Sequestration Figures into BLM Adoption Center Cuts
Pat Raia
March 26, 2013
The BLM will reduce business hours at its largest wild horse and burro adoption facility starting April 6.
The BLM will reduce business hours at its largest wild horse and burro adoption facility starting April 6.
The state of Nevada and wild horse advocates reached an agreement on the sale of “estray” horses.
The BLM will webcast the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board’s meeting set for March 4-5.
The equine immunocontraceptive vaccine has been approved for use in adult female wild horses and burros.
The BLM gathered 792 horses from the three herd management areas that make up the Diamond Complex.
The board will the management, protection, and control of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.
One veterinarian provides insight on BLM wild horse and burro project and the challenges it faces.
The BLM plans to gather an estimated 262 wild horses, some of which will be re-released after the roundup.
The BLM says the new policy directives were developed in response to public concern about animal welfare.
The perpetrators unlawfully killed a burro, harvested the meat, and left the carcass in the desert.
The gather was suspended Jan. 5 due to the filing of a temporary restraining order, which was lifted Jan. 11.
While the program proved stressful, physical parameters appeared within normal limits of horses in training.
The BLM is allowed to resume the roundup, provided horses are gathered in a humane way.
The scoping report summarizes issues raised and comments received during the initial public scoping period.
A federal court judge has ordered the BLM to stop gathering mustangs from the Owyhee Herd Management Area.
The new rules restrict purchases of more than four animals in a six-month period unless approved by the BLM.
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