Horse Left on Louisiana Roadside After Trailer Crash
Pat Raia
January 18, 2018
Authorities found the seriously injured and apparently malnourished filly next to an overturned trailer in St. Landry Parish.
Authorities found the seriously injured and apparently malnourished filly next to an overturned trailer in St. Landry Parish.
On Jan. 16 a horse recently admitted to the hospital for non-neurologic signs tested positive for EHV-1.
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The BLM plans to gather and remove up to 1,000 wild horses; they will treat approximately 250 mares with fertility control and release them, along with about 250 stallions, back into the complex.
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The BLM said the gathers are designed to return horse populations to appropriate management levels and reduce resource impacts.
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