BLM to Conduct Gather at Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range
Edited Press Release
August 2, 2018
The BLM will remove up to 60 wild horses from the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range, near Grand Junction, Colorado.
The BLM will remove up to 60 wild horses from the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range, near Grand Junction, Colorado.
A 3-year-old unvaccinated Miniature Horse stallion from Pine City presented with acute neurologic signs. He is currently receiving supportive care.
The BLM is seeking input on an environmental assessment evaluating bait trapping wild horses in the Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, southeast of Norwood, Colorado.
The BLM plans to remove approximately 200 wild horses from within and outside the Bible Springs Complex and Sulphur Herd Management Area in Iron and Beaver Counties, Utah.
The positive results came from horses in Houston, Mobile, and Geneva Counties.
Trainer Bob Baffert said Justify had some filling in his fetlock and is not responding quick enough to prepare for a fall campaign. The colt will parade at Del Mar on July 28, before traveling to WinStar Farm, in Kentucky.
The BLM will gather 250 horses from the Deer Spring area in Nevada’s Antelope Valley Herd Management Area because there is not enough water to support all the horses residing in the area.
The event will take place Aug. 21 at The Red Mile Clubhouse, in Lexington, Kentucky. A networking reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and the lecture at 6:00.
The closure could delay the shipment of the wild horses gathered from three Wyoming herd management areas to BLM facilities and events nationwide to be placed into private care.
The BLM gathered 92 wild horses from private lands in and around the HMA in response to letters from private landowners and a request from the Utah Department of Natural Resources.
Saratoga Race Course has been accredited since 2009, the alliance’s first year.
The BLM’s Cedar City Field Office and Dixie National Forest Service Pine Valley Ranger District are seeking input on an environmental assessment analyzing a proposed herd management area plan, including wild horse gathers and removals in the North Hills Joint Management Area.
The BLM plans to begin gathering approximately 2,670 adult horses around Aug. 6 from the Red Desert Wild Horse Complex in Southwestern Wyoming.
The BLM gathered and removed 135 wild horses from public and private lands outside the Goshute Herd Management Area in Eastern Nevada.
New evidence suggesting that horses produce more snorts in favorable situations could improve animal welfare practices, researchers say.
The hearing will take place July 20 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the BLM Little Snake Field Office, in Craig, Colorado.
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