BLM Completes Wyoming Wild Horse Gather
Edited Press Release
October 23, 2017
The BLM gathered 1,560 adult wild horses and 408 dependent foals with their dams.
The BLM gathered 1,560 adult wild horses and 408 dependent foals with their dams.
James French; Sue M. McDonnell, PhD; and Fred T. Woehl, Jr. will each serve a three-year term.
Two tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, will take place on Oct. 27.
Last week 22 foals became sick and died last week at the agency’s Litchfield Corrals, near Susanville, California.
Authorities are investigating after a well-known stallion called Jester was hit by a car and died from his injuries.
The board will meet Oct. 18-19 in Grand Junction to discuss wild horses and burros residing on public lands.
The agency has proposed a wild horse gather in the Onaqui Herd Management Area in Utah.
The effort to outfit mares with GPS collars effort began last winter but was suspended due to poor weather conditions.
Mares released back to the HMA will be retreated with a fertility-control vaccine to reduce population growth.
The BLM is gathering horses from Wyoming’s Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek, and Great Divide Basin herd management areas.
The BLM plans to gather horses from the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek, and Adobe Town herd management areas.
The BLM plans to gather and remove about 100 wild horses from state, private, and BLM-managed lands.
The BLM gathered 129 wild burros within and outside the Marietta Wild Burro Range, in Mineral County, Nevada.
Reports suggest several individuals allegedly chased wild horses on Utah’s McKay Flat while riding on motorcycles.
The BLM plans to gather and remove wild horses from within and outside the Antelope and Triple B wild horse complexes.
The mare reportedly consumed a large quantities dog food, which caused an impaction and deadly ruptured intestine.
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