
BLM Provides Update on Wild Horse Deaths, Influenza Strain
As of May 3, 119 Mustangs at the Cañon City Wild Horse and Burro Facility have died from an endemic strain of equine influenza.

As of May 3, 119 Mustangs at the Cañon City Wild Horse and Burro Facility have died from an endemic strain of equine influenza.

Both horses are deceased, and the facility is under voluntary quarantine.

Three other equids at the farm are suspect cases but unconfirmed.

As of April 28, 95 horses have died at the Colorado facility.

The bill recognizes that animals are complex living and feeling beings and, as a result, their welfare must be taken into consideration and protected.

As of April 28, test results are pending after 85 horses have died.

The organization funds veterinary student scholarships, educational programs that improve horse care, equine research, and more.

The gelding is recovering, and the facility is under official quarantine.

The undervaccinated gelding was euthanized due to the severity of the disease.

The horse, which reportedly was imported illegally, has been euthanized.

The mare was euthanized after developing the neurologic form of EHV, and the affected property is under quarantine.

One horse tested positive, and six have been exposed.

Test results were pending since April 7.

As of April 14, equine-herpesvirus-related quarantines have ended on nine premises.

Another horse is suspected positive.

The positive finding marks the facility’s third confirmed case.
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