Wild Horse and Burro

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Annual plan for wild horse and burro gather and fertility control operations in Fiscal Year 2025 builds on progress towards healthy herds and healthy lands

The Bureau of Land Management released its tentative plan for wild horse and burro gather and fertility control operations in Fiscal Year 2025, which outlines the bureau’s planned efforts as it works to protect herd and land health across the West.

Thursday, October 31, 2024

A sorrel horse with white face markings stands behind a metal fence panel with sun shining on its face.

BLM's Wheatland Corral improves rating in latest Animal Welfare Program review

The BLM Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP) team recently released its latest evaluation of the BLM High Plains District’s Wheatland Off-Range Corral, giving the facility an impressive 97% compliance rating.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Sand Wash Basin HMA 2024

2024 update for Sand Wash Basin HMA

Thursday, October 10, 2024

A woman rides on a tan horse inside of an outdoor pen with the fencing of the pen in the background and trees beyond it.

BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program Adoption Experiences: Lifelong Dream of Owning a Mustang Comes True

BLM Eastern States interviewed wild horse and burro adopter Carolyn Melton about her experiences adopting three mustangs from BLM events.

Friday, October 4, 2024

A man in a red shirt rides a brown horse toward the camera while a crowd of people watch from bleachers.

College equine instructors to teach horsemanship using Walker—an adopted, inmate-trained wild horse

All available, inmate-trained wild horses and burros were adopted at the Wyoming Honor Farm fall adoption. One horse has a bright future teaching horsemanship at a college in Lander.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

WHB Fest Day 2 - A man shows off his saddled horse. As he finishes the course, he throws up his cowboy hat to the crowd.

Hold Your Horses: The 5th Annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival

The 2024 Wild Horse and Burro Festival, held in Hurricane, Utah, was a weekend to remember. This event was a reminder of the importance of wild horses and burros and the people who work so hard to protect and train them.