wild horses

Two adoptions are held at the Honor Farm each year.

The overall population of the areas, 2,836 wild horses, exceeds the required management level of 1,560 animals.

Specialists will be available to answer questions that people might have.

The BLM estimates more than 1,000 wild horses currently inhabit the area.

Governor Mead said the lawsuit asks the court to force the BLM to manage wild horses in Wyoming as required by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.”

Mead says under the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act the federal government must remove excess horses from its Herd Management Areas.

The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting bids for new long-term pasture facilities that provide a free-roaming environment for wild horses.

Wild Horse and Burro Division Chief Joan Guilfoyle recommended suspending all roundups until thousands of mustangs currently in federal corrals are sold or adopted.

Two Nevada organizations have sued the federal government, alleging mismanagement of wild horses has led to excessive damage to rangelands and the animals themselves. Officials with the Internal Revenue Service are saying that you can't file your taxes until January 31st this year...

The Wyoming Department of Health says despite the shutdown the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program will continue to operate in Wyoming. Citing the hardship of the federal government shutdown, Justice Department lawyers are asking a federal judge in Reno for a stay in a legal battle with wild horse advocates over hundreds of mustangs gathered from a wildlife refuge on the Nevada-Oregon border