The acting head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, William Perry Pendley, has said it will take five billion dollars and 15 years control the overpopulation of wild horses on federal lands in the western United States. The current population of 88,000 mustangs and burros, the majority of which reside in Nevada, needs to […]
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The U.S. Forest Service has announced a roundup of 200 wild horses in a mountainous area northwest of Las Vegas is set to begin May 10, 2018.
The wild horse round up in the Ghost area of Alberta yielded 33 horses, according to reports. More than a dozen were auctioned off on Saturday February 23rd and the rest are in the care of rescuers. Danny Daines of the Innisfail Auction Market says that the horses sold, on average, for $500-$800 to farmers […]
The Alberta government has reported that the wild horse population in that province has declined since last year, by 10 per cent. Following the 2013/2014 capture season, in which 15 wild or feral horses were rounded up, the Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development says a recent count turned up approximately 880 head compared to […]