BLM Responds to Reports on Advisory Board Vote
Pat Raia
September 15, 2016
The BLM says it has no plans to euthanize wild horses currently held in short- and long-term holding facilities.
The BLM says it has no plans to euthanize wild horses currently held in short- and long-term holding facilities.
Authorities hope the offer of a cash reward will help identify who fatally shot a horse in a pasture near Tallahassee.
Also, a wild horse and burro advisory board resolution might result in the euthanasia of animals in holding facilities.
The charges against Crystal Davis and her son Joseph McMillen were dropped after an investigator stepped down.
The state Department of Agriculture is asking drivers near the Virginia Range to be alert for roaming feral horses.
Robert Webster Jr. pleaded guilty to a criminal mischief charge connected to the shooting death of a horse last year.
More than 50 horses released when their pasture fences were cut have been returned to the equine sanctuary.
Meanwhile, owners in other Atlantic state are bracing for heavy rains and winds in the coming days.
Authorities are seeking whoever fatally shot four horses, a mule, and a dog and wounded another horse.
Most of the evacuated horses have returned to their owners’ farms, but 149 horses are still waiting to go home.
Police are investigating after a horse sustained four stab wounds in the neck.
Contributions will be used to provide supplies and equipment necessary to care for horses and other animals.
While an investigation continues, Madeleine Pickens is offering a $100,000 reward in connection with the incident.
Several horses had allegedly received clenbuterol, and groom Marian Vega was found to be in possession of the drug.
Owners are working to locate horses displaced by the flood and evaluate property damage as waters subside in some areas.
The 12-day-old Oldenburg foal was taken from her Langley, BC, pasture on Aug. 7.
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