The Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board met in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31 and came up with a list of recommendations for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service on how to curb the exploding wild horse and burro populations on the public land in 10 Western states. On a vote of eight in favor with one member abstaining, the advisory panel recommended, “The … [Read more...]
Dems in Congress Demand Update on Interior Wild Horse Plans
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its public lands agency told reporters it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get overpopulated herds under control. William Perry Pendley, acting director of … [Read more...]
Controversial Wild Horse Plan Headed to Senate Floor
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Congress is closer to approving a contentious wild horse initiative backed by national animal welfare groups and the livestock industry but condemned by leaders of the largest and oldest coalition of mustang advocates in the West. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million last week for the program supported by an … [Read more...]