Pine Nut Mountains HMA Draft Evaluation Released
Edited Press Release
September 10, 2015
The evaluation aims to assess the conditions to ensure the range is healthy for wildlife, livestock, and wild horses.
The evaluation aims to assess the conditions to ensure the range is healthy for wildlife, livestock, and wild horses.
The BLM plans to gather 1,500 horses. Of those, 1,400 will be permanently removed and 100 will be returned to the range.
Based on a vet’s exam, 28 of 201 horses gathered last week were euthanized due to extremely emaciated body conditions.
The BLM gathered a total of 279 horses from the Hardtrigger, Black Mountain, and Sands Basin herd management areas.
The research will begin once the five Standardbreds to be used in the study have cleared a routine quarantine.
The triple quadrupole mass spectrometer will be used to screen for new drugs alleged to be used in horse racing.
The FEI is preparing to launch the global Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Program on Jan. 1, 2016.
The BLM will work with the United States Geological Survey to conduct several studies on wild horses and burros.
After 60 days of racing, all of the 221 samples tested were beneath the of 25 ppb (parts per billion) threshold.
The BLM said it hopes to gather and provide feed and water to as many as 200 horses in declining body conditions.
The researchers hope the ponies help restore the land to the rich and productive territory it was before World War II.
The HSUS alleged that trainers and grooms at ThorSport Farm sored horses, but the farm owner disputed the claims.
The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) has received a generous donation of $102 from 11-year-old supporter Sophia Hatto.
A 14-year old palomino stallion was shot and killed with a small caliber gun in July.
The emergency gather aims to maintain herd health and protect rangelands that have been impacted by the Soda Fire.
Remington Park has adopted a policy that denies stall space to those who sell retired racehorses for slaughter.
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