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The Bureau of Land Management is increasing its efforts to rein in the number of wild horses roaming the Western U.S.
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Two bills being proposed in state legislatures in the Mountain West differ completely on how to manage the region’s wild horse and burro population.
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The subject of wild horses in the west, and how to manage them, remains controversial. Idaho Matters takes a closer look.
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There are tens of thousands of horses running wild in the Mountain West. The U.S. government mainly uses roundups to keep them from overgrazing public lands. But advocacy groups want more of a focus on fertility control.
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As part of Wyoming Public Media’s ‘I respectfully disagree’ series, four panelists discussed issues surrounding wild horses in the state on a Facebook live. Stakeholders spoke for an hour about topics like herd management, fertility control and holding facilities.
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A study released recently by the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado State University shows gelding wild horses didn’t really affect their behavior or have a long-term impact on herd size. But it's another tool worth considering while addressing the overpopulation of wild horses and burros on public lands.
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This spring, 145 wild horses died of an equine flu at a federal holding facility in Colorado. A review by an animal welfare team found that the Bureau of Land Management failed to comply with federal policies that might have helped contain the outbreak.
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A wild horse advocate says the move marks “a significant shift towards humane on-range management of wild horses and away from cruel, costly helicopter roundups.”
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The Canon City facility southwest of Colorado Springs, which is currently holding roughly 2,500 horses, has been under a voluntary quarantine since Monday. Horses rounded up last fall in the West Douglas area near the Utah border have been the hardest hit.
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A Bureau of Land Management online wild horse and burro auction opened Tuesday. The so-called Online Corral will stay open through February 22nd. It’s different from past auctions because the BLM has changed its Adoption Incentive Program to try and make sure the animals make it to good homes instead of a slaughterhouse.