The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral, in Fallon, Nevada, on Oct. 26.
The total population of the Maryland herd stands at 79 horses—21 stallions and 58 mares. Additionally, the third foal of the year, a colt, was born.
On Oct. 2, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the 18-year-old bay stallion, N9BFNY (“Sir Gruff”) was struck and killed by a car on the MD Rt. 611 causeway.
The BLM gathered and removed 300 wild horses due to a lack of water in the area.
Celeste Carlisle, Dr. Thomas Lenz, and Dr. Barry Perryman will each serve a three-year term on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.
A group of wild horse advocates hope a federal judge will stop the BLM from carrying out a plan to surgically spay wild mares at the agency’s Wild Horse Corrals, in Hines, Oregon, on grounds that the procedures are experimental and dangerous.
In the aftermath of Nevada’s largest wildfire in 2018, the BLM is gathering horses due to a lack of forage.
The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 652 wild horses and initiate research on the effects of spaying wild horse mares and returning them to the range.
The BLM gathered and removed 359 wild horses due to lack of water in the area.
The BLM said it plans to gather and remove approximately 300 wild horses due to the area’s limited water supply.
The BLM said discussion topics will include the backlog of unadopted and unsold animals in BLM facilities and what adverse effects wild horse overpopulation is having on public lands.
While state and local officials order the mandatory evacuation of residents and tourists in Currituck County, North Carolina, the Corolla wild horses, residing on the Currituck Outer Banks, will rely on their instincts to weather Hurricane Florence.
The BLM said continued drought conditions and an overpopulation of wild horses has prompted the gather.
The filly’s birth comes after five herd members, including another foal, died in the past several months.
Judge Susan P. Watters issued a temporary restraining order preventing the BLM from gathering horses on grounds that a removal action could result in loss of genetic diversity in the herd.
The BLM hopes to gather all wild horses residing at the Beaty Butte HMA and subsequently return 100 studs and fertility control-treated mares to the range.
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