

Adoption is not the preferred method nowadays?

Refer to the news release for directions. Availability of WHB posters unknown.