Semi-Feral Ponies ‘Read’ Letters for Treats
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
July 27, 2023
The ponies in this research group learned to distinguish between 5 letters and select them on a touch screen.
The ponies in this research group learned to distinguish between 5 letters and select them on a touch screen.
At the end of 2017, 120 Shackleford Banks horses roamed Cape Lookout National Seashore, in North Carolina.
The BLM will vaccinate mares in the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area with a contraceptive to slow population growth.
The bill will reduce the number of days counties must keep estray animals, including horses, in their custody.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Badlands Horse Registry will work to place wild horses in approved homes.
The court says the BLM violated the NEPA, but didn’t violate the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act.
The plan involves treating mares in the Onaqui herd management area with a fertility control vaccine via remote darting.
The legislation would place wild horses under state and Native American tribe jurisdiction rather than under the BLM’s.
The judge halted the gather “until the court has an opportunity to fully consider the merits of plaintiffs’ claims.”
Learn about the history of feral horses and burros in the United States and the BLM’s management goals and strategies.
A state House of Representatives committee is calling on Congress to find new ways to control wild horse populations.
The BLM plans to gather about 150 wild horses threatened by lack of forage.
The BLM says the burros pose a safety hazard on area roadways and have caused private property damage.
The BLM initiated a 30-day public scoping period regarding proposed wild horse ecosanctuary in Wyoming.
The BLM is hoping the public can help identify those responsible for the shooting deaths of two wild burros.
“Mustangs of Oregon” will air Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m. local time on OPB TV.
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